TABLE 4E.  MONTHLY INCOME, EARNINGS, AND MONTHS WORKED BY ADVANCED DEGREE FIELD, 1996

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

All people age 18 and over, highest degree=advanced
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                         |    13,165|    $4,385|    $5,295|    $4,766|       3.3|
|Architecture                  |       204|    $3,218|    $3,627|    $3,092|       3.4|
|Business                      |     1,927|    $5,020|    $5,606|    $5,248|       3.5|
|Communications                |       111|    $4,026|    $3,712|    $4,322|       3.1|
|Computer                      |       227|    $4,492|    $5,010|    $4,892|       3.4|
|Education                     |     2,944|    $3,409|    $4,358|    $3,768|       3.1|
|Engineering                   |       810|    $5,474|    $5,833|    $5,868|       3.4|
|Literature                    |       287|    $3,151|    $3,643|    $3,177|       3.0|
|Law                           |     1,127|    $5,723|    $7,723|    $6,465|       3.4|
|Liberal arts                  |       271|    $3,092|    $3,792|    $2,960|       3.3|
|Mathematics                   |       265|    $4,284|    $4,679|    $4,245|       3.5|
|Medicine, dentistry           |       996|    $7,960|    $8,712|    $8,971|       3.3|
|Natural science               |       490|    $3,956|    $4,901|    $4,082|       3.2|
|Nursing public health         |       424|    $3,410|    $4,561|    $3,758|       3.3|
|Philosophy                    |       366|    $2,433|    $2,967|    $2,639|       3.3|
|Psychology                    |       461|    $3,415|    $4,140|    $3,671|       3.3|
|Social science                |       431|    $3,103|    $3,731|    $3,388|       3.1|
|Other                         |     1,664|    $3,910|    $4,329|    $4,093|       3.4|
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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