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PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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........................................ 82,762 768 299 628 781 2,661 1,908 3,907 3,017 5,196 3,270 5,178 2,705
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 31,623 348 77 132 147 373 254 539 467 877 665 1,172 722
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 14,978 258 53 76 63 151 102 213 190 389 295 545 278
Management occupations....................... 11,116 234 49 71 60 126 92 177 123 270 176 395 166
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 2,040 7 2 17 9 11 2 14 5 12 9 34 16
Legislators................................. 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 9,073 227 47 55 51 115 89 163 117 258 167 361 150
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 3,862 24 5 4 3 25 11 37 67 118 119 150 112
Business Operations Specialists............. 1,811 10 3 0 0 4 5 19 35 48 65 77 46
Financial Specialists....................... 2,051 14 2 4 3 22 6 17 33 70 54 74 65
Professional and related occupations.......... 16,645 89 24 56 84 222 151 326 277 489 370 627 444
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 2,035 0 0 0 0 13 8 6 12 16 11 33 15
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 1,941 0 0 0 0 13 8 6 12 16 11 28 15
Actuaries................................... 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 1,929 7 2 0 0 10 5 8 5 11 21 33 32
Architects, except naval.................... 131 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Engineers................................... 1,298 7 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 3 3 16
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 485 0 2 0 0 4 0 7 0 10 18 28 15
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 895 3 0 0 7 4 8 19 17 19 29 29 16
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 127 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
All other scientists........................ 518 3 0 0 4 3 5 15 17 8 9 18 10
Science technicians......................... 199 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 10 21 11 3
Community and social services occupations.... 1,283 3 2 7 5 16 7 30 43 63 75 105 105
Legal occupations............................ 1,166 8 0 0 3 1 0 7 17 11 18 32 19
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 780 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 4 0
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 386 8 0 0 3 1 0 7 11 10 13 28 19
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 4,185 16 7 22 43 117 88 153 104 169 93 155 142
Postsecondary teachers...................... 541 0 0 1 6 10 1 14 5 27 17 5 7
All other teachers.......................... 3,091 12 4 4 12 55 41 84 56 100 54 123 123
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 553 4 3 17 24 52 47 55 43 41 23 27 12
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 1,414 43 12 25 20 35 10 46 18 66 34 73 38
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 3,738 10 1 3 7 26 24 56 61 134 89 166 78
Doctors..................................... 677 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 4 0
Nurses...................................... 1,625 3 1 0 1 2 6 16 13 31 34 84 47
All other health and technical occupations.. 1,437 3 0 3 5 23 17 39 43 101 56 78 31
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............................ 9,433 110 105 201 271 856 612 1,061 673 925 459 642 281
Healthcare support occupations................ 1,096 12 6 18 26 70 46 98 115 137 99 122 62
Protective service occupations................ 1,836 6 12 4 7 12 19 60 41 108 36 82 58
Supervisors.................................. 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 8 3
Fire fighters and Police..................... 814 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 19 4 9 19
All other protective service occupations..... 741 6 12 4 7 10 19 51 39 83 29 65 36
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 2,493 27 21 62 111 337 253 421 212 271 105 145 70
Supervisors.................................. 372 11 0 1 6 27 29 48 21 32 22 35 13
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 858 5 5 7 20 80 101 179 77 97 43 50 23
All other food preparation occupations....... 1,263 10 15 54 85 230 123 194 113 143 40 60 35
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2,381 23 15 51 69 228 212 331 204 271 137 179 53
Supervisors.................................. 282 4 2 5 0 13 6 24 4 24 15 8 6
All other maintenance occupations............ 2,099 19 13 46 69 215 206 307 200 247 122 171 47
Personal care and service occupations......... 1,627 42 51 65 58 209 82 151 101 138 82 115 38
Supervisors.................................. 196 2 3 2 0 16 10 10 11 7 4 13 2
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 1,431 40 48 63 58 193 72 141 90 131 78 102 36
Sales and office occupations................... 20,497 135 66 150 154 698 491 1,022 911 1,703 1,114 1,778 952
Sales and related occupations................. 9,215 104 43 95 84 413 232 418 378 565 367 532 264
Supervisors.................................. 3,624 66 16 25 18 108 59 114 111 188 134 248 103
Cashiers..................................... 704 0 7 35 31 96 84 81 81 70 42 46 19
Insurance sales agents....................... 481 5 0 0 0 5 4 25 9 22 23 16 11
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 607 9 0 7 4 31 9 16 19 43 21 23 13
All other sales and related occupations...... 3,799 23 20 29 30 172 76 182 159 241 146 200 119
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 11,282 31 23 54 70 285 259 604 533 1,138 747 1,246 687
Supervisors.................................. 1,188 6 3 0 0 1 8 25 16 52 36 93 79
Postal workers............................... 414 3 0 1 1 3 6 3 1 3 5 15 0
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 9,680 22 20 53 69 281 244 576 516 1,083 706 1,138 608
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 9,583 83 22 72 80 348 237 520 427 680 405 685 271
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 524 7 5 19 8 40 48 57 51 53 44 32 19
Supervisors.................................. 50 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 3 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 473 7 5 19 8 40 46 52 46 47 40 32 19
Construction and extraction occupations....... 5,331 48 11 35 53 236 127 321 237 439 206 401 134
Construction................................. 5,228 48 11 35 53 236 125 310 236 428 206 401 130
Supervisors................................. 715 0 0 4 2 0 0 13 16 34 4 25 9
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 131 4 0 1 0 10 13 10 5 1 4 12 2
Carpenters.................................. 1,023 13 3 16 14 26 30 68 47 122 55 115 35
Electricians................................ 542 0 3 0 0 14 8 6 14 22 15 38 14
Painters and paperhangers................... 456 12 1 1 14 57 14 40 21 55 21 48 10
Sheet metal workers......................... 105 0 0 0 0 11 2 4 12 9 5 1 3
Structural iron and steel workers........... 41 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
All other constrution trades................ 2,214 20 4 13 23 116 59 170 122 185 99 157 58
Extraction workers........................... 103 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 11 0 0 4
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 3,729 28 6 18 19 72 62 143 140 188 155 251 119
Supervisors.................................. 264 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 14 5
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............... 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 7 5 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 1,148 13 6 12 7 36 33 64 55 67 55 105 38
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 211 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 5 14 6 17 8
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 188 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 11 2 10 3 6
All other occupations........................ 1,808 10 0 5 12 31 27 62 66 91 75 107 62
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 11,061 90 27 73 130 378 305 734 505 973 585 853 465
Production occupations........................ 6,297 54 6 42 44 201 169 444 274 583 340 521 246
Supervisors.................................. 781 1 1 2 2 2 0 11 10 27 21 33 22
All other occupations........................ 5,516 53 4 40 42 199 169 432 264 556 319 488 224
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 4,765 36 22 31 85 177 136 291 231 390 245 331 219
Supervisors.................................. 148 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 13 4 13 0
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 77 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 2,434 24 8 16 31 77 41 113 90 162 89 168 88
Rail and subway workers...................... 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 6
Ship captains and engineers.................. 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other transportation occupations......... 1,948 13 14 12 53 100 94 174 132 211 149 149 125
Armed Forces................................... 564 3 0 0 0 8 9 31 34 37 42 48 13
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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........................................ 6,374 1,912 4,657 1,998 5,061 1,464 3,213 1,417 3,920 1,028 1,868 714 2,759
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 1,956 638 1,738 796 1,980 654 1,401 623 1,909 568 978 390 1,521
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 921 227 795 308 814 271 617 295 905 212 412 131 740
Management occupations....................... 607 115 554 187 539 161 386 183 674 152 305 90 539
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 34 16 58 22 89 14 64 27 65 15 45 24 102
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 573 99 496 164 450 147 322 157 609 137 261 66 437
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 315 112 241 121 275 111 231 112 231 60 107 41 201
Business Operations Specialists............. 184 50 147 65 120 55 103 53 128 34 38 24 66
Financial Specialists....................... 131 62 94 56 154 55 127 59 103 26 69 17 135
Professional and related occupations.......... 1,035 411 943 488 1,166 383 784 328 1,004 356 565 260 781
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 94 34 72 42 131 24 92 36 105 35 85 41 143
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 90 34 63 39 124 24 86 33 99 34 83 41 137
Actuaries................................... 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 4 0 6 2 4 0 4 3 6 2 2 0 6
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 47 20 63 29 112 37 79 33 136 47 90 37 151
Architects, except naval.................... 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 13 8 1 10 3 14
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
Engineers................................... 5 2 37 16 41 16 32 6 87 30 69 30 108
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 41 11 26 14 63 21 43 14 39 16 12 4 28
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 49 21 41 27 54 17 49 13 72 20 13 18 18
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 7 2 8 4 10 0 4 5 1 7 1 2 0
All other scientists........................ 23 13 21 7 26 10 27 3 51 9 9 10 16
Science technicians......................... 17 6 9 16 18 4 17 3 20 4 3 6 1
Community and social services occupations.... 147 56 88 57 87 40 67 10 69 17 44 10 23
Legal occupations............................ 51 14 54 25 50 16 32 15 46 2 21 9 36
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 15 0 4 0 17 6 15 4 31 2 8 3 18
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 36 14 50 25 32 10 17 11 15 1 12 6 17
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 310 153 330 175 365 122 188 118 249 107 138 85 173
Postsecondary teachers...................... 36 12 9 12 39 4 12 15 39 8 25 11 38
All other teachers.......................... 247 116 299 153 306 116 167 95 201 92 111 61 119
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 27 25 23 9 19 1 9 7 8 7 2 13 16
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 142 30 97 21 108 39 69 27 73 30 46 7 45
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 195 83 198 112 261 88 207 77 254 97 128 55 193
Doctors..................................... 12 5 18 3 8 1 13 4 21 3 8 4 19
Nurses...................................... 96 28 97 58 154 52 120 54 140 61 92 30 114
All other health and technical occupations.. 87 50 83 51 99 35 74 19 93 33 28 21 59
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............................ 603 205 337 149 371 94 207 102 234 46 116 36 108
Healthcare support occupations................ 99 27 44 19 39 11 5 11 11 0 4 0 1
Protective service occupations................ 114 46 75 54 129 48 89 55 122 32 78 25 67
Supervisors.................................. 6 11 8 11 16 8 8 8 21 11 5 2 8
Fire fighters and Police..................... 44 11 41 29 80 29 40 27 53 16 56 20 47
All other protective service occupations..... 64 23 26 14 33 11 41 19 48 5 17 3 12
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 169 41 55 19 46 18 40 11 14 3 12 0 2
Supervisors.................................. 52 12 13 6 14 6 6 1 2 2 2 0 0
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 64 9 14 3 20 8 13 4 9 1 10 0 2
All other food preparation occupations....... 53 20 28 9 13 3 21 6 3 0 0 0 0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 116 52 91 29 103 6 44 17 28 1 16 4 21
Supervisors.................................. 24 14 18 6 24 4 8 0 11 0 9 4 5
All other maintenance occupations............ 92 38 73 23 79 2 36 17 17 1 7 0 16
Personal care and service occupations......... 104 40 72 27 53 12 29 8 58 10 7 8 16
Supervisors.................................. 15 6 17 4 11 0 13 3 13 7 4 0 7
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 90 34 56 23 41 11 17 6 45 2 3 8 9
Sales and office occupations................... 1,825 548 1,217 498 1,234 416 784 325 788 200 322 104 497
Sales and related occupations................. 669 178 414 198 581 126 372 137 421 108 165 61 320
Supervisors.................................. 283 86 221 96 272 71 163 72 187 46 81 28 153
Cashiers..................................... 26 11 12 6 14 3 9 0 9 0 0 0 3
Insurance sales agents....................... 37 9 21 11 43 3 10 1 37 7 6 0 10
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 70 21 13 4 30 6 24 6 30 15 12 0 26
All other sales and related occupations...... 253 51 147 81 222 43 166 58 158 40 65 32 128
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 1,156 370 802 300 653 290 412 188 367 92 158 44 177
Supervisors.................................. 153 43 76 46 100 29 57 34 59 23 34 4 51
Postal workers............................... 5 5 26 19 62 49 61 27 57 18 19 3 12
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 998 322 700 235 491 212 295 127 251 51 105 36 115
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 852 235 609 241 746 142 412 167 534 124 229 83 316
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 31 13 10 10 30 1 16 1 2 0 11 1 5
Supervisors.................................. 5 0 3 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 2
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 26 13 7 9 25 1 10 1 1 0 8 1 3
Construction and extraction occupations....... 538 126 312 116 401 72 187 66 319 52 100 47 167
Construction................................. 532 125 301 114 400 72 177 61 312 49 96 37 164
Supervisors................................. 60 6 48 18 83 18 37 14 88 14 14 2 51
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 16 4 4 3 12 7 5 1 4 0 3 0 2
Carpenters.................................. 113 31 65 20 70 9 23 11 44 3 10 3 20
Electricians................................ 69 16 36 12 40 8 26 10 34 13 23 11 23
Painters and paperhangers................... 26 10 17 3 44 1 3 3 14 1 2 6 8
Sheet metal workers......................... 5 8 3 0 2 0 10 0 11 3 2 1 0
Structural iron and steel workers........... 4 4 7 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0
All other constrution trades................ 238 47 121 57 145 29 74 21 115 14 43 12 61
Extraction workers........................... 6 1 11 2 1 0 9 5 7 3 4 10 3
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 284 96 286 115 315 69 209 100 213 72 118 35 144
Supervisors.................................. 22 6 15 10 20 7 8 5 14 3 17 3 20
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............... 2 6 5 8 4 1 6 2 12 1 3 0 16
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 86 16 99 17 115 21 49 19 60 24 22 12 38
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 19 3 20 13 23 3 8 8 18 1 7 0 8
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 10 5 14 1 21 5 7 5 17 5 12 1 10
All other occupations........................ 146 61 134 65 132 33 132 62 93 37 56 18 52
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 1,097 278 719 303 691 150 389 185 442 87 219 92 296
Production occupations........................ 691 173 411 181 383 70 215 93 209 58 143 57 166
Supervisors.................................. 87 31 64 25 70 19 29 27 36 22 36 12 31
All other occupations........................ 604 142 347 156 313 51 186 66 173 35 106 45 135
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 406 105 308 122 308 80 174 92 233 29 77 35 129
Supervisors.................................. 22 1 14 0 10 1 3 4 20 0 3 1 4
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 222 49 178 71 208 57 121 57 152 25 50 15 93
Rail and subway workers...................... 3 2 1 4 4 0 6 0 7 0 3 8 5
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
All other transportation occupations......... 157 51 114 46 83 20 44 28 49 5 18 8 26
Armed Forces................................... 41 8 38 12 39 9 21 14 13 4 4 8 21
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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........................................ 495 1,447 561 1,708 332 1,205 338 1,208 283 736 170 787 154
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 291 821 326 1,022 217 718 189 716 185 510 138 518 122
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 128 379 157 500 113 413 97 321 86 275 70 267 69
Management occupations....................... 94 288 119 415 100 322 70 262 75 214 59 224 50
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 15 54 16 73 11 84 16 47 15 26 21 55 9
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 78 235 102 342 89 239 54 215 60 188 38 169 41
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 35 90 38 85 12 91 26 58 11 60 10 43 19
Business Operations Specialists............. 28 34 26 24 6 29 1 37 6 17 4 23 12
Financial Specialists....................... 6 56 12 61 6 62 25 22 4 43 6 20 6
Professional and related occupations.......... 162 442 169 522 104 305 93 396 99 235 69 252 54
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 28 98 35 113 21 46 37 145 22 62 22 56 17
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 25 96 35 107 21 46 37 139 21 62 22 51 17
Actuaries................................... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 5 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 46 75 32 117 22 48 22 92 21 46 22 56 14
Architects, except naval.................... 4 6 3 5 2 2 0 4 0 5 1 6 1
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engineers................................... 33 54 25 97 20 40 22 78 19 37 21 50 11
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 10 14 3 14 0 6 0 10 2 3 0 0 2
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 13 29 15 32 8 23 6 13 12 13 4 15 6
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 6 3 0 11 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 0
All other scientists........................ 5 21 11 17 2 13 3 11 6 7 4 11 4
Science technicians......................... 3 1 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0
Community and social services occupations.... 6 28 13 20 0 9 3 7 0 3 0 4 0
Legal occupations............................ 2 11 5 29 4 25 1 21 9 30 2 31 2
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 0 6 0 21 4 25 1 19 9 30 2 27 2
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 2 5 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 37 104 26 66 24 58 13 30 17 25 7 31 2
Postsecondary teachers...................... 3 16 11 19 10 17 8 0 6 4 3 19 0
All other teachers.......................... 28 83 12 39 12 40 4 29 11 13 4 11 2
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 5 5 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 7 24 12 27 4 18 5 17 5 11 3 14 0
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 23 74 32 119 22 78 7 70 14 44 9 45 12
Doctors..................................... 0 4 0 25 5 11 1 20 0 7 0 14 1
Nurses...................................... 11 41 26 57 12 44 2 25 4 6 0 9 5
All other health and technical occupations.. 12 29 6 37 5 24 3 24 10 32 9 22 6
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............................ 13 59 22 99 25 42 17 69 18 31 10 59 5
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0
Protective service occupations................ 11 51 17 67 18 31 16 43 15 28 9 49 5
Supervisors.................................. 0 10 7 16 7 12 0 3 5 12 1 21 3
Fire fighters and Police..................... 11 31 6 45 7 14 14 32 7 14 6 24 1
All other protective service occupations..... 0 10 4 6 5 5 3 8 3 2 1 3 1
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 0 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2 3 3 19 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 3 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
All other maintenance occupations............ 2 0 0 8 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Sales and office occupations................... 72 249 81 266 37 217 65 201 24 123 11 122 6
Sales and related occupations................. 39 157 46 177 20 174 41 145 20 92 11 107 6
Supervisors.................................. 9 52 20 66 9 50 10 45 8 13 3 51 0
Cashiers..................................... 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Insurance sales agents....................... 4 15 5 18 0 20 0 5 1 0 0 6 0
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 0 4 0 12 2 22 9 17 0 9 1 3 2
All other sales and related occupations...... 26 84 20 80 9 82 22 78 11 70 8 47 5
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 33 92 35 89 17 42 24 57 4 32 0 14 0
Supervisors.................................. 3 24 5 14 5 19 10 24 2 7 0 1 0
Postal workers............................... 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 28 68 28 72 13 22 14 33 2 25 0 13 0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 60 154 72 156 31 136 29 110 26 34 2 54 13
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Construction and extraction occupations....... 32 79 23 103 10 85 9 58 21 8 2 28 6
Construction................................. 31 72 23 102 10 81 9 58 21 8 2 28 5
Supervisors................................. 18 12 2 19 2 19 2 30 3 2 0 4 0
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Carpenters.................................. 0 10 0 16 0 12 3 3 0 0 0 7 0
Electricians................................ 3 18 5 14 0 4 2 10 6 4 0 2 0
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 10 12 16 48 6 37 1 13 4 2 0 13 5
Extraction workers........................... 1 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 28 74 49 53 21 51 20 50 5 25 0 27 7
Supervisors.................................. 7 18 16 6 3 3 3 14 0 0 0 2 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............... 6 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 7 7 15 8 2 12 5 10 2 1 0 8 0
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 1 6 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 0 1 0 4 1 7 3 2 0 2 0 0 7
All other occupations........................ 6 40 18 30 14 26 6 19 1 21 0 17 0
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 59 150 57 141 21 76 37 108 31 31 9 30 8
Production occupations........................ 38 69 35 100 15 56 24 52 14 17 9 15 4
Supervisors.................................. 7 16 18 35 4 10 9 14 5 7 6 5 0
All other occupations........................ 31 54 17 65 11 46 15 38 8 10 2 10 4
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 21 81 21 42 5 20 13 56 17 14 0 15 3
Supervisors.................................. 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 1 1
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 18 54 20 20 2 8 12 27 8 7 0 6 0
Rail and subway workers...................... 0 6 1 4 0 7 1 7 0 1 0 4 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0
All other transportation occupations......... 2 10 1 6 3 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 3
Armed Forces................................... 1 15 3 23 1 17 1 3 0 7 0 4 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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........................................ 399 138 6,098 36,492 86 47,761 218 0.387 0.0033
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 280 83 4,561 50,332 130 65,050 461 0.366 0.0052
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 149 45 2,650 51,730 189 69,544 753 0.370 0.0074
Management occupations....................... 113 37 2,241 55,487 483 73,002 905 0.371 0.0085
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 23 1 863 82,135 2,266 115,839 3,262 0.250 0.0181
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other Managers.......................... 90 36 1,377 51,344 218 63,383 789 0.381 0.0092
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 35 9 409 45,901 376 59,590 1,301 0.346 0.0153
Business Operations Specialists............. 17 4 163 43,784 1,078 54,493 1,300 0.318 0.0215
Financial Specialists....................... 18 4 246 47,159 588 64,090 2,159 0.365 0.0214
Professional and related occupations.......... 132 38 1,912 47,358 291 61,007 553 0.355 0.0072
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 29 4 253 62,001 441 66,779 838 0.247 0.0176
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 29 2 237 62,052 455 66,589 840 0.244 0.0179
Actuaries................................... 0 0 6 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 2 11 60,423 5,002 65,120 3,669 0.237 0.0877
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 14 16 274 61,684 407 67,890 965 0.258 0.0185
Architects, except naval.................... 0 0 23 62,083 2,088 77,178 5,258 0.289 0.0787
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Engineers................................... 13 14 247 70,494 551 75,651 1,170 0.234 0.0225
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 0 1 2 42,884 1,108 45,082 1,012 0.210 0.0337
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 23 1 119 50,893 579 60,189 1,454 0.318 0.0281
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 9 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Economists.................................. 1 0 7 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 9 1 26 65,916 4,150 73,979 4,458 0.308 0.0737
All other scientists........................ 11 0 76 51,832 623 61,822 1,970 0.322 0.0367
Science technicians......................... 2 0 2 39,853 1,175 41,240 1,388 0.225 0.0521
Community and social services occupations.... 3 0 10 33,985 898 37,465 562 0.233 0.0210
Legal occupations............................ 22 0 487 82,499 2,800 113,599 3,867 0.272 0.0233
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 22 0 474 100,000 (NA) 149,044 5,166 0.089 0.0274
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 0 13 37,110 633 41,986 1,639 0.263 0.0430
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 20 10 97 40,114 320 43,469 604 0.286 0.0127
Postsecondary teachers...................... 3 1 68 52,492 1,912 64,485 3,588 0.347 0.0390
All other teachers.......................... 15 9 28 40,509 254 42,505 447 0.232 0.0134
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 2 0 2 21,936 890 28,295 913 0.361 0.0342
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 6 1 105 39,712 1,503 48,153 1,877 0.382 0.0252
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 15 6 564 49,741 813 70,683 1,582 0.381 0.0161
Doctors..................................... 2 3 446 100,000 (NA) 165,718 6,541 0.030 0.0269
Nurses...................................... 3 3 43 46,831 469 49,648 833 0.222 0.0192
All other health and technical occupations.. 10 1 75 41,214 534 49,705 1,429 0.332 0.0237
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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............................ 30 13 117 22,238 147 28,492 279 0.357 0.0089
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 0 4 22,968 468 24,271 444 0.243 0.0226
Protective service occupations................ 28 13 57 45,235 857 48,329 641 0.275 0.0172
Supervisors.................................. 12 5 21 61,174 5,340 63,477 1,761 0.232 0.0434
Fire fighters and Police..................... 13 7 26 51,995 1,033 55,330 841 0.210 0.0253
All other protective service occupations..... 3 1 10 30,393 672 34,915 824 0.296 0.0284
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 1 0 5 17,681 292 21,132 520 0.298 0.0186
Supervisors.................................. 1 0 0 23,766 1,234 25,243 795 0.275 0.0405
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 0 1 18,485 528 23,033 1,302 0.305 0.0494
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 0 4 16,479 256 18,630 453 0.285 0.0234
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 0 0 32 20,531 252 25,169 522 0.334 0.0194
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 18 33,350 1,516 40,430 2,144 0.379 0.0543
All other maintenance occupations............ 0 0 14 19,689 319 23,121 497 0.305 0.0200
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 0 19 20,987 408 25,095 593 0.372 0.0217
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 9 33,892 2,010 38,551 2,535 0.363 0.0647
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 0 11 20,202 450 23,247 556 0.355 0.0218
Sales and office occupations................... 34 26 1,031 31,474 110 40,953 376 0.362 0.0068
Sales and related occupations................. 32 15 887 36,603 324 49,826 739 0.412 0.0099
Supervisors.................................. 9 2 328 38,357 870 48,614 993 0.375 0.0155
Cashiers..................................... 0 0 14 18,051 459 24,088 2,277 0.392 0.0502
Insurance sales agents....................... 0 0 91 42,420 2,644 73,878 5,571 0.425 0.0438
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 0 3 72 40,055 2,749 56,310 3,937 0.431 0.0388
All other sales and related occupations...... 23 11 380 39,062 1,022 51,670 1,083 0.414 0.0150
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 2 11 145 29,868 199 33,705 298 0.271 0.0080
Supervisors.................................. 2 5 40 37,651 868 44,246 941 0.272 0.0251
Postal workers............................... 0 2 0 44,935 530 43,438 628 0.124 0.0335
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 0 4 105 28,040 226 31,995 322 0.266 0.0087
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 28 7 154 33,655 582 38,039 346 0.304 0.0081
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 0 7 21,308 599 25,091 932 0.320 0.0385
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 4 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 0 0 3 20,749 646 23,467 814 0.305 0.0386
Construction and extraction occupations....... 17 7 97 31,942 190 37,471 471 0.315 0.0113
Construction................................. 17 7 97 31,854 190 37,380 478 0.317 0.0114
Supervisors................................. 9 0 34 46,243 1,015 51,309 1,369 0.262 0.0308
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 0 30,676 2,094 30,471 1,637 0.289 0.0650
Carpenters.................................. 0 0 7 27,678 902 31,816 992 0.286 0.0253
Electricians................................ 2 7 11 40,316 1,407 48,127 2,509 0.319 0.0447
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 0 5 24,173 1,275 28,091 973 0.313 0.0364
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 0 0 32,973 2,200 36,104 2,147 0.288 0.0699
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 1 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other constrution trades................ 6 0 40 30,866 277 35,218 596 0.314 0.0171
Extraction workers........................... 0 0 0 45,681 4,876 42,089 1,970 0.232 0.0666
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 11 0 50 37,476 503 40,670 556 0.272 0.0124
Supervisors.................................. 4 0 8 51,557 2,723 52,246 1,402 0.211 0.0434
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2003 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2003, Work Experience in 2003, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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 1 47,197 4,045 52,533 8,830 0.301 0.1256
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 0 0 4 32,405 1,566 34,957 616 0.266 0.0219
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 0 0 0 37,512 1,251 38,070 1,213 0.227 0.0496
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 2 0 2 42,538 2,239 45,517 1,821 0.258 0.0528
All other occupations........................ 5 0 35 38,089 831 41,686 860 0.274 0.0185
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 20 9 210 30,941 134 36,107 346 0.316 0.0082
Production occupations........................ 10 2 65 30,815 160 34,637 299 0.289 0.0099
Supervisors.................................. 3 0 20 41,828 556 46,868 897 0.240 0.0270
All other occupations........................ 8 2 45 29,640 431 32,905 308 0.287 0.0107
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 10 7 145 31,157 238 38,049 698 0.348 0.0137
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 4 37,238 2,644 43,966 2,246 0.296 0.0695
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 2 35 82,371 30,032 109,451 16,911 0.279 0.0938
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 3 0 22 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 0 4 44 35,555 387 38,502 642 0.295 0.0166
Rail and subway workers...................... 5 0 4 59,005 2,130 58,509 2,685 0.234 0.0712
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other transportation occupations......... 1 0 37 25,362 414 31,643 1,238 0.353 0.0259
Armed Forces................................... 7 0 25 35,386 1,831 41,815 1,257 0.313 0.0339
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: June 25, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032004/perinc/new06_030.htm