Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer
Expenditure Survey, 3rd quarter 2015 through 2nd quarter 2016
Item
All
consumer
units
Self-
employed
workers
Wage and salary earners
Retired
All other,
including
not
reporting
Total
wage and
salary
earners
Managers
and
professionals
Technical,
sales and
clerical
workers
Service
workers
Construction
workers and
mechanics
Operators,
fabricators
and
laborers
Number of consumer units (in thousands) .........
129,074
8,134
78,515
31,275
19,673
16,137
3,720
7,710
24,991
17,434
Consumer unit characteristics:
Income before taxes
Mean ..............................................
$72,990 $130,879
$84,910
$114,772
$69,743
$55,402
$65,234
$73,731
$39,227
$40,699
SE ..................................................
1,115.81
4,830.95
1,474.70
1,920.00
1,218.40
2,042.37
2,890.21
10,466.70
941.32
1,871.03
CV(%) .............................................
1.53
3.69
1.74
1.67
1.75
3.69
4.43
14.20
2.40
4.60
Income after taxes
Mean ..............................................
62,896
103,603
72,531
94,809
61,316
50,748
58,659
63,069
37,178
37,379
SE ..................................................
799.80
3,490.98
1,024.53
1,342.71
966.62
1,751.47
2,395.84
6,526.90
828.29
1,482.41
CV(%) .............................................
1.27
3.37
1.41
1.42
1.58
3.45
4.08
10.35
2.23
3.97
Age of reference person ...................................
50.8
50.3
44.1
44.4
43.2
43.6
45.2
45.3
73.6
48.3
Average number in consumer unit:
People ............................................................
2.5
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.7
2.7
1.7
2.7
Children under 18 ...........................................
.6
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.7
.1
.8
Adults 65 and older ........................................
.4
.3
.1
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
1.2
.2
Earners ...........................................................
1.3
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.8
.2
.6
Vehicles ..........................................................
1.9
2.2
2.0
2.