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Historical Income Tables - People
Table P-53. Wage or Salary Workers (All)
by Median Wage and Salary Income and Sex: 1947 to 2006
(Workers 15 years old and over with wage and salary income beginning with
March 1980, and workers 14 years old and over with wage and salary income
as of March of the following year for previous years. Between 1974 and
1976, wage and salary income restricted to civilian workers only. Wage
and salary income in current and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
_________________________________________________________________________
Male Female
______________________________ _____________________________
Median wage and Median wage and
Number salary income Number salary income
Year with wage ___________________ with wage ___________________
and salary or salary
income Current 2006 income Current 2006
( thous.) dollars dollars ( thous.) dollars dollars
_________________________________________________________________________
2006 77,811 $36,011 $36,011 70,160 $24,883 $24,883
2005 76,831 34,926 36,071 69,073 23,546 24,318
2004 35/ 75,360 33,449 35,704 68,570 22,507 24,024
2003 74,712 32,175 35,272 68,078 22,254 24,396
2002 74,874 31,811 35,652 68,100 21,649 24,263
2001 74,981 31,519 35,895 68,040 21,064 23,989
2000 30/ 74,890 31,004 36,300 68,349 20,469 23,965
1999 29/ 73,753 30,091 36,412 67,786 18,829 22,784
1998 71,668 29,007 35,832 65,541 18,038 22,282
1997 71,330 26,939 33,742 64,802 16,849 21,104
1996 71,433 25,854 33,083 64,058 16,198 20,727
1995 25/ 70,003 25,124 33,005 62,852 15,553 20,431
1994 24/ 68,536 23,900 32,153 61,355 14,705 19,783
1993 23/ 67,088 22,747 31,255 60,295 14,391 19,773
1992 22/ 66,762 22,088 31,100 59,324 13,900 19,571
1991 65,912 21,936 31,669 58,752 13,252 19,132
1990 66,032 21,579 32,270 58,572 12,519 18,722
1989 66,115 21,307 33,452 58,289 11,924 18,721
1988 65,312 20,687 33,880 57,674 11,324 18,546
1987 21/ 64,401 19,775 33,574 56,401 10,824 18,377
1986 63,708 18,956 33,271 55,132 10,186 17,878
1985 20/ 63,184 18,068 32,287 53,799 9,671 17,282
1984 19/ 61,650 17,199 31,789 52,771 9,077 16,777
1983 60,222 16,225 31,217 50,679 8,610 16,565
1982 59,921 15,565 31,225 49,481 8,036 16,121
1981 60,544 15,201 32,335 49,646 7,436 15,818
1980 60,140 14,091 32,827 49,321 6,804 15,851
1979 18/ 58,793 13,012 33,679 47,742 6,120 15,840
1978 58,397 12,092 34,295 46,574 5,358 15,196
1977 57,449 10,967 32,473 44,462 4,788 14,177
1976 17/ 46,067 11,713 36,896 32,700 5,615 17,687
1975 16/ 44,874 10,969 36,535 31,519 5,188 17,280
1974 16/15/ 44,003 10,383 37,447 30,134 4,873 17,575
1973 55,426 8,586 34,034 39,978 3,337 13,227
1972 14/ 53,668 7,943 33,456 37,818 3,246 13,672
1971 13/ 53,151 7,351 31,915 36,991 3,045 13,220
1970 52,209 7,108 32,231 36,758 2,801 12,701
1969 51,627 6,854 32,576 36,279 2,612 12,414
1968 50,237 6,376 31,624 34,936 2,468 12,241
1967 12/ 49,309 5,974 30,817 33,833 2,295 11,839
1966 11/ 48,125 5,693 30,264 31,455 2,149 11,424
1965 10/ 46,376 5,194 28,375 29,540 2,098 11,462
1964 47,389 5,015 27,860 29,453 1,909 10,605
1963 46,378 4,848 27,291 28,629 1,790 10,076
1962 9/ 44,391 4,680 26,700 27,442 1,692 9,653
1961 8/ (NA) 4,477 25,791 (NA) 1,629 9,384
1960 43,302 4,300 25,014 25,978 1,595 9,279
1959 42,336 4,209 24,926 24,448 1,527 9,043
1958 41,759 3,948 23,521 23,966 1,473 8,776
1957 41,609 3,905 23,939 24,157 1,485 9,104
1956 40,900 3,811 24,112 23,517 1,405 8,889
1955 40,365 3,552 22,814 22,045 1,363 8,755
1954 38,245 3,383 21,635 20,424 1,428 9,132
1953 38,580 3,387 21,849 20,496 1,434 9,251
1952 7/ 38,629 3,201 20,785 20,040 1,398 9,078
1951 37,200 3,083 20,422 18,673 1,361 9,015
1950 (NA) 2,670 19,096 (NA) 1,203 8,604
1949 6/ 37,303 2,476 17,925 17,609 1,208 8,745
1948 35,715 2,445 17,487 16,969 1,189 8,504
1947 5/ 37,416 2,324 17,967 17,513 1,160 8,968
NA Not available. Respondents were not asked detailed health insurance questions
about direct-purchase coverage before the March 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS).
1/ Includes CHAMPUS (Comprehensive Health and Medical Plan for Uniformed
Services)/Tricare, Veterans, and military health care.
2/ Implementation of a new March Current Population Survey (CPS) processing system.
3/ Implementation of Census 1990 based population controls.
4/ Data collection method changed from paper and pencil to computer-assisted
interviewing.
5/ Health insurance questions were redesigned. Increases in estimates of
employment-based and military health care coverage may be partially due
to questionnaire changes. Overall coverage estimates were not affected.
6/ Beginning with the March 1998 CPS, people with no coverage other than
access to Indian Health Service are no longer considered covered by health
insurance; instead, they are considered to be uninsured. The effect of
this change on the overall estimates of health insurance coverage is
negligible; however, the decrease in the number of people covered by
Medicaid may be partically due to this change.
7/ Estimates reflect the results of follow-up verification questions.
8/ Implementation of Census 2000 based population controls.
9/ Based on a November 2001 weighting correction and 1990 census population controls.
10/ Sample expanded by 28,000 households.
11/The 2003 CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races. White alone refers
to people who reported White and did not report any other race category. The use of
this single-race population does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting
or analyzing data. The Census Bureau uses a variety of approaches. Information on
people who reported more than one race, such as “White and American Indian and
Alaska Native” or “Asian and Black or African American,” is available from Census
2000 through American FactFinder. About 2.6 percent of people reported more than
one race in 2000.
12/The 2001 CPS and earlier years asked respondents to report only one race.
The reference groups for these years are: White, White not Hispanic, Black, and
Asian and Pacific Islander.
13/Black alone refers to people who reported Black or African American and did not
report any other race category.
14/Asian alone refers to people who reported Asian and did not report any other race
category.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1988 to 2003 Annual Social
and Economic Supplements.
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