Table 13. Occupation of Longest Job in 1994 of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Median Earnings, Educational Attainment, Sex, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: May 1996 (Numbers in thousands. Persons as of March 1995. For meaning of symbols, see text) ============================================================================================================================================================= | Not a Some college Bachelor's | high school High school or associate degree | Total graduate graduate degree or more Occupation of longest job |======================================================================================================== | Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female ============================================================================================================================================================= BLACK Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 421 492 10 10 64 93 134 181 212 207 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 34,858 30,939 11,278 18,374 22,257 24,911 32,874 30,340 41,385 36,717 Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,655 917 8,287 5,691 3,966 2,427 2,657 1,699 5,755 3,328 Professional specialty workers...................... 365 516 13 8 13 57 80 128 260 323 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 36,080 32,208 6,905 15,418 35,438 23,202 29,989 22,032 38,976 36,934 Standard error......................(dollars)... 2,070 1,293 8,923 6,073 9,338 2,417 4,273 4,424 2,768 1,570 Technical and related support workers............... 129 189 7 1 31 42 42 102 48 43 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 31,324 26,425 14,653 (s) 33,029 25,022 31,385 26,860 35,776 26,623 Standard error......................(dollars)... 3,758 734 6,482 (s) 6,209 2,404 4,077 2,152 6,108 796 Sales workers....................................... 278 274 22 25 91 118 89 87 75 43 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 25,221 15,757 45,431 13,618 22,704 14,657 25,557 15,105 32,015 30,845 Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,085 1,125 12,818 2,764 2,290 1,919 1,737 1,712 3,959 5,879 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. 359 1,155 9 43 172 395 129 584 48 134 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 24,336 21,304 27,060 18,892 21,041 21,603 25,837 20,781 38,341 25,009 Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,443 415 3,029 2,677 1,885 978 4,006 467 4,588 1,403 Private household workers........................... 5 26 - 5 1 11 3 5 - 4 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... (s) 11,815 - (s) (s) 11,310 (s) (s) - (s) Standard error......................(dollars)... (s) 784 - (s) (s) 2,460 (s) (s) - (s) Protective service workers.......................... 224 71 13 1 77 32 95 25 39 13 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 26,855 21,875 13,322 (s) 25,242 20,339 34,295 21,550 31,556 32,725 Standard error......................(dollars)... 2,349 2,104 2,508 (s) 1,850 2,786 3,246 2,358 16,404 6,451 Service workers, except private household........... 388 852 47 185 220 449 94 184 27 34 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 17,215 14,222 17,761 13,506 15,810 14,395 20,439 14,539 23,068 16,567 Standard error......................(dollars)... 821 453 2,706 810 748 665 1,437 963 5,130 6,725 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 83 10 48 3 32 8 4 - - - Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 14,323 11,268 14,477 (s) 13,440 10,655 (s) - - - Standard error......................(dollars)... 931 1,255 1,000 (s) 4,117 2,564 (s) - - - Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 624 112 143 15 257 74 188 20 36 4 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 28,549 20,028 25,658 17,493 26,847 17,311 35,626 28,008 41,433 (s) Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,484 1,874 1,767 5,441 1,665 1,709 3,965 4,344 8,572 (s) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 492 374 105 111 240 218 124 38 23 8 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 24,966 16,214 20,600 11,649 25,254 16,833 25,094 17,747 25,893 20,647 Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,127 505 4,005 758 932 562 3,260 2,521 4,132 2,961 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 496 43 74 5 255 18 130 20 36 - Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 24,570 24,123 23,311 (s) 25,872 20,047 19,965 26,940 22,463 - Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,244 5,136 2,089 (s) 1,237 4,412 4,238 5,524 2,261 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 362 66 82 16 190 26 72 24 18 - Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 17,964 15,021 17,759 15,597 18,031 15,616 17,307 11,640 19,220 - Standard error......................(dollars)... 942 1,277 1,687 3,121 1,288 1,902 2,596 3,127 2,016 - WHITE, NOT HISPANIC Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 7,145 4,469 167 107 1,263 1,122 1,741 1,374 3,974 1,866 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 48,308 31,031 27,550 18,092 36,018 25,684 41,403 27,394 56,310 39,776 Standard error......................(dollars)... 900 354 2,262 1,845 648 681 860 664 838 793 Professional specialty workers...................... 5,783 4,554 31 27 221 238 815 822 4,715 3,467 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 47,379 32,864 20,954 16,317 35,589 20,942 39,462 31,374 50,682 34,978 Standard error......................(dollars)... 681 544 8,996 2,095 3,073 1,278 1,330 484 409 513 Technical and related support workers............... 1,183 1,012 14 9 252 221 527 540 390 241 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 37,112 28,376 45,636 16,948 32,319 26,628 37,223 27,252 39,837 35,248 Standard error......................(dollars)... 1,142 733 3,719 2,715 1,067 1,607 1,519 705 1,193 2,191 Sales workers....................................... 4,868 2,425 155 122 1,327 985 1,506 731 1,880 587 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 36,084 21,289 21,716 14,538 31,885 18,202 33,171 21,549 45,925 33,125 Standard error......................(dollars)... 391 503 1,222 917 599 621 1,255 1,191 950 2,394 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. 1,819 6,679 73 173 677 3,217 590 2,580 479 709 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 30,170 21,432 27,270 17,786 27,807 20,886 30,774 21,716 31,293 24,295 Standard error......................(dollars)... 646 159 3,613 1,072 1,186 218 847 256 1,104 646 Private household workers........................... 3 70 - 15 2 37 - 15 2 3 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... (s) 12,267 - 9,794 (s) 11,744 - 12,845 (s) (s) Standard error......................(dollars)... (s) 1,678 - 11,873 (s) 1,594 - 3,801 (s) (s) Protective service workers.......................... 1,127 93 21 2 381 32 490 34 236 24 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 36,062 28,110 16,623 (s) 30,355 24,513 38,470 26,379 41,889 31,992 Standard error......................(dollars)... 826 1,865 5,305 (s) 1,114 2,923 1,628 2,423 2,503 3,343 Service workers, except private household........... 1,214 2,224 203 344 522 1,056 380 678 109 145 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 20,357 14,183 16,573 12,270 20,307 13,691 22,021 15,917 21,853 15,584 Standard error......................(dollars)... 544 391 1,411 530 819 637 963 549 1,487 1,757 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 1,250 188 203 26 538 99 300 45 210 18 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 18,053 10,373 12,955 9,874 17,250 9,855 19,687 11,211 24,351 10,631 Standard error......................(dollars)... 895 1,138 1,551 4,832 929 1,376 1,011 5,612 4,236 5,868 Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 7,131 539 814 84 3,575 288 2,257 139 485 27 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 31,268 23,850 24,616 21,064 31,010 23,616 33,733 26,236 32,266 25,883 Standard error......................(dollars)... 215 1,359 734 2,354 320 1,490 856 3,673 1,234 7,759 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 2,327 1,109 374 277 1,273 633 578 152 102 47 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 26,839 17,310 22,773 15,471 26,542 18,106 29,045 19,053 31,261 19,508 Standard error......................(dollars)... 361 370 1,342 666 441 739 845 1,410 1,696 4,021 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 2,261 164 405 23 1,221 80 493 47 142 14 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 27,502 24,114 24,307 23,931 27,954 23,697 30,817 23,184 31,553 36,125 Standard error......................(dollars)... 721 1,531 1,076 2,225 958 3,403 1,122 2,525 2,347 1,047 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 1,042 282 187 59 586 165 204 42 65 17 Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 21,818 14,964 18,589 10,943 21,907 15,699 25,580 15,413 21,945 26,612 Standard error......................(dollars)... 617 806 1,463 1,398 948 948 1,283 2,385 3,027 8,175 BLACK-TO-WHITE, NOT HISPANIC RATIO Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 72.2 99.7 40.9 101.6 61.8 97.0 79.4 110.8 73.5 92.3 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Professional specialty workers...................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 76.2 98.0 33.0 94.5 99.6 110.8 76.0 70.2 76.9 105.6 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Technical and related support workers............... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 84.4 93.1 32.1 - 102.2 94.0 84.3 98.6 89.8 75.5 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Sales workers....................................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 69.9 74.0 209.2 93.7 71.2 80.5 77.0 70.1 69.7 93.1 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Administrative support workers, including clerical.. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 80.7 99.4 99.2 106.2 75.7 103.4 84.0 95.7 122.5 102.9 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Private household workers........................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... - 96.3 - - - 96.3 - - - - Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Protective service workers.......................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 74.5 77.8 80.1 - 83.2 83.0 89.1 81.7 75.3 102.3 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Service workers, except private household........... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 84.6 100.3 107.2 110.1 77.9 105.1 92.8 91.3 105.6 106.3 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 79.3 108.6 111.7 - 77.9 108.1 - - - - Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 91.3 84.0 104.2 83.0 86.6 73.3 105.6 106.8 128.4 - Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 93.0 93.7 90.5 75.3 95.1 93.0 86.4 93.1 82.8 105.8 Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Transportation and material moving workers.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 89.3 100.0 95.9 - 92.6 84.6 64.8 116.2 71.2 - Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings.......................(dollars)... 82.3 100.4 95.5 142.5 82.3 99.5 67.7 75.5 87.6 - Standard error......................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Even though the overall number of persons employed in the occupation groups shown is relatively large, caution should be exercised when viewing these data because of the small number of cases in the individual occupation groups when crossed by educational attainment. Data where base is less than 75,000 may not meet statistical standards for reliability of derived figures.