Table 1901. Occupation of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1992 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Wage and salary earners | | | | | _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Self- | Total | Mana- |Techni- | |Construc-| Opera- | Item |Aggregate |employed| wage | gers | cal, | | tion |tors, fab-|Retired | |workers | and | and | sales |Service| workers | ricators | | | |salary |profes-| and |workers| and me- | and | | | |earners|sionals|clerical| | chanics | laborers | | | | | |workers | | | | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Number of consumer units (in thousands).........| 100,019| 7,002 | 64,450| 20,648| 17,500 | 6,973| 6,042 | 13,288 | 17,826 Percent distribution of consumer units..........| 100.0| 7.0 | 64.4| 20.6| 17.5 | 7.0| 6.0 | 13.3 | 17.8 | | | | | | | | | Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Income before taxes 1/........................| $33,854|$41,895 |$39,775|$54,680|$36,465 |$24,375| $35,775 | $30,558 |$19,371 Income after taxes 1/.........................| 30,786| 37,745 | 35,895| 48,202| 33,296 | 22,853| 32,636 | 28,254 | 18,288 Age of reference person.......................| 47.6| 49.5 | 40.3| 41.1| 39.9 | 40.4| 39.1 | 40.1 | 73.6 | | | | | | | | | Average number in consumer unit: | | | | | | | | | Persons.....................................| 2.5| 2.7 | 2.7| 2.6| 2.5 | 2.6| 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 Children under 18...........................| .7| .7 | .8| .7| .7 | .9| 1.0 | .9 | .1 Persons 65 and over.........................| .3| .3 | .1| .1| .1 | .1| (2) | .1 | 1.2 Earners.....................................| 1.3| 1.7 | 1.7| 1.8| 1.7 | 1.6| 1.9 | 1.8 | .2 Vehicles....................................| 1.9| 2.4 | 2.1| 2.2| 1.9 | 1.6| 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | | | | | | | | | Percent distribution: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Male......................................| 64| 82 | 69| 69| 56 | 51| 93 | 84 | 57 Female....................................| 36| 18 | 31| 31| 44 | 49| 7 | 16 | 43 | | | | | | | | | Housing tenure: | | | | | | | | | Percent homeowner.........................| 61| 79 | 58| 68| 55 | 40| 62 | 56 | 78 With mortgage...........................| 36| 48 | 45| 57| 42 | 27| 47 | 39 | 13 Without mortgage........................| 25| 31 | 13| 11| 13 | 13| 15 | 17 | 65 Renter....................................| 39| 21 | 42| 32| 45 | 60| 38 | 44 | 22 | | | | | | | | | Race of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Black.....................................| 11| 5 | 11| 6| 12 | 22| 7 | 12 | 9 White and other...........................| 89| 95 | 89| 94| 88 | 78| 93 | 88 | 91 | | | | | | | | | Education of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Elementary (1-8)..........................| 10| 7 | 5| 1| 2 | 11| 5 | 11 | 25 High school (9-12)........................| 43| 36 | 41| 19| 38 | 51| 64 | 63 | 48 College...................................| 46| 56 | 54| 80| 60 | 38| 31 | 26 | 26 Never attended and other..................| (3) | (3) | (3) | (4) | (2) | (3) | (3) | (3) | 1 | | | | | | | | | At least one vehicle owned..................| 86| 94 | 91| 93| 90 | 80| 96 | 92 | 79 | | | | | | | | | Annual aggregate expenditures...................|$2,985,625| 8.8 | 73.2| 30.1| 19.2 | 5.6| 6.2 | 12.2 | 11.9 | | | | | | | | | Food..........................................| 427,638| 7.9 | 72.9| 26.6| 19.3 | 6.4| 6.6 | 14.0 | 13.0 Food at home................................| 264,469| 7.6 | 70.1| 23.8| 18.2 | 6.7| 6.8 | 14.5 | 15.0 Cereals and bakery products...............| 41,120| 7.6 | 70.2| 23.8| 18.4 | 6.8| 7.0 | 14.3 | 15.1 Cereals and cereal products.............| 14,103| 7.1 | 71.1| 23.6| 18.9 | 7.2| 6.9 | 14.6 | 14.0 Bakery products.........................| 27,017| 7.9 | 69.7| 23.9| 18.2 | 6.6| 7.0 | 14.1 | 15.6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............| 68,783| 7.3 | 69.6| 22.0| 17.5 | 7.0| 7.5 | 15.6 | 15.1 Beef....................................| 21,067| 7.8 | 70.6| 21.7| 17.7 | 7.3| 7.8 | 16.2 | 14.0 Pork....................................| 15,582| 7.0 | 68.0| 18.9| 16.9 | 7.4| 7.3 | 17.4 | 15.9 Other meats.............................| 9,376| 7.9 | 69.9| 20.6| 17.1 | 6.7| 8.8 | 16.6 | 14.7 Poultry.................................| 12,320| 6.7 | 69.8| 23.8| 18.5 | 6.7| 7.0 | 13.7 | 15.3 Fish and seafood........................| 7,662| 7.5 | 70.9| 28.4| 17.6 | 5.7| 6.8 | 12.4 | 15.3 Eggs....................................| 2,776| 7.0 | 66.8| 20.7| 16.5 | 7.1| 7.1 | 15.4 | 17.8 | | | | | | | | | Dairy products............................| 30,179| 7.8 | 69.9| 23.8| 17.9 | 6.8| 7.1 | 14.4 | 15.1 Fresh milk and cream....................| 13,392| 8.3 | 68.0| 21.3| 17.2 | 6.9| 7.4 | 15.3 | 16.2 Other dairy products....................| 16,788| 7.4 | 71.4| 25.8| 18.4 | 6.7| 6.9 | 13.6 | 14.3 Fruits and vegetables.....................| 42,879| 7.6 | 68.1| 24.6| 17.8 | 6.5| 6.2 | 13.0 | 17.0 Fresh fruits............................| 12,750| 7.9 | 67.4| 25.1| 17.4 | 6.1| 6.3 | 12.4 | 17.8 Fresh vegetables........................| 12,668| 8.1 | 68.6| 24.7| 17.6 | 6.8| 6.2 | 13.2 | 16.1 Processed fruits........................| 10,023| 7.3 | 67.4| 25.4| 17.9 | 6.2| 5.9 | 12.0 | 17.8 Processed vegetables....................| 7,438| 6.8 | 69.3| 22.5| 18.6 | 6.9| 6.4 | 14.9 | 16.0 | | | | | | | | | Other food at home........................| 81,508| 7.8 | 71.5| 24.9| 18.9 | 6.7| 6.5 | 14.6 | 13.8 Sugar and other sweets..................| 10,239| 8.0 | 68.6| 22.5| 18.7 | 6.6| 6.5 | 14.2 | 15.9 Fats and oils...........................| 7,239| 7.6 | 66.3| 21.9| 16.6 | 6.9| 6.7 | 14.3 | 17.8 Miscellaneous foods.....................| 38,455| 7.8 | 73.2| 26.0| 19.5 | 6.6| 6.5 | 14.7 | 12.6 Nonalcoholic beverages..................| 21,293| 7.9 | 71.0| 23.3| 18.5 | 7.1| 6.7 | 15.4 | 13.7 Food prepared by consumer unit | | | | | | | | | on out-of-town trips...................| 4,282| 7.8 | 74.2| 33.0| 19.3 | 5.5| 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 Food away from home.........................| 163,169| 8.5 | 77.4| 31.1| 21.0 | 6.0| 6.2 | 13.1 | 9.8 | | | | | | | | | Alcoholic beverages...........................| 30,141| 7.9 | 78.3| 30.3| 20.9 | 7.1| 6.5 | 13.5 | 8.4 | | | | | | | | | Housing.......................................| 947,902| 8.3 | 71.8| 30.1| 18.9 | 5.6| 5.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 Shelter.....................................| 541,211| 8.3 | 73.9| 32.1| 19.2 | 5.8| 5.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 Owned dwellings...........................| 331,101| 10.1 | 74.4| 36.4| 18.0 | 4.1| 6.1 | 9.7 | 10.4 Mortgage interest and charges...........| 196,814| 10.6 | 81.4| 40.7| 19.4 | 4.4| 6.6 | 10.3 | 4.1 Property taxes..........................| 78,241| 9.9 | 66.2| 31.3| 17.5 | 3.7| 5.1 | 8.6 | 18.2 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, | | | | | | | | | other expenses.........................| 56,046| 8.5 | 61.5| 28.6| 14.0 | 3.7| 5.9 | 9.3 | 21.5 Rented dwellings..........................| 176,128| 4.6 | 72.8| 22.1| 21.6 | 9.6| 5.8 | 13.7 | 10.1 Other lodging.............................| 33,981| 9.2 | 73.7| 41.2| 17.6 | 2.6| 4.2 | 8.1 | 12.6 | | | | | | | | | Utilities, fuels, and public services.......| 198,428| 8.0 | 66.2| 23.9| 17.6 | 5.9| 6.2 | 12.6 | 16.4 Natural gas...............................| 25,240| 6.7 | 64.1| 22.5| 17.1 | 6.4| 6.4 | 11.7 | 18.6 Electricity...............................| 78,681| 8.5 | 65.6| 23.7| 17.2 | 5.6| 6.2 | 12.8 | 16.4 Fuel oil and other fuels..................| 9,223| 10.1 | 55.3| 18.8| 14.0 | 4.5| 5.1 | 12.9 | 25.6 Telephone services........................| 62,266| 7.5 | 69.9| 25.2| 18.9 | 6.5| 6.3 | 13.0 | 13.4 Water and other public services...........| 23,018| 8.1 | 65.2| 24.9| 17.4 | 5.0| 6.5 | 11.4 | 18.5 Household operations........................| 48,689| 9.0 | 69.5| 34.6| 17.5 | 3.5| 5.2 | 8.6 | 14.7 Personal services.........................| 24,231| 5.3 | 77.4| 33.9| 20.6 | 4.0| 7.9 | 11.0 | 10.1 Other household expenses..................| 24,458| 12.7 | 61.8| 35.3| 14.6 | 3.0| 2.6 | 6.3 | 19.4 | | | | | | | | | Housekeeping supplies.......................| 43,325| 7.7 | 70.1| 26.6| 19.5 | 5.3| 5.6 | 13.0 | 16.3 Laundry and cleaning supplies.............| 11,847| 6.8 | 73.0| 24.0| 20.6 | 6.1| 7.2 | 15.1 | 14.0 Other household products..................| 19,543| 7.8 | 69.6| 25.8| 19.7 | 4.8| 5.4 | 13.9 | 17.0 Postage and stationery....................| 11,935| 8.4 | 68.2| 30.5| 18.2 | 5.5| 4.2 | 9.7 | 17.5 Household furnishings and equipment.........| 116,250| 8.6 | 73.4| 31.0| 19.8 | 5.3| 5.4 | 12.0 | 12.3 Household textiles........................| 9,216| 10.4 | 72.4| 34.8| 16.2 | 7.8| 4.6 | 8.9 | 12.4 Furniture.................................| 31,621| 8.1 | 78.0| 34.5| 20.1 | 6.1| 5.5 | 11.8 | 7.9 Floor coverings...........................| 7,078| 5.3 | 56.9| 13.8| 15.1 | 2.5| 3.9 | 21.6 | 33.0 Major appliances..........................| 14,072| 10.1 | 67.1| 23.8| 19.2 | 5.2| 6.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares| 8,423| 6.7 | 77.4| 32.4| 19.1 | 5.4| 6.1 | 14.4 | 10.9 Miscellaneous household equipment.........| 45,839| 8.8 | 74.3| 32.4| 21.3 | 4.6| 5.4 | 10.7 | 11.7 | | | | | | | | | Apparel and services..........................| 171,143| 8.1 | 76.7| 32.0| 21.0 | 6.0| 5.4 | 12.4 | 8.9 Men and boys................................| 45,018| 8.8 | 77.4| 32.0| 20.7 | 5.6| 5.2 | 14.0 | 6.5 Men, 16 and over..........................| 36,970| 9.0 | 76.5| 33.0| 20.0 | 6.0| 4.9 | 12.6 | 7.1 Boys, 2 to 15.............................| 8,048| 7.6 | 81.6| 27.1| 23.9 | 3.4| 6.9 | 20.5 | 3.9 Women and girls.............................| 68,056| 8.4 | 75.2| 31.9| 22.1 | 6.0| 5.1 | 10.2 | 11.1 Women, 16 and over........................| 58,644| 8.3 | 74.5| 31.8| 22.5 | 6.0| 4.7 | 9.4 | 12.2 Girls, 2 to 15............................| 9,412| 9.2 | 79.8| 32.2| 19.3 | 5.6| 7.3 | 15.4 | 3.8 Children under 2............................| 7,772| 8.2 | 76.4| 24.8| 19.7 | 6.8| 7.8 | 17.3 | 6.4 Footwear....................................| 23,124| 7.0 | 75.6| 27.7| 20.9 | 7.1| 4.9 | 14.9 | 10.5 Other apparel products and services.........| 27,173| 7.2 | 80.6| 38.3| 18.9 | 5.6| 6.1 | 11.7 | 6.9 | | | | | | | | | Transportation................................| 522,935| 8.2 | 75.8| 29.0| 20.4 | 5.4| 7.1 | 13.9 | 10.9 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)..............| 218,903| 8.8 | 77.6| 29.2| 21.7 | 4.8| 7.5 | 14.4 | 9.5 Cars and trucks, new......................| 113,113| 8.5 | 77.7| 33.6| 22.2 | 4.7| 7.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 Cars and trucks, used.....................| 102,226| 9.1 | 77.1| 23.7| 21.2 | 4.9| 8.1 | 19.2 | 8.6 Other vehicles............................| 3,563| 5/6.8 | 90.3| 46.0| 18.4 | 5/8.9| 5/5.8 | 11.2 | 5/2.0 Gasoline and motor oil......................| 97,351| 7.9 | 74.0| 25.0| 18.5 | 6.1| 8.1 | 16.3 | 11.7 Other vehicle expenses......................| 177,630| 7.9 | 75.4| 30.1| 19.9 | 5.6| 6.5 | 13.1 | 11.4 Vehicle finance charges...................| 25,631| 6.6 | 84.0| 33.1| 20.5 | 5.9| 7.6 | 16.8 | 6.2 Maintenance and repairs...................| 61,221| 8.3 | 73.5| 28.1| 19.7 | 6.0| 6.7 | 12.9 | 12.5 Vehicle insurance.........................| 62,916| 7.8 | 73.0| 27.6| 19.7 | 5.6| 6.6 | 13.4 | 13.6 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, | | | | | | | | | other charges............................| 27,862| 8.6 | 77.0| 37.5| 20.2 | 4.6| 4.8 | 9.7 | 9.0 Public transportation.......................| 29,052| 7.5 | 70.7| 34.2| 19.3 | 5.8| 4.8 | 6.5 | 15.7 | | | | | | | | | Health care...................................| 163,467| 10.4 | 56.3| 22.8| 14.8 | 4.6| 4.4 | 9.7 | 26.2 Health insurance............................| 72,561| 11.4 | 52.0| 19.8| 14.1 | 4.5| 4.2 | 9.4 | 30.3 Medical services............................| 53,312| 10.4 | 65.3| 28.6| 16.8 | 4.8| 4.7 | 10.5 | 17.7 Drugs.......................................| 27,857| 8.5 | 49.4| 19.2| 12.7 | 4.5| 3.8 | 9.2 | 32.1 Medical supplies............................| 9,737| 7.8 | 59.8| 24.1| 15.7 | 4.2| 6.2 | 9.6 | 26.4 | | | | | | | | | Entertainment.................................| 150,022| 9.0 | 75.5| 32.1| 18.6 | 4.9| 8.0 | 11.9 | 9.6 Fees and admissions.........................| 37,926| 9.6 | 74.8| 37.4| 19.7 | 4.3| 5.1 | 8.3 | 10.9 Television, radios, sound equipment.........| 49,190| 9.3 | 73.0| 28.4| 19.2 | 6.4| 5.9 | 13.2 | 10.4 Pets, toys, and playground equipment........| 27,427| 8.5 | 75.5| 30.2| 18.9 | 5.2| 6.4 | 14.8 | 9.2 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, | | | | | | | | | and services...............................| 35,479| 8.4 | 79.4| 33.2| 16.3 | 3.2| 15.2 | 11.6 | 7.3 | | | | | | | | | Personal care products and services...........| 38,755| 7.8 | 72.7| 29.0| 20.7 | 6.0| 5.5 | 11.5 | 13.6 | | | | | | | | | Reading.......................................| 16,157| 7.9 | 70.6| 32.6| 17.9 | 4.8| 4.7 | 10.6 | 16.5 | | | | | | | | | Education.....................................| 42,613| 7.8 | 82.0| 39.9| 21.7 | 5.4| 5.2 | 9.8 | 3.9 | | | | | | | | | Tobacco products and smoking supplies.........| 27,497| 6.9 | 72.0| 16.2| 18.3 | 8.1| 9.1 | 20.3 | 10.0 | | | | | | | | | Miscellaneous.................................| 76,491| 12.0 | 70.8| 29.3| 18.9 | 5.4| 5.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | | | | | | | | | Cash contributions............................| 95,855| 12.3 | 62.0| 33.5| 14.6 | 4.0| 3.1 | 6.8 | 19.5 | | | | | | | | | Personal insurance and pensions...............| 275,009| 10.5 | 83.2| 38.9| 20.7 | 5.1| 6.5 | 12.0 | 3.1 Life and other personal insurance...........| 35,283| 10.8 | 72.0| 33.7| 17.4 | 5.1| 5.0 | 10.8 | 11.8 Pensions and Social Security................| 239,726| 10.4 | 84.8| 39.7| 21.2 | 5.1| 6.7 | 12.2 | 1.8 | | | | | | | | | Sources of income and personal taxes: 1/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Money income before taxes.....................| 2,924,780| 7.5 | 76.9| 34.2| 19.4 | 5.1| 6.2 | 12.0 | 10.4 Wages and salaries..........................| 2,165,375| 2.3 | 93.2| 41.2| 23.7 | 5.9| 7.7 | 14.6 | 1.7 Self-employment income......................| 215,112| 58.4 | 33.5| 22.8| 6.4 | .6| 2.2 | 1.5 | .8 Social Security, private and government | | | | | | | | | retirement.................................| 335,837| 7.1 | 19.0| 6.4| 4.9 | 3.0| 1.0 | 3.6 | 63.9 Interest, dividends, rental income, other | | | | | | | | | property income............................| 97,610| 13.3 | 36.4| 20.8| 8.5 | 2.9| 1.7 | 2.5 | 45.4 Unemployment and workers' compensation, | | | | | | | | | veterans' benefits.........................| 29,424| 4.6 | 65.0| 12.3| 15.4 | 5.5| 8.7 | 23.0 | 9.9 Public assistance, supplemental security | | | | | | | | | income, food stamps........................| 40,692| 3.5 | 29.9| 2.5| 6.4 | 8.7| 2.2 | 10.1 | 6.1 Regular contributions for support...........| 29,003| 10.4 | 67.2| 25.2| 22.5 | 7.0| 3.2 | 9.3 | 5.3 Other income................................| 11,727| 4.8 | 80.3| 33.9| 14.8 | 11.9| 5.3 | 14.5 | 6.1 | | | | | | | | | Personal taxes................................| 265,024| 8.2 | 82.8| 44.7| 18.6 | 3.5| 6.0 | 9.9 | 6.4 Federal income taxes........................| 197,518| 8.3 | 83.5| 46.0| 18.8 | 3.3| 5.9 | 9.5 | 5.6 State and local income taxes................| 53,936| 6.2 | 86.9| 44.7| 19.2 | 4.4| 6.9 | 11.8 | 4.7 Other taxes.................................| 13,570| 13.7 | 55.7| 25.6| 13.0 | 3.1| 4.7 | 9.2 | 25.2 | | | | | | | | | Income after taxes............................| 2,659,756| 7.4 | 76.3| 33.1| 19.5 | 5.3| 6.3 | 12.2 | 10.8 | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only; see glossary. 2/ Value less than 0.05. 3/ Value less than 0.5. 4/ No data reported. 5/ Data are likely to have large sampling errors. NOTE: Shares will not add up to 100 due to the deletion of the "All other, including not reporting" column.