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 Table P 37 Full-Time, Year-Round All Workers
 by Mean Income and Sex: 1955 to 2007

 (People 15 years old and over beginning with March 1980, and people
 14 years old and over as of March of the following year for previous
 years.  Income in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
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                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
                 Number     Mean income        Number     Mean income
                   with ___________________      with ___________________
                 income   Current      2007    income   Current      2007
 Year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 2007            62,986   $61,322   $61,322    45,621   $44,733   $44,733
 2006            63,060    60,661    62,382    44,673    43,875    45,120
 2005            61,501    58,779    62,428    43,357    41,368    43,936
 2004 35/        60,090    56,461    61,977    42,405    39,941    43,843
 2003            58,778    55,334    62,381    41,915    39,170    44,159
 2002            58,761    54,531    62,849    41,881    37,603    43,339
 2001            58,715    54,061    63,314    41,649    37,361    43,755
 2000 30/        59,607    52,801    63,574    41,731    35,006    42,148
 1999 29/        58,307    50,315    62,611    40,890    33,307    41,447
 1998            56,951    47,459    60,289    38,810    32,714    41,558
 1997            54,914    46,120    59,406    37,696    31,362    40,396
 1996            53,792    44,172    58,126    36,445    30,107    39,618
 1995 25/        52,669    42,325    57,178    35,495    28,146    38,023
 1994 24/        51,592    41,099    56,859    34,175    27,816    38,482
 1993 23/        49,827    39,862    56,325    33,544    26,718    37,752
 1992 22/        48,552    37,198    53,860    33,271    25,241    36,547
 1991            47,892    36,058    53,533    32,476    24,307    36,087
 1990            49,172    35,076    53,943    31,734    23,392    35,974
 1989            49,683    34,746    56,098    31,386    22,329    36,051
 1988            48,290    32,637    54,967    31,306    21,072    35,489
 1987 21/        47,023    31,455    54,920    29,945    20,025    34,963
 1986            45,919    30,128    54,380    28,462    18,918    34,147
 1985 20/        44,948    28,747    52,827    27,443    18,088    33,240
 1984 19/        43,821    27,238    51,773    26,556    17,068    32,442
 1983            41,536    25,752    50,952    25,248    15,994    31,645
 1982            40,121    24,809    51,181    23,805    15,142    31,238
 1981            41,787    23,219    50,792    23,428    13,870    30,341
 1980            41,903    21,436    51,355    22,967    12,731    30,500
 1979 18/        42,452    19,935    53,061    22,196    11,448    30,471
 1978            41,044    18,305    53,390    20,992    10,403    30,342
 1977            39,287    16,929    52,762    19,278     9,535    29,718
 1976 17/        38,197    15,701    52,023    18,116     8,956    29,675
 1975 16/        37,278    14,714    51,558    17,479     8,262    28,950
 1974 16/15/     37,931    13,757    52,167    16,974     7,684    29,138
 1973            39,594    12,619    52,637    17,222     6,912    28,832
 1972 14/        38,198    11,797    52,288    16,706     6,526    28,925
 1971 13/        36,836    10,834    49,460    16,035     6,109    27,889
 1970            36,146    10,312    49,139    15,518     5,856    27,905
 1969            37,021     9,737    48,685    15,419     5,405    27,025
 1968            37,070     8,783    45,873    15,047     4,764    24,882
 1967            36,658     8,023    43,547    14,870     4,414    23,958
 1966            35,574     7,946    44,477    13,225     4,273    23,918
 1965              (NA)     7,512    43,240      (NA)     4,060    23,370
 1964              (NA)     7,056    41,239      (NA)     3,947    23,068
 1963              (NA)     6,811    40,349      (NA)     3,781    22,399
 1962              (NA)     6,577    39,501      (NA)     3,603    21,639
 1961              (NA)     6,486    39,342      (NA)     3,544    21,497
 1960              (NA)     6,136    37,594      (NA)     3,397    20,813
 1959              (NA)     5,824    36,266      (NA)     3,326    20,711
 1958              (NA)     5,506    34,569      (NA)     3,192    20,040
 1957              (NA)     5,245    33,837      (NA)     3,026    19,522
 1956              (NA)     5,032    33,528      (NA)     2,902    19,336
 1955              (NA)     4,651    31,472      (NA)     2,801    18,953
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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