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Historical Income Tables - People
Table P-27. Years of School Completed--Full-Time, Year-Round Workers
25 Years Old and Over by Mean Earnings and Sex: 1987 to 1990
(Workers 25 years old and over as of March of the following year. Earnings
in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/) Data after 1990 are
not completely comparable due to changes to the educational attainment
questions. See Table P-26 for mean earnings after 1990 based on the new
educational attainment questions.
___________________________________________________________________________
Male Female
Years of _____________________________ _____________________________
school Number Mean earnings Number Mean earnings
completed with ___________________ with ___________________
and earnings earnings Current 2007 earnings Current 2007
year (thous.) dollars dollars (thous.) dollars dollars
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TOTAL
1990 45,074 $34,886 $53,650 28,649 $22,768 $35,014
1989 45,296 34,597 55,858 28,055 21,803 35,202
1988 44,000 32,558 54,834 27,952 20,531 34,578
1987 21/ 42,723 31,393 54,812 26,453 19,618 34,253
Elementary, Less than 9 Years
1990 2,250 $19,188 $29,509 857 $13,322 $20,488
1989 2,425 19,053 30,762 906 12,619 20,374
1988 2,492 18,903 31,836 940 11,710 19,722
1987 21/ 2,560 18,785 32,798 945 11,916 20,805
High School, 1 to 3 Years
1990 3,325 $22,564 $34,701 1,854 $15,381 $23,654
1989 3,326 22,476 36,288 1,830 14,657 23,664
1988 3,510 22,430 37,776 1,875 13,834 23,299
1987 21/ 3,649 22,242 38,834 1,867 13,736 23,983
High School, 4 Years
1990 16,658 $28,043 $43,127 11,801 $18,954 $29,149
1989 16,661 28,289 45,673 11,764 18,304 29,552
1988 16,017 27,139 45,707 11,819 17,336 29,197
1987 21/ 15,614 26,148 45,654 11,367 16,918 29,539
College, 1 to 3 Years
1990 9,324 $34,188 $52,577 6,474 $22,654 $34,839
1989 9,226 33,094 53,431 6,230 22,080 35,649
1988 8,544 31,543 53,124 6,001 21,310 35,890
1987 21/ 8,052 30,795 53,768 5,708 20,280 35,409
College, 4 Years or More
1990 13,516 $49,445 $76,040 7,662 $31,583 $48,571
1989 13,658 49,020 79,144 7,325 30,107 48,609
1988 13,437 44,841 75,520 7,316 27,905 46,997
1987 21/ 12,847 43,253 75,519 6,566 26,496 46,262
--College, 4 Years
1990 7,654 $44,554 $68,519 4,702 $28,911 $44,462
1989 7,578 43,864 70,820 4,470 27,648 44,638
1988 7,398 40,415 68,066 4,357 25,674 43,240
1987 21/ 7,090 39,341 68,689 3,995 23,965 41,843
--College, 5 Years or More
1990 5,862 $55,831 $85,861 2,960 $35,827 $55,098
1989 6,080 55,447 89,521 2,855 33,958 54,826
1988 6,039 50,262 84,650 2,960 31,189 52,528
1987 21/ 5,758 48,070 83,930 2,571 30,430 53,130
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see
www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar08.pdf[PDF].
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Income Surveys Branch
Housing & Household Economic Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20233-8500
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
