Table 1903. Occupation of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1994 (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).........| 102,210| 6,343 | 66,675| 20,700| 18,462 | 8,124| 6,243 | 13,146 | 18,387 Percent distribution of consumer units..........| 100.0| 6.2 | 65.2| 20.3| 18.1 | 7.9| 6.1 | 12.9 | 18.0 | | | | | | | | | Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Income before taxes 1/........................| $36,838|$51,731 |$43,045|$60,456|$38,096 |$27,456| $41,157 | $32,290 |$20,476 Income after taxes 1/.........................| 33,755| 47,431 | 39,085| 54,141| 34,738 | 25,478| 37,648 | 29,869 | 19,705 Age of reference person.......................| 47.6| 48.2 | 40.7| 42.2| 39.7 | 39.7| 41.0 | 40.3 | 73.3 | | | | | | | | | Average number in consumer unit: | | | | | | | | | Persons.....................................| 2.5| 2.8 | 2.7| 2.6| 2.5 | 2.6| 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 Children under 18...........................| .7| .8 | .8| .8| .7 | .9| 1.0 | 1.0 | .1 Persons 65 and over.........................| .3| .2 | .1| .1| .1 | .1| .1 | .1 | 1.2 Earners.....................................| 1.3| 1.8 | 1.7| 1.7| 1.6 | 1.6| 1.8 | 1.8 | .2 Vehicles....................................| 1.9| 2.4 | 2.1| 2.2| 1.9 | 1.6| 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | | | | | | | | | Percent distribution: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Male......................................| 62| 80 | 68| 69| 51 | 53| 95 | 85 | 55 Female....................................| 38| 20 | 32| 31| 49 | 47| 5 | 15 | 45 | | | | | | | | | Housing tenure: | | | | | | | | | Homeowner.................................| 63| 76 | 61| 71| 56 | 44| 69 | 59 | 78 With mortgage...........................| 37| 47 | 45| 58| 42 | 28| 50 | 40 | 12 Without mortgage........................| 26| 29 | 16| 13| 14 | 16| 19 | 19 | 66 Renter....................................| 37| 24 | 39| 29| 44 | 56| 31 | 41 | 22 | | | | | | | | | Race of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Black.....................................| 11| 5 | 11| 7| 11 | 21| 5 | 11 | 9 White and other...........................| 89| 95 | 89| 93| 89 | 79| 95 | 89 | 91 | | | | | | | | | Education of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Elementary (1-8)..........................| 8| 5 | 4| 1| 1 | 7| 6 | 9 | 21 High school (9-12)........................| 43| 40 | 40| 16| 39 | 51| 61 | 64 | 49 College...................................| 48| 54 | 56| 83| 60 | 42| 33 | 27 | 29 Never attended and other..................| (2) | (2) | (2) | (3) | (3) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | At least one vehicle owned..................| 86| 94 | 91| 94| 89 | 82| 95 | 92 | 79 | | | | | | | | | Annual aggregate expenditures...................|$3,243,017| 8.0 | 72.9| 30.1| 18.3 | 6.3| 6.4 | 11.8 | 12.6 | | | | | | | | | Food..........................................| 449,565| 7.5 | 70.4| 26.2| 18.1 | 6.1| 6.6 | 13.3 | 14.3 Food at home................................| 276,371| 7.4 | 67.1| 22.2| 17.3 | 6.7| 6.5 | 14.4 | 15.9 Cereals and bakery products...............| 43,682| 7.5 | 66.7| 23.7| 16.7 | 6.4| 6.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 Cereals and cereal products.............| 16,482| 7.3 | 67.6| 23.6| 16.6 | 6.8| 6.0 | 14.5 | 15.3 Bakery products.........................| 27,200| 7.7 | 66.2| 23.7| 16.7 | 6.2| 6.0 | 13.6 | 17.3 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............| 74,637| 7.2 | 67.1| 20.0| 17.2 | 7.0| 7.0 | 16.0 | 14.8 Beef....................................| 23,106| 6.7 | 68.6| 18.8| 18.1 | 7.3| 7.9 | 16.5 | 13.8 Pork....................................| 15,870| 7.0 | 65.7| 18.2| 16.5 | 7.5| 7.2 | 16.3 | 16.0 Other meats.............................| 9,573| 7.9 | 66.4| 20.5| 15.8 | 7.1| 7.4 | 15.6 | 17.1 Poultry.................................| 13,918| 7.5 | 67.6| 22.1| 18.0 | 6.1| 6.2 | 15.3 | 13.7 Fish and seafood........................| 9,113| 8.0 | 66.6| 23.1| 16.7 | 6.6| 5.0 | 15.0 | 14.2 Eggs....................................| 3,057| 7.3 | 65.1| 17.7| 16.1 | 7.0| 6.9 | 17.5 | 16.7 | | | | | | | | | Dairy products............................| 29,441| 7.3 | 66.4| 22.5| 17.5 | 6.4| 6.2 | 13.8 | 17.1 Fresh milk and cream....................| 12,955| 6.8 | 66.1| 20.7| 17.0 | 6.7| 6.3 | 15.4 | 17.1 Other dairy products....................| 16,486| 7.7 | 66.7| 23.9| 17.8 | 6.2| 6.1 | 12.6 | 17.1 Fruits and vegetables.....................| 44,486| 7.6 | 65.3| 22.4| 16.9 | 6.9| 6.2 | 13.0 | 17.9 Fresh fruits............................| 13,555| 8.2 | 65.5| 22.9| 16.5 | 7.4| 6.2 | 12.5 | 17.9 Fresh vegetables........................| 13,746| 7.2 | 66.1| 22.5| 17.9 | 6.7| 6.1 | 12.9 | 16.8 Processed fruits........................| 9,485| 8.1 | 64.3| 22.3| 16.4 | 6.8| 5.7 | 13.0 | 18.9 Processed vegetables....................| 7,701| 6.6 | 64.9| 21.4| 16.3 | 6.3| 6.9 | 14.0 | 18.2 | | | | | | | | | Other food at home........................| 84,125| 7.5 | 68.4| 23.3| 17.9 | 6.5| 6.6 | 14.0 | 15.1 Sugar and other sweets..................| 10,725| 7.5 | 66.3| 22.6| 17.5 | 6.7| 6.4 | 13.2 | 17.2 Fats and oils...........................| 8,076| 7.4 | 64.1| 20.6| 15.6 | 6.2| 6.5 | 15.1 | 18.3 Miscellaneous foods.....................| 36,849| 7.3 | 69.8| 24.1| 18.4 | 6.5| 6.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 Nonalcoholic beverages..................| 23,732| 7.3 | 68.3| 21.8| 18.4 | 6.9| 6.7 | 14.5 | 15.0 Food prepared by consumer unit | | | | | | | | | on out-of-town trips...................| 4,744| 9.9 | 70.1| 31.1| 17.0 | 5.3| 6.4 | 10.3 | 14.6 Food away from home.........................| 173,194| 7.6 | 75.6| 32.6| 19.3 | 5.3| 6.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | | | | | | | | | Alcoholic beverages...........................| 28,341| 6.5 | 75.6| 28.2| 18.9 | 6.0| 9.7 | 12.8 | 12.3 | | | | | | | | | Housing.......................................| 1,032,674| 7.3 | 72.3| 30.2| 18.8 | 6.5| 6.1 | 10.7 | 13.0 Shelter.....................................| 581,190| 7.3 | 74.1| 31.6| 19.3 | 6.6| 5.9 | 10.7 | 11.4 Owned dwellings...........................| 356,887| 8.1 | 76.1| 36.2| 18.4 | 5.0| 6.6 | 10.0 | 11.0 Mortgage interest and charges...........| 196,111| 8.1 | 84.0| 40.8| 20.4 | 5.2| 7.1 | 10.4 | 3.7 Property taxes..........................| 94,197| 8.1 | 68.1| 31.7| 16.2 | 4.9| 5.9 | 9.4 | 18.2 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, | | | | | | | | | other expenses.........................| 66,579| 7.9 | 63.9| 28.9| 15.2 | 4.4| 5.9 | 9.5 | 22.4 Rented dwellings..........................| 183,915| 5.4 | 71.9| 21.6| 21.6 | 10.4| 4.8 | 13.4 | 10.7 Other lodging.............................| 40,389| 9.7 | 67.6| 35.8| 18.0 | 3.2| 5.1 | 5.6 | 17.9 | | | | | | | | | Utilities, fuels, and public services.......| 223,691| 7.8 | 66.7| 23.7| 17.9 | 6.9| 6.4 | 11.8 | 16.3 Natural gas...............................| 28,898| 6.5 | 64.7| 22.6| 17.9 | 6.9| 6.1 | 11.3 | 19.3 Electricity...............................| 88,053| 8.1 | 66.5| 23.2| 17.6 | 6.8| 6.9 | 12.0 | 16.1 Fuel oil and other fuels..................| 10,014| 10.1 | 53.9| 20.2| 13.6 | 4.5| 4.9 | 10.6 | 26.1 Telephone services........................| 70,506| 7.6 | 70.3| 25.1| 19.0 | 7.7| 6.2 | 12.2 | 12.9 Water and other public services...........| 26,220| 7.5 | 65.3| 24.3| 17.4 | 6.3| 6.5 | 10.9 | 19.2 Household operations........................| 50,096| 9.1 | 71.0| 34.8| 18.9 | 4.8| 4.2 | 8.3 | 14.5 Personal services.........................| 23,487| 6.9 | 85.2| 33.2| 26.4 | 6.6| 6.0 | 13.0 | 4.6 Other household expenses..................| 26,609| 11.1 | 58.4| 36.3| 12.2 | 3.2| 2.5 | 4.2 | 23.2 | | | | | | | | | Housekeeping supplies.......................| 40,079| 6.7 | 66.4| 24.8| 17.4 | 6.5| 5.9 | 11.8 | 19.1 Laundry and cleaning supplies.............| 11,144| 6.1 | 68.4| 23.1| 17.4 | 7.6| 6.8 | 13.6 | 16.3 Other household products..................| 17,721| 7.5 | 66.8| 24.1| 16.9 | 6.8| 6.3 | 12.7 | 17.7 Postage and stationery....................| 11,214| 6.0 | 63.6| 27.6| 18.1 | 5.1| 4.3 | 8.6 | 24.2 Household furnishings and equipment.........| 137,617| 6.1 | 75.9| 35.0| 18.5 | 6.1| 7.2 | 9.0 | 12.0 Household textiles........................| 10,147| 5.3 | 68.4| 32.1| 18.2 | 5.5| 4.9 | 7.7 | 17.2 Furniture.................................| 32,547| 4.4 | 80.3| 37.2| 19.4 | 7.1| 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 Floor coverings...........................| 12,215| 3.4 | 82.0| 46.1| 15.0 | 3.5| 11.2 | 6.2 | 12.5 Major appliances..........................| 15,224| 8.7 | 68.9| 27.2| 16.4 | 5.6| 7.5 | 12.1 | 15.6 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares| 8,242| 8.5 | 70.3| 35.7| 16.4 | 4.2| 4.9 | 9.1 | 13.7 Miscellaneous household equipment.........| 59,242| 6.8 | 76.0| 34.0| 19.7 | 6.6| 6.6 | 9.2 | 11.6 | | | | | | | | | Apparel and services..........................| 167,683| 8.3 | 75.1| 31.2| 19.1 | 6.6| 5.8 | 12.4 | 9.5 Men and boys................................| 40,244| 7.7 | 75.1| 30.3| 17.6 | 6.0| 6.4 | 14.7 | 9.8 Men, 16 and over..........................| 31,054| 8.1 | 74.5| 29.7| 18.1 | 6.1| 6.5 | 14.1 | 11.1 Boys, 2 to 15.............................| 9,190| 6.4 | 77.1| 32.5| 16.2 | 5.6| 6.1 | 16.6 | 5.2 Women and girls.............................| 66,459| 8.6 | 75.3| 32.7| 20.3 | 6.2| 5.0 | 11.2 | 9.4 Women, 16 and over........................| 56,269| 8.3 | 75.2| 33.2| 20.8 | 6.2| 4.6 | 10.4 | 10.3 Girls, 2 to 15............................| 10,189| 9.8 | 76.1| 30.2| 17.5 | 5.9| 6.7 | 15.8 | 4.4 Children under 2............................| 8,147| 6.4 | 78.3| 25.9| 19.5 | 9.0| 6.5 | 17.5 | 5.2 Footwear....................................| 25,847| 8.9 | 73.4| 26.8| 18.4 | 7.8| 6.9 | 13.4 | 10.0 Other apparel products and services.........| 26,987| 8.6 | 75.1| 34.7| 19.0 | 6.6| 5.5 | 9.3 | 10.1 | | | | | | | | | Transportation................................| 617,721| 7.8 | 75.9| 29.3| 18.4 | 7.2| 7.1 | 14.0 | 10.9 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)..............| 278,486| 8.0 | 77.7| 28.4| 18.5 | 7.9| 7.0 | 15.8 | 9.4 Cars and trucks, new......................| 142,124| 7.5 | 75.6| 31.0| 18.7 | 7.4| 6.0 | 12.4 | 11.6 Cars and trucks, used.....................| 131,847| 8.7 | 79.5| 25.2| 18.3 | 8.8| 7.9 | 19.3 | 7.2 Other vehicles............................| 4,515| 4/3.1 | 94.0| 40.8| 20.0 | 4/.2| 4/10.2 | 22.8 | 4/2.9 Gasoline and motor oil......................| 100,770| 8.0 | 74.0| 24.9| 18.1 | 7.2| 8.5 | 15.3 | 11.4 Other vehicle expenses......................| 199,518| 7.5 | 75.7| 31.1| 19.2 | 6.5| 7.0 | 11.9 | 11.1 Vehicle finance charges...................| 24,050| 6.5 | 84.8| 30.4| 22.0 | 6.6| 9.1 | 16.7 | 4.5 Maintenance and repairs...................| 69,483| 7.2 | 74.2| 30.6| 18.7 | 6.8| 6.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 Vehicle insurance.........................| 70,488| 6.9 | 74.4| 27.9| 19.3 | 6.8| 8.0 | 12.4 | 13.0 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, | | | | | | | | | other charges............................| 35,498| 9.8 | 75.0| 39.0| 17.8 | 5.0| 4.7 | 8.5 | 9.9 Public transportation.......................| 38,947| 8.0 | 68.5| 37.0| 15.0 | 4.9| 3.9 | 7.6 | 18.7 | | | | | | | | | Health care...................................| 179,321| 9.1 | 57.1| 22.4| 14.3 | 4.5| 5.8 | 10.1 | 26.4 Health insurance............................| 83,296| 9.3 | 52.9| 20.6| 13.8 | 4.3| 5.0 | 9.1 | 30.9 Medical services............................| 58,365| 9.6 | 65.7| 27.0| 15.3 | 4.9| 7.0 | 11.5 | 18.1 Drugs.......................................| 29,186| 7.9 | 49.1| 16.5| 12.9 | 4.4| 5.1 | 10.2 | 33.0 Medical supplies............................| 8,474| 9.0 | 66.9| 28.2| 16.3 | 5.1| 7.7 | 9.6 | 17.3 | | | | | | | | | Entertainment.................................| 160,110| 7.7 | 75.8| 33.1| 18.6 | 5.9| 6.5 | 11.8 | 10.8 Fees and admissions.........................| 44,881| 9.3 | 74.2| 40.4| 17.6 | 4.6| 4.6 | 7.0 | 12.6 Television, radios, sound equipment.........| 54,487| 6.5 | 75.0| 27.4| 21.0 | 7.1| 6.7 | 12.8 | 11.1 Pets, toys, and playground equipment........| 29,480| 7.3 | 75.6| 28.1| 19.7 | 7.1| 8.0 | 12.7 | 10.3 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, | | | | | | | | | and services...............................| 31,262| 8.1 | 79.9| 37.1| 14.8 | 4.7| 7.1 | 16.2 | 8.2 | | | | | | | | | Personal care products and services...........| 40,449| 6.5 | 72.7| 27.8| 19.2 | 6.7| 5.5 | 13.5 | 14.2 | | | | | | | | | Reading.......................................| 16,844| 8.5 | 68.9| 32.0| 17.7 | 5.2| 5.4 | 8.7 | 16.8 | | | | | | | | | Education.....................................| 46,992| 8.2 | 78.6| 37.1| 23.2 | 6.4| 4.2 | 7.7 | 3.9 | | | | | | | | | Tobacco products and smoking supplies.........| 26,426| 7.3 | 71.2| 15.4| 18.2 | 8.1| 9.6 | 19.8 | 10.0 | | | | | | | | | Miscellaneous.................................| 76,484| 11.7 | 68.9| 26.8| 17.7 | 5.6| 8.2 | 10.5 | 13.1 | | | | | | | | | Cash contributions............................| 98,153| 7.6 | 63.3| 38.1| 11.8 | 3.1| 3.7 | 6.5 | 25.1 | | | | | | | | | Personal insurance and pensions...............| 302,253| 10.1 | 83.0| 38.9| 19.9 | 6.1| 7.0 | 11.1 | 4.0 Life and other personal insurance...........| 40,648| 9.1 | 70.8| 33.0| 17.3 | 5.3| 5.4 | 9.8 | 15.0 Pensions and Social Security................| 261,605| 10.3 | 84.9| 39.8| 20.3 | 6.3| 7.2 | 11.3 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | Sources of income and personal taxes: 1/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Money income before taxes.....................| 3,167,858| 7.7 | 77.3| 34.4| 18.9 | 5.9| 6.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 Wages and salaries..........................| 2,390,220| 2.1 | 93.2| 42.0| 22.4 | 6.9| 8.1 | 13.9 | 1.6 Self-employment income......................| 210,864| 71.9 | 23.4| 11.5| 7.9 | 1.3| 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.6 Social Security, private and government | | | | | | | | | retirement.................................| 361,451| 5.0 | 20.0| 7.2| 5.7 | 2.0| 2.0 | 3.2 | 65.2 Interest, dividends, rental income, other | | | | | | | | | property income............................| 99,733| 20.1 | 38.8| 23.1| 9.0 | 1.7| 2.3 | 2.7 | 36.2 Unemployment and workers' compensation, | | | | | | | | | veterans' benefits.........................| 27,189| 3.0 | 63.4| 12.0| 14.2 | 7.5| 10.3 | 19.3 | 8.1 Public assistance, supplemental security | | | | | | | | | income, food stamps........................| 41,520| 1.1 | 34.4| 2.7| 7.8 | 11.6| 2.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 Regular contributions for support...........| 24,640| 5.4 | 68.7| 23.2| 28.5 | 6.6| 3.7 | 6.8 | 4.5 Other income................................| 12,241| 5.3 | 78.9| 31.0| 21.8 | 11.0| 4.3 | 10.9 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | Personal taxes................................| 265,111| 7.6 | 84.9| 42.9| 19.9 | 5.1| 6.8 | 10.2 | 4.6 Federal income taxes........................| 196,757| 7.9 | 85.6| 43.6| 20.4 | 5.1| 6.7 | 9.8 | 3.8 State and local income taxes................| 54,057| 4.9 | 88.9| 43.6| 19.5 | 5.8| 7.8 | 12.2 | 3.4 Other taxes.................................| 14,297| 12.9 | 61.1| 31.4| 13.7 | 2.3| 4.6 | 9.0 | 21.1 | | | | | | | | | Income after taxes............................| 2,902,747| 7.7 | 76.6| 33.6| 18.8 | 6.0| 6.7 | 11.5 | 10.8 | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only; see glossary. 2/ Value less than 0.5. 3/ Value less than 0.05. 4/ 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.