TABLE 4C.  MONTHLY INCOME, EARNINGS, AND MONTHS WORKED BY BACHELOR'S DEGREE FIELD, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

All people age 18 and over, highest degree=bachelor's
Income, earnings in dollars; Months worked of last four months.

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|Field                         |Number of |          | Earnings | Earnings |  Months  |
|                              |  people  |  Income  |   (FT)   |  (All)   |  worked  |
|------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
|TOTAL                         |    27,378|    $2,909|    $3,767|    $3,314|       3.2|
|Agriculture                   |       413|    $3,221|    $4,408|    $4,292|       3.4|
|Architecture                  |       914|    $2,273|    $3,044|    $2,688|       3.2|
|Business                      |     6,092|    $3,405|    $4,032|    $3,744|       3.4|
|Communications                |       784|    $2,834|    $3,327|    $3,175|       3.5|
|Computer                      |       686|    $3,814|    $4,416|    $4,160|       3.7|
|Education                     |     3,841|    $2,011|    $2,802|    $2,322|       2.8|
|Engineering                   |     2,103|    $4,287|    $4,852|    $4,629|       3.2|
|Literature                    |       806|    $2,558|    $4,044|    $3,516|       3.0|
|Foreign language              |       209|    $2,186|    $3,840|    $2,869|       2.8|
|Health sciences               |     1,611|    $2,543|    $3,249|    $2,800|       3.3|
|Liberal arts                  |     1,759|    $2,746|    $3,472|    $3,176|       3.0|
|Mathematics                   |       471|    $3,378|    $3,797|    $3,621|       3.4|
|Natural science               |     1,438|    $2,753|    $3,866|    $3,089|       3.1|
|Philosophy                    |       244|    $2,316|    $2,892|    $2,560|       3.1|
|Pre-professional              |       147|    $2,193|    $2,669|    $2,700|       2.8|
|Psychology                    |       889|    $2,512|    $3,602|    $2,895|       3.1|
|Social science                |     1,364|    $2,310|    $3,172|    $2,665|       3.1|
|Other                         |     3,609|    $2,955|    $3,808|    $3,339|       3.3|
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(FT) refers to full-time workers, (All) refers to all with earnings.
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel