Table 13. Occupation of Longest Job in 1996 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 Internet Release date: July 30, 1998 (Numbers in thousands. Persons as of March 1997. 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........... 437 540 20 5 89 115 121 204 208 216 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 39,875 29,138 34,294 (S) 30,584 25,222 37,296 26,783 42,148 36,914 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,976 1,579 4,834 (S) 4,020 2,067 3,320 1,213 1,616 1,719 Professional specialty workers.............................. 350 656 10 4 41 55 84 205 214 391 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 40,138 30,286 18,611 (S) 36,128 20,225 31,778 25,670 43,004 34,354 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,302 969 8,802 (S) 3,377 5,351 1,689 1,509 2,810 2,453 Technical and related support workers....................... 138 206 2 6 26 53 76 108 34 39 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,627 26,560 (S) 25,632 26,803 25,934 30,915 24,901 39,198 35,177 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 972 861 (S) 2,793 4,610 2,709 2,268 1,805 6,525 1,626 Sales workers............................................... 261 299 9 26 71 109 111 99 71 64 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,078 18,225 20,330 12,380 28,296 14,202 31,011 24,551 35,204 28,748 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 874 1,438 2,654 2,255 3,073 1,924 3,172 3,006 3,824 2,330 Administrative support workers, including clerical.......... 380 1,308 13 50 107 405 196 689 64 165 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 27,049 23,393 25,842 22,120 26,972 22,406 27,836 23,232 27,079 26,553 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,040 794 783 2,604 3,215 1,289 1,940 856 1,436 1,435 Private household workers................................... - 54 - 19 - 34 - 1 - - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... - 10,905 - 9,403 - 11,486 - (S) - - Standard error...............................(dollars)... - 1,365 - 2,708 - 2,672 - (S) - - Protective service workers.................................. 175 82 10 1 60 35 90 34 15 13 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,556 20,826 26,103 (S) 24,287 17,452 40,417 22,098 50,557 28,170 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 3,606 1,175 6,930 (S) 4,286 1,632 4,829 4,971 15,865 6,928 Service workers, except private household................... 484 831 118 169 246 455 106 185 15 23 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 18,369 16,021 16,147 14,148 18,911 15,871 20,266 17,598 27,285 21,161 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 859 469 942 816 943 557 2,105 1,221 12,485 11,603 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers...................... 57 8 43 2 12 6 2 - - - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 13,081 20,698 11,710 (S) 16,098 21,250 (S) - - - Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,384 5,053 987 (S) 926 891 (S) - - - Precision production, craft, and repair workers............. 759 127 98 19 406 66 206 40 49 2 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,219 19,613 25,822 20,077 28,087 16,918 35,820 23,343 43,649 (S) Standard error...............................(dollars)... 827 1,749 4,440 2,521 1,748 2,590 2,070 5,710 10,526 (S) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 495 416 108 85 235 253 134 64 18 14 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 23,274 18,387 20,673 15,933 23,360 18,121 25,354 19,952 38,291 27,149 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,308 1,051 1,794 2,239 1,405 1,173 2,791 2,111 2,487 4,468 Transportation and material moving workers.................. 522 53 133 8 235 38 149 7 5 - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 25,701 16,920 21,344 15,660 28,467 16,143 26,872 46,250 (S) - Standard error...............................(dollars)... 849 3,401 1,190 14,453 2,216 3,305 2,619 799 (S) - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 342 63 96 11 173 35 52 10 23 7 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 20,345 24,121 17,183 29,941 21,474 17,851 20,752 23,603 17,240 40,614 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,047 2,866 1,183 8,767 930 2,699 2,167 4,345 5,037 9,018 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC Executive, administrative, and managerial workers........... 7,619 5,005 196 104 1,337 1,199 1,917 1,699 4,169 2,003 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 49,814 32,076 30,006 20,593 39,108 25,896 40,845 30,451 60,203 40,703 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 729 291 1,542 2,508 1,261 635 742 426 1,055 564 Professional specialty workers.............................. 5,797 4,787 32 21 287 285 830 848 4,648 3,633 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 51,109 35,501 14,942 13,208 39,231 20,073 42,196 33,430 52,978 36,709 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 364 388 2,687 1,636 2,909 1,205 1,623 993 1,162 419 Technical and related support workers....................... 1,168 1,084 22 20 200 261 540 555 406 248 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 39,864 28,061 29,265 25,148 37,465 23,798 36,288 28,163 45,526 36,659 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,245 921 9,943 4,813 2,377 827 762 1,071 1,893 2,312 Sales workers............................................... 4,709 2,759 165 185 1,269 1,075 1,433 858 1,843 640 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 37,400 23,524 28,121 15,980 32,398 20,235 36,421 25,173 46,363 32,299 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 613 667 2,221 1,140 1,255 465 596 733 1,175 1,625 Administrative support workers, including clerical.......... 1,883 6,499 80 180 672 3,205 605 2,335 525 779 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 34,071 22,141 25,026 18,672 32,338 21,675 35,509 22,598 36,185 24,658 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,185 164 3,439 1,177 1,476 222 1,378 348 1,217 757 Private household workers................................... 6 95 - 18 3 43 4 30 - 4 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 9,602 12,096 - 11,076 (S) 11,456 (S) 13,798 - (S) Standard error...............................(dollars)... 11,089 755 - 1,179 (S) 810 (S) 4,015 - (S) Protective service workers.................................. 1,055 136 31 2 327 47 490 48 208 39 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 35,776 32,820 23,651 (S) 30,685 31,215 39,645 35,242 42,129 35,762 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 890 2,251 3,239 (S) 844 3,459 1,752 4,452 4,684 4,816 Service workers, except private household................... 1,358 2,247 211 317 630 1,141 396 588 120 201 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 21,359 15,161 17,791 13,233 21,531 14,231 23,013 16,436 21,048 17,443 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 403 331 1,753 915 706 481 815 496 774 1,685 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers...................... 1,126 190 209 26 517 64 276 64 124 36 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 21,776 19,080 14,776 17,867 22,472 15,452 23,863 27,546 28,122 30,576 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 532 3,312 1,836 7,016 1,021 2,959 2,277 8,280 5,017 7,444 Precision production, craft, and repair workers............. 7,510 530 870 75 3,748 273 2,357 133 535 49 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,913 23,504 24,582 17,493 31,443 22,377 36,329 26,003 36,019 36,899 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 247 1,657 603 2,245 383 1,948 474 2,590 973 4,472 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 2,346 1,006 339 228 1,360 615 536 151 111 13 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 29,546 19,865 22,120 17,282 30,264 20,116 31,707 21,781 27,365 31,560 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 749 558 1,099 940 597 615 984 1,504 3,364 5,434 Transportation and material moving workers.................. 2,426 153 444 10 1,308 111 577 26 97 7 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 30,801 20,341 26,366 16,787 31,789 22,060 31,676 15,686 29,922 18,739 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 478 2,698 818 8,303 650 1,581 1,071 1,614 3,356 11,004 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 1,085 256 181 53 592 151 251 36 61 16 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 25,320 18,053 19,529 15,707 26,084 17,410 23,852 20,938 30,285 24,591 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 763 1,020 1,321 1,448 671 1,074 1,809 1,018 2,711 6,914 BLACK-TO-WHITE, NOT HISPANIC RATIO Executive, administrative, and managerial workers.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 80.0 90.8 114.3 - 78.2 97.4 91.3 88.0 70.0 90.7 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)... 78.5 85.3 124.6 - 92.1 100.8 75.3 76.8 81.2 93.6 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)... 79.3 94.6 - 101.9 71.5 109.0 85.2 88.4 86.1 96.0 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)... 83.1 77.5 72.3 77.5 87.3 70.2 85.1 97.5 75.9 89.0 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)... 79.4 105.7 103.3 118.5 83.4 103.4 78.4 102.8 74.8 107.7 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)... - 90.2 - 84.9 - 100.3 - 0.0 - - 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)... 88.2 63.5 110.4 - 79.1 55.9 101.9 62.7 120.0 78.8 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)... 86.0 105.7 90.8 106.9 87.8 111.5 88.1 107.1 129.6 121.3 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)... 60.1 108.5 79.3 - 71.6 137.5 - - - - 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)... 97.8 83.4 105.0 114.8 89.3 75.6 98.6 89.8 121.2 - 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)... 78.8 92.6 93.5 92.2 77.2 90.1 80.0 91.6 139.9 86.0 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)... 83.4 83.2 81.0 93.3 89.6 73.2 84.8 294.9 - - 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)... 80.4 133.6 88.0 190.6 82.3 102.5 87.0 112.7 56.9 165.2 Standard error..............................(dollars)... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Data where base is less than 75,000 may not meet statistical standards for reliability of derived figures.