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PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$1
Total to $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 $15,000 $17,500 $20,000 $22,500 $25,000 $27,500
with $2,499 to to to to to to to to to to to
earnings or Loss $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 $12,499 $14,999 $17,499 $19,999 $22,499 $24,999 $27,499 $29,999
Both Sexes
Worked Full Time, Year Round
15 Years and Over
White alone 1/
Total........................................ 83,022 759 286 633 834 2,805 2,184 4,008 3,121 5,641 3,229 5,385 2,810
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 31,500 314 72 135 122 449 263 526 464 946 589 1,237 686
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 15,031 259 37 63 51 215 90 208 225 415 283 625 298
Management occupations....................... 11,207 239 34 60 36 158 75 149 188 320 205 425 175
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 1,896 5 1 5 4 7 9 6 17 35 20 26 15
Legislators................................. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 9,309 234 33 55 32 151 66 143 169 285 185 398 160
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 3,823 21 4 3 15 57 15 60 37 96 78 201 123
Business Operations Specialists............. 1,816 9 3 3 7 37 5 25 13 40 47 113 64
Financial Specialists....................... 2,008 12 1 0 8 21 10 35 25 55 31 88 59
Professional and related occupations.......... 16,469 55 35 71 71 234 173 318 239 531 306 612 388
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 2,124 4 1 1 4 4 8 23 15 12 30 47 33
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 2,025 3 0 1 4 4 8 23 15 12 30 47 32
Actuaries................................... 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 87 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 1,991 6 3 2 3 8 0 5 18 36 11 31 37
Architects, except naval.................... 179 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 3 2 0
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 35 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Engineers................................... 1,297 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 8 12 2 6 13
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 480 3 0 0 1 4 0 3 6 20 6 23 17
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 913 4 0 1 1 7 3 8 4 21 10 32 14
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 0 0
All other scientists........................ 567 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 9 6 15 9
Science technicians......................... 179 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 6 3 17 5
Community and social services occupations.... 1,305 2 6 12 11 14 19 53 30 67 53 96 57
Legal occupations............................ 1,032 0 1 2 3 8 3 16 6 14 6 20 16
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 702 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 2
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 330 0 1 0 0 3 3 16 1 13 6 20 13
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 3,954 9 10 25 38 108 92 122 89 179 81 147 138
Postsecondary teachers...................... 637 2 0 7 1 9 2 9 17 26 6 14 2
All other teachers.......................... 2,818 7 10 8 17 54 50 64 42 104 57 112 121
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 498 0 0 10 20 46 40 49 31 49 18 21 14
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 1,454 29 13 19 10 55 25 39 35 62 17 54 30
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 3,696 0 0 9 3 29 23 54 41 140 97 186 64
Doctors..................................... 702 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 1 1 1 0
Nurses...................................... 1,623 0 0 3 0 7 8 12 8 62 47 62 27
All other health and technical occupations.. 1,370 0 0 6 3 15 15 40 31 77 48 123 37
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$1
Total to $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 $15,000 $17,500 $20,000 $22,500 $25,000 $27,500
with $2,499 to to to to to to to to to to to
earnings or Loss $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 $12,499 $14,999 $17,499 $19,999 $22,499 $24,999 $27,499 $29,999
Service occupations............................ 9,595 131 76 178 265 937 672 1,035 619 993 514 686 328
Healthcare support occupations................ 1,117 6 2 13 17 61 53 109 80 176 74 98 66
Protective service occupations................ 1,560 2 6 0 6 21 44 54 28 64 50 101 60
Supervisors.................................. 214 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 8
Fire fighters and Police..................... 702 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 11 26 28
All other protective service occupations..... 644 2 6 0 6 21 42 48 25 56 35 70 24
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 2,904 44 24 82 130 444 256 401 265 329 171 151 60
Supervisors.................................. 476 11 2 7 6 33 25 57 27 60 20 33 18
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 1,019 17 3 21 43 158 92 122 112 121 67 54 19
All other food preparation occupations....... 1,409 16 19 54 81 253 140 221 125 148 84 65 23
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2,309 29 10 31 56 237 216 283 156 265 118 203 104
Supervisors.................................. 218 3 0 0 4 13 5 6 1 11 10 31 14
All other maintenance occupations............ 2,091 26 10 31 52 224 212 277 155 254 108 172 90
Personal care and service occupations......... 1,705 50 34 52 56 175 102 189 90 159 101 133 38
Supervisors.................................. 220 2 0 4 0 14 3 23 5 27 17 19 2
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 1,485 48 34 48 56 161 99 166 86 132 83 114 37
Sales and office occupations................... 20,687 159 80 153 201 637 578 1,261 1,025 1,836 1,073 1,766 951
Sales and related occupations................. 9,425 126 51 93 118 312 239 537 354 669 308 574 332
Supervisors.................................. 3,574 70 7 32 15 73 51 131 116 265 137 235 166
Cashiers..................................... 820 3 11 27 53 105 98 167 67 92 27 35 10
Insurance sales agents....................... 469 0 1 0 0 0 3 19 22 20 17 18 16
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 535 8 10 5 3 11 2 11 6 30 7 34 10
All other sales and related occupations...... 4,027 44 22 29 46 123 85 209 144 261 120 252 130
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 11,262 33 29 59 83 325 339 725 671 1,167 765 1,192 619
Supervisors.................................. 1,157 5 0 0 3 11 4 26 31 68 52 105 36
Postal workers............................... 392 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 9 4 10 7
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 9,713 28 29 59 80 312 333 697 639 1,090 709 1,077 576
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 9,804 90 23 114 131 342 224 448 375 841 396 753 380
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 558 9 10 23 15 47 29 54 51 64 40 48 12
Supervisors.................................. 53 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 12 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 505 9 10 23 15 44 29 54 47 63 39 36 12
Construction and extraction occupations....... 5,475 62 5 72 76 200 149 247 228 545 221 443 209
Construction................................. 5,398 61 5 72 76 200 149 247 223 542 218 438 209
Supervisors................................. 711 0 0 2 0 9 5 9 23 17 30 42 21
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 136 3 0 0 1 4 11 5 6 13 8 28 2
Carpenters.................................. 986 23 5 15 13 47 40 55 45 121 53 81 39
Electricians................................ 553 2 0 1 0 16 2 8 16 44 6 27 17
Painters and paperhangers................... 394 1 0 22 7 25 15 32 36 58 9 39 9
Sheet metal workers......................... 127 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 10 7 5 3
Structural iron and steel workers........... 60 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 1
All other constrution trades................ 2,432 30 1 32 51 94 73 136 91 280 103 213 117
Extraction workers........................... 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 3 6 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 3,771 19 8 19 40 96 46 147 96 232 135 262 158
Supervisors.................................. 279 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 4 11 4 3
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$1
Total to $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 $15,000 $17,500 $20,000 $22,500 $25,000 $27,500
with $2,499 to to to to to to to to to to to
earnings or Loss $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 $12,499 $14,999 $17,499 $19,999 $22,499 $24,999 $27,499 $29,999
Aircraft mechanics and service............... 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 1
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 1,039 13 3 4 7 43 24 52 34 77 34 86 35
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 244 1 0 1 0 0 6 18 5 18 15 37 22
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 222 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 12 10
All other occupations........................ 1,860 3 5 14 31 52 16 71 45 125 67 124 86
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 10,951 64 36 53 115 432 433 715 625 994 635 911 449
Production occupations........................ 6,343 32 16 38 57 209 275 447 397 610 384 503 281
Supervisors.................................. 752 0 4 0 0 9 4 14 28 30 34 47 30
All other occupations........................ 5,591 32 12 38 57 200 270 433 369 580 350 456 250
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 4,608 32 20 16 57 223 158 268 229 383 252 408 169
Supervisors.................................. 135 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 8 11 5 2
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 2,536 30 10 7 28 100 68 103 110 178 124 187 94
Rail and subway workers...................... 59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 0
All other transportation occupations......... 1,756 3 10 8 30 123 90 150 109 193 115 214 69
Armed Forces................................... 485 0 0 0 0 7 13 21 13 31 21 31 17
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$30,000 $32,500 $35,000 $37,500 $40,000 $42,500 $45,000 $47,500 $50,000 $52,500 $55,000 $57,500 $60,000
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$32,499 $34,999 $37,499 $39,999 $42,499 $44,999 $47,499 $49,999 $52,499 $54,999 $57,499 $59,999 $62,499
Both Sexes
Worked Full Time, Year Round
15 Years and Over
White alone 1/
Total........................................ 6,245 2,112 4,833 2,100 5,007 1,343 2,971 1,416 3,905 948 1,999 679 2,496
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 1,979 694 1,752 851 2,112 574 1,359 758 2,001 517 1,048 347 1,421
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 866 257 757 354 943 264 577 303 929 188 444 121 694
Management occupations....................... 526 177 491 223 651 174 398 222 661 138 340 83 538
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 32 17 52 17 80 23 42 33 95 23 42 22 95
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 493 160 439 206 571 152 356 189 566 114 298 61 443
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 340 80 265 131 292 89 179 81 268 50 104 38 155
Business Operations Specialists............. 156 50 147 63 131 48 81 40 121 38 63 20 73
Financial Specialists....................... 184 30 118 68 161 41 98 41 146 13 41 18 83
Professional and related occupations.......... 1,114 437 995 497 1,169 310 782 455 1,072 329 603 226 727
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 69 33 99 39 128 17 111 65 141 45 96 27 162
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 62 33 98 35 113 17 108 62 136 45 96 26 147
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 6 0 2 4 15 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 12
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 62 43 63 60 99 31 91 32 149 42 137 36 142
Architects, except naval.................... 4 2 3 8 9 5 6 6 6 0 7 2 12
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 1 1
Engineers................................... 21 36 26 22 59 12 41 10 95 33 66 25 110
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 34 4 31 30 31 13 42 13 42 9 63 7 20
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 44 23 63 23 46 22 69 25 85 11 29 16 33
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Economists.................................. 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 4 0 6 0 1 0 3 3 5 0 8 0 9
All other scientists........................ 19 10 30 15 31 14 54 8 58 10 17 11 21
Science technicians......................... 18 10 23 8 14 6 12 12 19 0 3 4 0
Community and social services occupations.... 168 57 93 47 118 40 47 32 54 24 44 10 42
Legal occupations............................ 63 21 40 12 62 18 35 12 44 11 23 17 38
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 13 4 14 1 32 14 5 10 29 5 12 4 24
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 50 18 26 11 29 4 30 2 14 6 10 13 14
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 346 124 308 177 336 103 164 134 250 104 110 33 114
Postsecondary teachers...................... 36 14 35 13 39 11 21 18 39 21 24 8 23
All other teachers.......................... 263 94 242 157 276 85 137 107 192 82 80 23 86
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 46 16 31 8 20 7 5 9 20 1 6 2 4
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 124 39 97 23 108 24 86 46 110 15 19 24 51
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 239 97 233 116 273 56 180 109 240 76 147 62 145
Doctors..................................... 15 7 14 14 7 5 12 3 17 0 4 0 22
Nurses...................................... 131 49 118 69 175 43 107 72 143 41 91 35 72
All other health and technical occupations.. 94 41 102 32 91 9 61 34 80 36 52 27 51
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$30,000 $32,500 $35,000 $37,500 $40,000 $42,500 $45,000 $47,500 $50,000 $52,500 $55,000 $57,500 $60,000
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$32,499 $34,999 $37,499 $39,999 $42,499 $44,999 $47,499 $49,999 $52,499 $54,999 $57,499 $59,999 $62,499
Service occupations............................ 657 200 418 137 339 102 168 66 206 56 123 43 102
Healthcare support occupations................ 133 32 72 7 47 9 21 7 11 4 7 1 0
Protective service occupations................ 106 50 138 33 107 35 71 32 77 35 61 18 60
Supervisors.................................. 12 5 19 1 14 7 12 4 12 3 11 7 5
Fire fighters and Police..................... 32 25 76 6 63 21 43 23 36 21 34 7 52
All other protective service occupations..... 62 20 43 27 30 7 15 6 30 11 16 4 3
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 153 45 59 34 57 10 16 19 30 14 20 13 15
Supervisors.................................. 55 13 12 11 19 4 5 2 15 7 10 1 6
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 44 21 25 5 21 4 11 15 11 5 1 2 4
All other food preparation occupations....... 55 11 22 18 17 3 0 2 4 1 9 10 4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 168 45 85 34 47 33 29 6 46 2 10 5 15
Supervisors.................................. 23 7 12 3 7 10 3 2 15 2 4 3 6
All other maintenance occupations............ 145 39 72 31 40 23 26 4 31 0 6 3 10
Personal care and service occupations......... 97 28 64 29 81 14 31 1 42 1 26 5 13
Supervisors.................................. 19 1 13 3 11 2 6 0 7 1 6 1 5
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 78 28 52 26 70 12 25 0 35 0 19 4 8
Sales and office occupations................... 1,751 570 1,282 518 1,223 328 640 253 760 121 397 108 451
Sales and related occupations................. 595 221 540 202 482 120 328 102 437 75 203 48 301
Supervisors.................................. 299 79 241 75 167 61 132 49 176 38 88 14 119
Cashiers..................................... 29 7 14 5 37 3 8 0 3 0 2 0 1
Insurance sales agents....................... 43 12 23 13 41 2 10 7 17 8 5 5 18
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 20 14 21 2 48 0 23 4 31 0 11 4 26
All other sales and related occupations...... 203 108 241 105 188 55 155 42 211 29 98 25 137
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 1,156 349 742 317 742 208 312 152 322 46 194 60 150
Supervisors.................................. 123 44 88 52 129 44 30 10 50 9 27 10 39
Postal workers............................... 22 7 15 20 71 39 33 33 53 5 32 12 4
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 1,011 298 639 245 542 125 249 109 220 32 135 38 107
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 777 295 685 266 687 148 407 145 499 165 211 112 295
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 39 8 43 17 10 1 0 1 7 0 2 4 1
Supervisors.................................. 5 1 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 34 6 32 17 3 1 0 1 7 0 2 4 1
Construction and extraction occupations....... 425 123 345 118 373 75 226 71 278 76 123 54 174
Construction................................. 414 123 333 116 363 73 222 68 277 76 122 54 174
Supervisors................................. 51 12 54 15 49 5 44 20 62 21 39 12 28
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 7 2 9 1 1 3 0 2 6 0 2 3 0
Carpenters.................................. 86 32 43 32 75 4 40 8 30 6 13 1 27
Electricians................................ 34 20 39 9 60 14 34 7 43 11 16 11 18
Painters and paperhangers................... 34 8 12 5 22 7 11 3 13 0 7 2 9
Sheet metal workers......................... 10 4 8 3 17 3 9 1 4 0 3 2 1
Structural iron and steel workers........... 13 0 6 2 2 0 4 3 7 0 0 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 179 46 163 50 137 36 81 23 112 38 43 22 90
Extraction workers........................... 11 0 12 3 9 2 4 3 2 0 1 0 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 312 164 298 131 304 72 180 74 213 89 86 53 119
Supervisors.................................. 12 6 40 21 31 3 11 9 24 5 12 1 9
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$30,000 $32,500 $35,000 $37,500 $40,000 $42,500 $45,000 $47,500 $50,000 $52,500 $55,000 $57,500 $60,000
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$32,499 $34,999 $37,499 $39,999 $42,499 $44,999 $47,499 $49,999 $52,499 $54,999 $57,499 $59,999 $62,499
Aircraft mechanics and service............... 11 4 10 3 10 6 7 3 15 3 7 1 15
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 92 56 69 32 79 17 43 19 50 22 14 15 39
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 26 7 6 8 17 0 3 5 10 4 2 0 7
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 11 16 23 4 27 1 11 3 12 8 10 4 8
All other occupations........................ 160 75 149 64 141 45 104 35 103 48 42 33 41
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 1,038 327 664 314 601 182 378 192 419 84 204 62 212
Production occupations........................ 610 206 400 167 340 101 181 102 235 43 115 39 106
Supervisors.................................. 56 35 42 45 42 13 25 25 58 3 26 9 25
All other occupations........................ 555 171 357 122 298 88 156 76 177 40 89 30 81
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 428 121 265 147 261 81 198 90 185 41 88 24 105
Supervisors.................................. 15 3 14 1 11 5 14 3 9 0 2 3 8
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 271 74 153 85 153 58 141 64 122 35 76 15 75
Rail and subway workers...................... 4 1 8 0 3 1 2 2 6 2 2 0 4
Ship captains and engineers.................. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
All other transportation occupations......... 135 42 86 60 92 17 39 21 47 3 6 5 17
Armed Forces................................... 43 26 32 13 45 9 18 2 20 5 16 7 16
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$62,500 $65,000 $67,500 $70,000 $72,500 $75,000 $77,500 $80,000 $82,500 $85,000 $87,500 $90,000 $92,500
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$64,999 $67,499 $69,999 $72,499 $74,999 $77,499 $79,999 $82,499 $84,999 $87,499 $89,999 $92,499 $94,999
Both Sexes
Worked Full Time, Year Round
15 Years and Over
White alone 1/
Total........................................ 473 1,329 460 1,622 359 1,543 333 1,123 252 585 126 693 148
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 273 747 288 1,008 223 989 225 748 161 379 89 506 96
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 123 361 122 545 96 546 116 358 106 186 49 282 57
Management occupations....................... 95 272 89 406 71 441 95 303 86 148 38 232 47
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 5 47 10 80 7 79 24 56 13 34 3 46 8
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 90 226 79 327 64 362 71 247 73 114 35 187 39
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 28 89 33 139 25 106 20 56 21 38 11 49 11
Business Operations Specialists............. 14 37 9 53 12 32 6 21 7 10 8 18 0
Financial Specialists....................... 14 51 24 85 13 73 14 34 14 28 3 31 11
Professional and related occupations.......... 150 386 166 463 127 443 109 390 55 193 40 224 39
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 13 72 42 123 34 72 23 126 14 36 8 50 15
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 13 69 35 115 32 67 23 125 14 36 8 49 15
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 3 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 23 76 22 92 27 99 31 83 7 25 7 48 11
Architects, except naval.................... 0 9 0 4 0 16 3 7 0 3 0 4 1
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engineers................................... 20 55 18 83 17 73 28 71 4 13 7 44 10
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 3 12 4 5 10 3 0 5 2 9 0 0 0
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 6 30 14 46 16 16 17 18 2 18 5 17 0
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Economists.................................. 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 0 11 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 3 0
All other scientists........................ 5 16 3 36 16 16 15 14 2 11 2 14 0
Science technicians......................... 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Community and social services occupations.... 5 7 14 16 3 11 0 3 2 9 3 5 0
Legal occupations............................ 10 14 5 27 0 37 1 33 8 1 2 31 0
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 4 7 5 26 0 31 1 30 8 1 2 27 0
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 5 7 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 50 97 26 52 17 90 7 44 13 32 5 16 5
Postsecondary teachers...................... 7 16 14 9 3 34 5 9 10 13 0 7 3
All other teachers.......................... 42 77 12 40 14 56 2 28 4 14 5 7 3
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 3 0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 12 22 10 36 13 27 7 29 1 15 0 17 2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 31 69 32 72 17 91 22 54 8 57 10 39 6
Doctors..................................... 8 6 0 17 2 38 2 14 3 15 1 27 4
Nurses...................................... 14 40 24 39 12 19 12 17 0 12 5 7 0
All other health and technical occupations.. 9 23 9 16 3 34 9 23 5 30 4 5 2
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$62,500 $65,000 $67,500 $70,000 $72,500 $75,000 $77,500 $80,000 $82,500 $85,000 $87,500 $90,000 $92,500
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$64,999 $67,499 $69,999 $72,499 $74,999 $77,499 $79,999 $82,499 $84,999 $87,499 $89,999 $92,499 $94,999
Service occupations............................ 16 78 21 83 13 58 12 41 9 25 4 34 11
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Protective service occupations................ 9 58 14 41 9 31 10 23 1 18 4 19 5
Supervisors.................................. 5 11 8 10 0 8 3 0 1 15 0 6 2
Fire fighters and Police..................... 3 34 6 26 9 22 7 21 0 3 4 11 3
All other protective service occupations..... 1 13 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 1 2 1 8 0 11 2 2 3 3 0 4 1
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 2 0 2 0 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2 8 0 18 2 3 0 8 4 0 0 2 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
All other maintenance occupations............ 2 8 0 16 2 3 0 4 4 0 0 2 0
Personal care and service occupations......... 4 10 5 16 2 12 0 6 1 2 0 8 0
Supervisors.................................. 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 2 5 16 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 8 0
Sales and office occupations................... 92 220 49 243 40 296 52 186 46 104 16 93 21
Sales and related occupations................. 41 148 33 188 24 258 36 148 31 84 9 75 15
Supervisors.................................. 17 40 17 48 10 104 18 78 6 37 7 27 7
Cashiers..................................... 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Insurance sales agents....................... 3 2 2 6 2 18 1 9 0 9 0 4 0
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 1 17 1 14 0 19 0 11 6 5 0 5 0
All other sales and related occupations...... 18 87 13 117 12 117 16 50 18 33 2 38 8
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 51 72 16 55 16 39 16 37 15 20 7 18 6
Supervisors.................................. 16 14 9 27 4 19 0 16 0 4 2 8 5
Postal workers............................... 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 36 53 7 28 12 19 16 22 13 15 5 10 2
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 47 153 63 167 38 121 37 59 20 39 7 29 11
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 1 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction and extraction occupations....... 15 81 35 91 18 77 25 27 8 25 2 24 9
Construction................................. 15 81 33 85 18 77 25 27 8 25 2 24 9
Supervisors................................. 4 12 1 22 2 19 6 5 6 10 1 10 0
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Carpenters.................................. 2 9 0 9 3 10 2 3 2 3 0 5 3
Electricians................................ 4 18 13 5 2 17 6 10 0 2 1 0 5
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 6 0 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 5 33 18 30 6 22 11 7 0 8 0 9 1
Extraction workers........................... 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 31 71 28 71 15 44 12 32 13 14 3 5 1
Supervisors.................................. 4 15 4 9 0 3 6 4 0 4 0 1 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$62,500 $65,000 $67,500 $70,000 $72,500 $75,000 $77,500 $80,000 $82,500 $85,000 $87,500 $90,000 $92,500
to to to to to to to to to to to to to
$64,999 $67,499 $69,999 $72,499 $74,999 $77,499 $79,999 $82,499 $84,999 $87,499 $89,999 $92,499 $94,999
Aircraft mechanics and service............... 1 1 0 5 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 3 9 10 9 2 19 0 6 2 1 2 0 0
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 7 0 2 0 0 0
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 6 9 4 12 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
All other occupations........................ 16 34 9 32 4 14 4 12 7 7 0 4 1
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 42 124 32 109 41 70 7 87 12 30 8 28 9
Production occupations........................ 26 85 21 71 27 55 5 52 3 11 6 19 5
Supervisors.................................. 5 18 5 26 10 17 2 25 0 4 0 7 5
All other occupations........................ 21 67 17 45 16 38 4 27 3 7 6 12 0
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 16 39 11 37 15 15 2 35 8 19 1 9 4
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 12 17 2 17 9 13 2 24 3 8 0 1 2
Rail and subway workers...................... 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other transportation occupations......... 1 15 6 11 2 2 0 6 6 3 1 4 2
Armed Forces................................... 2 6 6 13 3 8 1 2 4 9 1 4 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$95,000 $97,500 $100,000 Median earnings Mean earnings Gini ratio
to to and Standard Standard Standard
$97,499 $99,999 over Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Ratio error
Both Sexes
Worked Full Time, Year Round
15 Years and Over
White alone 1/
Total........................................ 434 125 5,668 35,755 83 46,941 227 0.392 0.0034
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 318 101 4,132 49,563 327 63,707 455 0.363 0.0052
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 192 54 2,368 51,137 184 67,770 728 0.372 0.0075
Management occupations....................... 157 47 1,995 52,834 782 71,396 907 0.375 0.0086
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 22 8 734 77,488 1,629 112,931 3,454 0.273 0.0191
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other Managers.......................... 134 39 1,261 50,783 238 62,945 800 0.378 0.0092
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 35 6 373 45,054 698 57,141 1,042 0.339 0.0150
Business Operations Specialists............. 18 4 167 42,392 750 54,034 1,275 0.331 0.0216
Financial Specialists....................... 17 2 206 46,469 636 59,951 1,613 0.345 0.0208
Professional and related occupations.......... 126 48 1,764 47,178 229 60,000 559 0.360 0.0073
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 38 8 238 60,181 928 63,179 860 0.256 0.0169
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 38 8 222 60,093 1,212 63,179 889 0.254 0.0173
Actuaries................................... 0 0 3 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 0 13 60,468 4,895 60,807 3,145 0.228 0.0850
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 25 9 263 59,529 1,259 66,617 1,175 0.278 0.0187
Architects, except naval.................... 2 1 42 65,677 4,548 78,396 6,235 0.316 0.0648
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Engineers................................... 23 8 215 65,921 916 73,307 1,470 0.263 0.0231
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 0 0 6 45,907 731 45,636 905 0.196 0.0318
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 6 6 106 51,106 499 61,714 2,071 0.299 0.0286
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 5 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Economists.................................. 0 0 12 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 0 0 30 67,128 1,633 76,258 4,499 0.282 0.0765
All other scientists........................ 5 6 59 52,276 1,374 63,896 2,978 0.277 0.0360
Science technicians......................... 1 0 0 37,028 1,113 37,758 1,146 0.203 0.0526
Community and social services occupations.... 0 3 27 35,216 647 41,380 1,753 0.306 0.0280
Legal occupations............................ 17 6 351 69,154 3,323 103,015 3,967 0.315 0.0263
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 17 6 349 99,351 18,982 132,655 5,377 0.183 0.0298
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 0 1 37,073 1,379 39,977 988 0.219 0.0400
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 17 7 135 39,768 434 44,071 566 0.296 0.0133
Postsecondary teachers...................... 10 3 97 52,246 1,195 65,317 2,580 0.356 0.0350
All other teachers.......................... 5 4 35 40,064 346 41,977 440 0.238 0.0141
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 2 0 3 23,342 1,460 28,730 994 0.335 0.0380
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 5 3 100 41,281 495 47,053 1,039 0.347 0.0223
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 18 5 544 47,706 665 70,882 1,665 0.393 0.0165
Doctors..................................... 2 0 429 100,000 (NA) 158,341 5,848 0.067 0.0277
Nurses...................................... 5 1 36 44,591 1,048 48,025 987 0.231 0.0203
All other health and technical occupations.. 10 4 80 40,560 577 53,151 2,324 0.368 0.0278
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$95,000 $97,500 $100,000 Median earnings Mean earnings Gini ratio
to to and Standard Standard Standard
$97,499 $99,999 over Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Ratio error
Service occupations............................ 8 1 130 22,222 138 28,993 482 0.374 0.0106
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 0 2 23,869 629 25,449 414 0.230 0.0227
Protective service occupations................ 7 0 49 40,401 643 46,571 1,177 0.309 0.0220
Supervisors.................................. 1 0 10 52,642 2,735 66,599 6,040 0.343 0.0755
Fire fighters and Police..................... 6 0 26 48,006 1,348 51,785 892 0.218 0.0280
All other protective service occupations..... 0 0 12 28,757 1,342 34,208 1,591 0.328 0.0402
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 0 1 23 18,173 284 23,006 807 0.358 0.0218
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 5 23,750 1,393 27,920 987 0.324 0.0394
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 0 13 18,708 398 22,309 630 0.320 0.0285
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 0 5 16,601 237 21,849 1,563 0.385 0.0545
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 1 0 28 21,288 253 25,044 456 0.314 0.0183
Supervisors.................................. 1 0 15 31,167 910 41,001 2,622 0.360 0.0650
All other maintenance occupations............ 0 0 12 20,581 252 23,379 402 0.289 0.0178
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 0 28 21,636 362 30,777 1,894 0.454 0.0343
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 7 26,882 2,232 42,222 5,244 0.439 0.0862
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 0 21 20,858 407 29,082 2,027 0.450 0.0378
Sales and office occupations................... 65 15 1,026 30,891 115 40,492 400 0.374 0.0069
Sales and related occupations................. 51 15 904 35,854 251 50,246 777 0.420 0.0099
Supervisors.................................. 18 0 303 36,147 347 49,879 1,212 0.397 0.0162
Cashiers..................................... 0 0 8 16,682 240 25,789 3,266 0.455 0.0777
Insurance sales agents....................... 1 6 86 41,586 734 61,319 2,717 0.385 0.0413
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 4 0 110 48,841 2,282 67,106 3,584 0.400 0.0386
All other sales and related occupations...... 28 10 397 37,455 576 52,020 1,153 0.409 0.0150
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 14 0 122 28,478 240 32,329 316 0.274 0.0080
Supervisors.................................. 4 0 34 36,989 549 46,832 2,480 0.337 0.0328
Postal workers............................... 0 0 2 44,051 707 43,943 696 0.130 0.0339
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 10 0 85 27,042 128 30,132 204 0.256 0.0081
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 17 5 178 32,553 340 38,120 473 0.320 0.0088
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 0 6 21,542 517 24,431 837 0.326 0.0368
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 0 0 6 20,772 496 23,169 852 0.328 0.0400
Construction and extraction occupations....... 6 5 108 31,646 243 37,317 529 0.324 0.0115
Construction................................. 6 5 106 31,574 248 37,284 535 0.324 0.0115
Supervisors................................. 4 0 41 45,739 1,254 50,197 1,489 0.284 0.0314
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 6 26,456 576 47,323 8,899 0.510 0.1222
Carpenters.................................. 0 0 2 27,347 752 30,424 629 0.287 0.0264
Electricians................................ 0 0 11 41,408 545 44,339 1,130 0.271 0.0332
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 0 5 23,063 1,565 30,955 3,616 0.370 0.0632
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 0 5 40,781 1,268 46,448 4,506 0.336 0.0850
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other constrution trades................ 2 5 36 29,901 505 34,668 624 0.313 0.0164
Extraction workers........................... 0 0 2 36,713 1,520 39,608 2,625 0.254 0.0924
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 12 0 64 36,276 288 41,309 946 0.302 0.0150
Supervisors.................................. 3 0 5 41,990 1,797 47,231 1,254 0.219 0.0445
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2002 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2002, Work Experience in 2002, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands.
People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
$95,000 $97,500 $100,000 Median earnings Mean earnings Gini ratio
to to and Standard Standard Standard
$97,499 $99,999 over Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Value (Dol.) error (Dol.) Ratio error
Aircraft mechanics and service............... 0 0 0 47,307 2,699 47,371 1,580 0.182 0.0618
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 6 0 12 33,269 797 36,301 735 0.280 0.0236
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 0 0 7 29,887 916 37,056 1,727 0.283 0.0541
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 0 0 6 41,999 2,139 59,851 8,840 0.381 0.0995
All other occupations........................ 2 0 34 35,927 405 41,147 1,502 0.310 0.0227
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 22 2 188 30,034 211 34,745 390 0.318 0.0086
Production occupations........................ 19 1 44 29,329 397 33,125 353 0.293 0.0103
Supervisors.................................. 7 0 14 39,821 877 44,624 922 0.267 0.0276
All other occupations........................ 12 1 30 27,502 324 31,578 375 0.288 0.0111
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 3 1 145 30,522 222 36,975 788 0.345 0.0143
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 6 37,456 2,478 43,023 2,507 0.268 0.0751
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 1 0 48 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 15 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 1 1 61 32,109 259 37,312 887 0.310 0.0175
Rail and subway workers...................... 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other transportation occupations......... 0 0 13 25,563 273 29,421 1,008 0.302 0.0221
Armed Forces................................... 4 0 15 36,385 974 41,840 1,200 0.282 0.0353
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032003/perinc/new06_030.htm