Table 1903. Occupation of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1997 (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).| 105,576| 5,538 | 69,358 | 23,474 | 19,645 | 8,422 | 5,626 | 12,191 | 19,145 Percent distribution of consumer units..| 100.0| 5.2 | 65.7 | 22.2 | 18.6 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 11.5 | 18.1 | | | | | | | | | Consumer unit characteristics (mean | | | | | | | | | values): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Income before taxes 1/................| $39,926|$44,962 | $47,304 | $66,698 |$39,292 | $31,137 | $44,396 | $35,211 | $21,717 Income after taxes 1/.................| 36,684| 42,346 | 43,090 | 59,921 | 35,949 | 29,276 | 40,319 | 32,870 | 20,645 Age of reference person...............| 47.7| 48.6 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 39.3 | 39.8 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 73.1 | | | | | | | | | Average number in consumer unit: | | | | | | | | | Persons.............................| 2.5| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 Children under 18...................| .7| .8 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .9 | .9 | 1.0 | .1 Persons 65 and over.................| .3| .2 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | (2) | .1 | 1.2 Earners.............................| 1.3| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | .2 Vehicles............................| 2.0| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | | | | | | | | | Percent distribution: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Male..............................| 59| 79 | 63 | 64 | 50 | 55 | 94 | 76 | 52 Female............................| 41| 21 | 37 | 36 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 24 | 48 | | | | | | | | | Housing tenure: | | | | | | | | | Homeowner.........................| 64| 77 | 61 | 71 | 54 | 47 | 68 | 58 | 79 With mortgage...................| 38| 47 | 46 | 57 | 41 | 33 | 49 | 39 | 15 Without mortgage................| 26| 30 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 64 Renter............................| 36| 23 | 39 | 29 | 46 | 53 | 32 | 42 | 21 | | | | | | | | | Race of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Black.............................| 12| 6 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 9 White and other...................| 88| 94 | 88 | 92 | 87 | 83 | 94 | 84 | 91 | | | | | | | | | Education of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Elementary (1-8)..................| 7| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 High school (9-12)................| 39| 38 | 36 | 15 | 33 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 48 College...........................| 53| 58 | 61 | 84 | 65 | 44 | 39 | 31 | 33 Never attended and other..........| (3) | (4) | (3) | (2) | (3) | (3) | (4) | (3) | 1 | | | | | | | | | At least one vehicle owned or | | | | | | | | | leased.............................| 87| 95 | 91 | 95 | 88 | 83 | 95 | 89 | 82 | | | | | | | | | Annual aggregate expenditures...........|$3,674,032| 6.9 | 73.3 | 32.4 | 18.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 12.1 | | | | | | | | | Food..................................| 505,791| 7.8 | 72.0 | 29.1 | 18.4 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 Food at home........................| 303,340| 6.5 | 70.2 | 26.0 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 12.2 | 13.3 Cereals and bakery products.......| 47,710| 6.5 | 70.5 | 26.5 | 18.7 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 Cereals and cereal products.....| 16,998| 6.3 | 71.3 | 26.5 | 19.0 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 12.5 Bakery products.................| 30,712| 6.7 | 70.1 | 26.5 | 18.5 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 13.5 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs....| 78,267| 6.3 | 69.6 | 23.1 | 18.3 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 Beef............................| 23,545| 6.8 | 70.0 | 22.2 | 18.8 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 12.8 Pork............................| 16,549| 5.6 | 69.3 | 21.3 | 17.5 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 13.9 Other meats.....................| 10,142| 5.5 | 70.1 | 23.7 | 17.7 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 Poultry.........................| 15,272| 6.4 | 70.7 | 25.1 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 13.2 Fish and seafood................| 9,326| 6.8 | 67.7 | 25.5 | 18.4 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 13.8 Eggs............................| 3,433| 5.8 | 67.6 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 15.5 | | | | | | | | | Dairy products....................| 33,038| 6.9 | 71.0 | 27.2 | 17.7 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 12.1 | 12.7 Fresh milk and cream............| 13,494| 5.7 | 71.6 | 24.9 | 17.5 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 13.0 Other dairy products............| 19,544| 7.7 | 70.6 | 28.8 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 12.5 Fruits and vegetables.............| 50,093| 6.5 | 68.5 | 27.3 | 17.0 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 11.4 | 14.7 Fresh fruits....................| 15,847| 7.0 | 68.2 | 28.3 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 15.6 Fresh vegetables................| 15,035| 6.4 | 67.5 | 26.4 | 16.7 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 14.7 Processed fruits................| 10,772| 6.3 | 69.1 | 29.0 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 14.5 Processed vegetables............| 8,439| 5.7 | 70.0 | 24.7 | 17.8 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 13.0 | 13.4 | | | | | | | | | Other food at home................| 94,232| 6.6 | 71.2 | 27.2 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 12.8 Sugar and other sweets..........| 12,039| 7.4 | 68.7 | 26.4 | 16.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 13.9 Fats and oils...................| 8,537| 6.4 | 67.3 | 23.4 | 17.1 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 12.6 | 15.5 Miscellaneous foods.............| 42,452| 6.3 | 73.0 | 28.6 | 19.1 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 11.7 Nonalcoholic beverages..........| 25,752| 6.5 | 70.9 | 25.1 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 12.7 Food prepared by consumer unit | | | | | | | | | on out-of-town trips...........| 5,453| 7.9 | 70.6 | 34.6 | 16.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 14.7 Food away from home.................| 202,451| 9.8 | 74.6 | 33.7 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 10.1 | 9.4 | | | | | | | | | Alcoholic beverages...................| 32,576| 7.5 | 75.3 | 35.2 | 19.9 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 11.5 | | | | | | | | | Housing...............................| 1,189,819| 6.4 | 72.6 | 32.4 | 18.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 12.7 Shelter.............................| 669,759| 6.5 | 74.3 | 33.9 | 18.8 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 11.0 Owned dwellings...................| 415,427| 7.4 | 74.9 | 37.9 | 17.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 11.6 Mortgage interest and charges...| 234,934| 7.4 | 82.4 | 42.2 | 18.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 4.6 Property taxes..................| 102,530| 7.0 | 67.5 | 34.2 | 15.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 19.0 Maintenance, repairs, | | | | | | | | | insurance, other expenses......| 77,964| 7.6 | 62.1 | 29.9 | 14.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 23.0 Rented dwellings..................| 209,376| 4.3 | 73.5 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 12.0 | 9.6 Other lodging.....................| 44,956| 8.2 | 73.1 | 46.2 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 12.7 Utilities, fuels, and public | | | | | | | | | services...........................| 254,681| 6.4 | 67.4 | 26.3 | 17.6 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 16.3 Natural gas.......................| 31,774| 5.8 | 64.0 | 25.6 | 16.6 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 20.5 Electricity.......................| 95,934| 6.6 | 66.5 | 24.9 | 17.7 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 16.7 Fuel oil and other fuels..........| 11,373| 9.3 | 60.7 | 24.1 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 20.2 Telephone services................| 85,416| 5.9 | 71.3 | 28.1 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 11.0 | 12.6 Water and other public services...| 30,184| 6.5 | 65.3 | 27.3 | 16.2 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 19.2 Household operations................| 57,905| 6.7 | 73.8 | 40.4 | 17.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 13.7 Personal services.................| 27,777| 5.4 | 82.4 | 38.5 | 22.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 7.0 Other household expenses..........| 30,128| 7.9 | 65.8 | 42.1 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 19.9 | | | | | | | | | Housekeeping supplies...............| 47,914| 6.7 | 70.6 | 31.9 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 9.7 | 14.4 Laundry and cleaning supplies.....| 12,202| 5.5 | 72.1 | 25.4 | 19.2 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 12.7 | 13.1 Other household products..........| 22,125| 6.6 | 71.6 | 33.3 | 16.1 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 13.5 Postage and stationery............| 13,588| 8.0 | 67.6 | 35.6 | 16.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 17.1 Household furnishings and equipment.| 159,560| 6.2 | 73.4 | 33.0 | 19.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 13.2 Household textiles................| 8,353| 7.5 | 72.4 | 35.1 | 18.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 12.8 Furniture.........................| 40,894| 6.1 | 75.5 | 35.2 | 19.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 10.8 Floor coverings...................| 8,198| 4.4 | 66.3 | 31.3 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 24.3 Major appliances..................| 17,861| 6.9 | 67.7 | 26.6 | 17.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 16.7 Small appliances, miscellaneous | | | | | | | | | housewares.......................| 9,689| 10.3 | 68.1 | 28.7 | 19.8 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 14.3 Miscellaneous household equipment.| 74,566| 5.7 | 75.2 | 33.9 | 21.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 12.3 | | | | | | | | | Apparel and services..................| 182,168| 7.0 | 75.5 | 33.0 | 19.2 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 9.8 Men and boys........................| 42,883| 7.5 | 76.7 | 34.3 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 7.6 Men, 16 and over..................| 34,034| 7.6 | 76.3 | 35.4 | 17.7 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 11.2 | 8.3 Boys, 2 to 15.....................| 8,848| 6.9 | 78.2 | 29.9 | 19.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 4.9 Women and girls.....................| 71,671| 7.9 | 73.1 | 33.9 | 20.0 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 11.5 Women, 16 and over................| 60,493| 7.9 | 72.5 | 34.1 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 12.4 Girls, 2 to 15....................| 11,178| 8.4 | 76.5 | 33.0 | 16.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 11.7 | 6.3 Children under 2....................| 8,117| 5.0 | 81.4 | 30.5 | 24.7 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 13.6 | 5.5 Footwear............................| 33,126| 6.3 | 76.0 | 29.0 | 19.0 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 12.7 | 10.6 Other apparel products and services.| 26,372| 5.1 | 77.6 | 34.4 | 17.6 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 13.7 | 9.2 | | | | | | | | | Transportation........................| 681,669| 5.7 | 75.4 | 31.2 | 18.5 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 11.1 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)......| 288,830| 4.8 | 76.1 | 29.7 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 13.3 | 10.5 Cars and trucks, new..............| 129,741| 4.8 | 76.1 | 36.4 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 12.8 | 12.0 Cars and trucks, used.............| 154,513| 4.4 | 76.2 | 24.2 | 19.9 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 9.6 Other vehicles....................| 4,576| 5/18.5 | 72.3 | 24.3 | 14.6 | 5/5.8 | 5/13.9 | 13.8 | (4) Gasoline and motor oil..............| 115,872| 6.2 | 74.5 | 27.7 | 19.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 11.4 Other vehicle expenses..............| 235,459| 6.4 | 75.3 | 33.0 | 19.1 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 11.6 Vehicle finance charges...........| 30,914| 5.9 | 80.9 | 28.7 | 21.3 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 7.2 Maintenance and repairs...........| 71,947| 6.8 | 73.1 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 13.3 Vehicle insurance.................| 79,709| 5.5 | 72.8 | 29.8 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 11.3 | 14.1 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, | | | | | | | | | other charges....................| 52,889| 7.3 | 78.9 | 40.6 | 19.7 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 Public transportation...............| 41,508| 7.7 | 72.9 | 41.2 | 16.4 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 12.2 | | | | | | | | | Health care...........................| 194,300| 7.7 | 56.6 | 24.7 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 26.8 Health insurance....................| 93,042| 7.9 | 55.2 | 23.9 | 14.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 29.2 Medical services....................| 56,065| 8.1 | 62.6 | 27.8 | 15.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 19.9 Drugs...............................| 33,804| 6.7 | 48.3 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 33.4 Medical supplies....................| 11,389| 6.6 | 63.8 | 29.7 | 15.9 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 21.6 | | | | | | | | | Entertainment.........................| 191,334| 6.3 | 75.6 | 35.6 | 18.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 11.2 Fees and admissions.................| 49,699| 7.1 | 76.1 | 41.6 | 17.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 11.0 Television, radios, sound equipment.| 60,946| 5.7 | 73.3 | 29.7 | 19.6 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 12.1 Pets, toys, and playground | | | | | | | | | equipment..........................| 34,409| 6.8 | 76.4 | 32.6 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 Other entertainment supplies, | | | | | | | | | equipment, and services............| 46,281| 5.9 | 77.7 | 39.4 | 16.7 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 11.3 | | | | | | | | | Personal care products and services...| 55,644| 5.9 | 72.5 | 30.8 | 18.7 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 14.2 | | | | | | | | | Reading...............................| 17,270| 6.8 | 68.4 | 35.7 | 16.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 18.4 | | | | | | | | | Education.............................| 60,241| 7.5 | 76.3 | 39.0 | 17.4 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 5.5 | | | | | | | | | Tobacco products and smoking supplies.| 27,839| 6.6 | 69.7 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 11.7 | | | | | | | | | Miscellaneous.........................| 89,432| 7.4 | 72.0 | 29.0 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 12.0 | | | | | | | | | Cash contributions....................| 105,671| 8.5 | 64.5 | 36.4 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 21.2 | | | | | | | | | Personal insurance and pensions.......| 340,278| 8.6 | 84.3 | 42.1 | 19.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 3.5 Life and other personal insurance...| 39,975| 10.2 | 69.1 | 32.4 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 14.3 Pensions and Social Security........| 300,303| 8.4 | 86.3 | 43.4 | 19.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 2.1 | | | | | | | | | Sources of income and personal taxes: 1/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Money income before taxes.............| 3,393,329| 5.4 | 79.1 | 37.8 | 18.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 Wages and salaries..................| 2,677,703| 1.9 | 92.4 | 44.4 | 21.8 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 1.8 Self-employment income..............| 167,347| 66.1 | 27.8 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 Social Security, private and | | | | | | | | | government retirement..............| 385,053| 3.8 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 65.5 Interest, dividends, rental income, | | | | | | | | | other property income..............| 69,871| 8.3 | 46.3 | 32.1 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 38.7 Unemployment and workers' | | | | | | | | | compensation, veterans' benefits...| 17,511| 2.2 | 64.3 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 16.6 | 13.9 Public assistance, supplemental | | | | | | | | | security income, food stamps.......| 32,480| 1.7 | 30.6 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 10.6 Regular contributions for support...| 24,922| 4.9 | 66.5 | 24.8 | 22.2 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 2.8 Other income........................| 18,442| 2.4 | 83.8 | 30.2 | 23.6 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | Personal taxes........................| 275,498| 3.9 | 86.8 | 47.3 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 6.1 Federal income taxes................| 209,750| 3.9 | 87.4 | 48.3 | 19.7 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 5.7 State and local income taxes........| 54,803| 3.1 | 89.2 | 46.1 | 19.9 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 4.5 Other taxes.........................| 10,945| 8.9 | 63.6 | 34.3 | 14.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 21.9 | | | | | | | | | Income after taxes....................| 3,117,831| 5.6 | 78.4 | 37.0 | 18.6 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.