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PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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........................................ 83,768 854 285 662 675 2,559 1,952 3,975 2,653 5,349 3,083 5,246 2,433
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 31,505 334 65 151 116 363 208 519 363 889 528 1,137 599
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 14,811 268 39 71 46 145 73 192 137 416 218 514 208
Management occupations....................... 10,967 238 38 68 46 124 63 143 103 296 141 369 149
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 1,985 15 0 6 5 5 3 6 0 26 6 35 13
Legislators................................. 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 8,972 223 38 61 40 119 60 137 103 270 134 333 137
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 3,844 29 1 3 0 21 10 49 34 120 77 145 58
Business Operations Specialists............. 1,846 20 0 3 0 8 6 13 15 59 49 74 39
Financial Specialists....................... 1,998 9 1 1 0 13 4 36 19 61 28 71 20
Professional and related occupations.......... 16,694 67 26 80 70 218 135 327 226 473 310 624 391
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 2,124 3 1 1 7 4 11 14 12 19 12 28 37
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 2,016 3 1 1 7 4 11 14 12 19 9 28 37
Actuaries................................... 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 2,008 2 0 8 5 17 2 10 7 17 13 61 46
Architects, except naval.................... 162 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 9 0
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Engineers................................... 1,308 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 4 8 7 2 2
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 516 2 0 2 4 13 0 1 4 9 6 49 44
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 867 4 3 0 1 0 6 5 7 16 7 24 9
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
All other scientists........................ 597 4 3 0 1 0 6 5 5 13 6 7 5
Science technicians......................... 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 7 5
Community and social services occupations.... 1,264 5 2 10 8 23 12 43 28 62 46 84 57
Legal occupations............................ 1,127 2 1 0 5 2 2 6 2 28 18 48 32
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 737 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 3
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 391 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 24 18 48 29
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 3,986 7 8 23 33 89 55 141 104 178 90 161 98
Postsecondary teachers...................... 552 0 0 2 1 0 3 14 10 16 14 17 4
All other teachers.......................... 2,945 7 8 7 5 36 29 82 53 129 56 121 82
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 488 0 0 13 27 52 23 46 41 34 20 23 12
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 1,454 23 9 31 11 44 22 56 18 65 64 93 20
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 3,863 20 3 8 0 39 26 51 48 87 62 125 90
Doctors..................................... 713 15 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 2 5 3
Nurses...................................... 1,693 3 2 5 0 13 12 8 14 22 14 43 50
All other health and technical occupations.. 1,457 2 0 3 0 25 11 38 32 65 45 78 36
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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............................ 9,959 124 101 202 231 946 649 1,142 662 1,039 443 724 341
Healthcare support occupations................ 1,209 3 11 8 10 75 50 173 129 178 101 103 70
Protective service occupations................ 1,816 1 0 0 5 23 14 37 24 81 41 94 59
Supervisors.................................. 247 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 5 0
Fire fighters and Police..................... 873 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 3 18 2 24 12
All other protective service occupations..... 696 0 0 0 5 15 12 36 21 58 30 65 47
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 2,585 22 32 75 103 436 254 405 252 322 120 182 64
Supervisors.................................. 285 3 5 3 5 39 22 28 27 15 16 33 13
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 972 12 5 17 18 143 79 182 125 171 47 44 25
All other food preparation occupations....... 1,327 7 22 56 80 254 153 196 100 136 57 105 26
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2,567 39 12 30 49 261 219 376 182 276 107 192 98
Supervisors.................................. 352 3 0 4 1 12 9 27 10 28 20 26 12
All other maintenance occupations............ 2,215 36 12 26 48 249 211 348 173 248 88 165 85
Personal care and service occupations......... 1,781 59 46 88 65 151 111 151 75 182 73 154 50
Supervisors.................................. 151 4 0 5 3 3 0 8 0 13 12 12 3
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 1,631 56 46 83 61 148 111 142 75 169 61 142 48
Sales and office occupations................... 20,351 172 72 149 164 590 477 982 829 1,612 1,172 1,872 747
Sales and related occupations................. 9,361 140 31 93 113 332 273 475 341 485 376 594 224
Supervisors.................................. 3,673 68 15 30 24 57 45 139 97 193 159 316 101
Cashiers..................................... 824 9 3 24 40 111 121 110 78 57 50 51 13
Insurance sales agents....................... 370 3 0 0 0 10 1 8 7 31 10 18 16
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 596 14 9 6 8 28 8 19 3 32 7 18 6
All other sales and related occupations...... 3,899 46 3 33 41 127 98 200 155 172 151 191 88
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 10,990 31 42 56 51 258 204 506 488 1,127 796 1,278 523
Supervisors.................................. 1,156 5 0 0 4 6 1 23 17 76 42 58 30
Postal workers............................... 393 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 4 2 2 2
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 9,442 26 42 56 43 248 203 482 471 1,048 752 1,218 491
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 10,385 119 36 96 75 317 241 570 294 876 401 705 310
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 589 9 13 10 9 38 52 70 36 84 61 22 19
Supervisors.................................. 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 555 9 13 10 9 38 52 70 36 83 57 22 19
Construction and extraction occupations....... 5,887 77 9 54 59 214 122 350 196 595 195 423 175
Construction................................. 5,743 77 9 54 59 212 122 348 193 579 186 421 175
Supervisors................................. 818 5 0 6 0 11 2 12 16 14 7 37 8
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 111 0 0 3 2 3 3 9 10 13 1 9 1
Carpenters.................................. 1,139 17 3 6 16 45 30 112 30 130 67 78 49
Electricians................................ 590 7 0 2 0 6 5 12 2 36 22 28 18
Painters and paperhangers................... 455 18 1 9 8 34 17 31 21 89 20 28 4
Sheet metal workers......................... 97 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 13 0 14 1
Structural iron and steel workers........... 40 3 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 3 0 6 0
All other constrution trades................ 2,493 24 4 26 30 106 63 165 113 280 70 222 94
Extraction workers........................... 144 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 17 9 2 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 3,910 33 14 31 7 65 68 149 61 196 144 260 116
Supervisors.................................. 283 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 3 1 10 22 11
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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............... 116 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 1,168 12 1 17 5 26 28 45 22 72 52 94 30
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 276 1 2 0 0 0 6 22 1 23 7 22 12
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 202 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 6 7 2
All other occupations........................ 1,865 15 8 14 2 36 30 72 33 95 70 108 61
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 11,076 100 10 61 90 342 372 742 494 908 522 789 413
Production occupations........................ 6,286 44 6 35 46 174 205 453 299 518 299 498 235
Supervisors.................................. 667 2 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 22 9 28 12
All other occupations........................ 5,619 42 6 35 46 172 205 445 292 495 291 470 223
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 4,790 55 4 26 44 167 167 289 196 390 223 291 178
Supervisors.................................. 177 0 0 2 0 3 8 4 5 4 11 5 5
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 2,323 26 4 6 11 69 64 97 64 179 92 111 75
Rail and subway workers...................... 103 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2
All other transportation occupations......... 2,025 29 1 18 32 94 96 188 119 202 116 172 95
Armed Forces................................... 492 6 1 3 0 2 4 21 11 26 17 18 23
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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........................................ 6,203 2,027 4,854 2,012 5,267 1,465 3,082 1,490 4,122 909 2,122 749 2,766
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 1,743 715 1,703 804 2,105 610 1,305 722 1,973 422 1,065 420 1,390
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 829 291 730 341 881 234 550 253 874 183 469 148 635
Management occupations....................... 513 182 502 210 546 139 358 151 609 142 322 84 471
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 54 9 37 29 64 13 55 23 91 23 42 19 77
Legislators................................. 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 459 172 464 179 483 126 302 127 518 118 279 65 394
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 316 109 228 131 335 95 192 102 265 42 147 64 164
Business Operations Specialists............. 159 56 120 68 182 35 90 53 120 20 68 42 72
Financial Specialists....................... 157 53 108 64 153 60 102 49 145 22 79 22 92
Professional and related occupations.......... 914 424 973 463 1,224 376 754 469 1,099 239 596 272 755
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 76 30 61 49 114 54 107 60 114 31 98 40 118
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 76 23 59 45 105 52 101 49 112 31 95 32 115
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 7 2 4 9 1 6 11 3 0 3 8 4
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 63 34 87 48 116 27 63 39 131 32 90 53 129
Architects, except naval.................... 9 1 8 5 9 1 5 4 15 0 4 1 15
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 2 0 0
Engineers................................... 16 17 38 33 49 12 29 20 76 23 67 39 92
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 39 16 41 10 55 15 25 15 34 10 17 13 22
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 44 21 50 19 58 15 63 20 57 18 35 12 50
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Economists.................................. 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 3 5 0 0 10 0 6 1 11 0 8 1 2
All other scientists........................ 34 11 36 17 42 10 47 11 31 18 18 10 45
Science technicians......................... 7 5 14 2 2 4 9 8 15 0 9 1 1
Community and social services occupations.... 126 62 108 54 113 41 48 45 85 11 24 21 30
Legal occupations............................ 49 13 61 11 38 7 27 15 53 9 17 13 37
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 14 5 12 6 7 3 1 11 30 7 13 3 19
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 35 8 49 5 31 5 26 4 23 2 4 10 18
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 276 154 293 158 382 114 212 121 254 63 158 39 175
Postsecondary teachers...................... 17 11 12 11 28 10 29 14 42 11 27 7 23
All other teachers.......................... 234 128 260 139 338 95 173 101 200 43 120 28 130
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 25 15 21 7 15 9 10 5 13 8 11 5 22
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 92 26 93 46 100 21 54 31 102 10 29 30 39
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 187 85 221 79 304 97 180 138 304 65 145 65 177
Doctors..................................... 2 1 6 5 29 3 16 9 19 0 11 6 16
Nurses...................................... 78 25 117 43 179 41 100 88 175 50 82 32 114
All other health and technical occupations.. 107 58 98 31 96 53 64 42 110 15 52 27 47
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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............................ 660 166 375 163 372 100 196 98 217 56 170 22 146
Healthcare support occupations................ 103 19 44 13 44 5 15 6 5 2 8 0 7
Protective service occupations................ 113 29 98 62 139 48 87 58 116 43 89 16 79
Supervisors.................................. 14 1 15 12 16 1 5 16 9 2 13 7 12
Fire fighters and Police..................... 33 11 43 19 75 30 58 28 67 31 69 7 58
All other protective service occupations..... 66 16 41 31 48 17 24 13 40 10 8 2 9
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 105 27 50 14 30 10 9 4 18 6 13 0 9
Supervisors.................................. 17 7 7 9 4 1 4 2 12 1 0 0 2
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 39 8 15 1 5 9 2 2 3 3 10 0 3
All other food preparation occupations....... 48 12 28 4 21 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 164 41 112 44 94 24 52 22 37 2 45 6 22
Supervisors.................................. 43 7 40 1 22 10 8 11 17 1 0 1 6
All other maintenance occupations............ 121 34 71 43 71 14 44 11 20 1 45 5 16
Personal care and service occupations......... 175 49 72 29 66 12 34 8 41 3 15 0 29
Supervisors.................................. 10 5 11 6 20 0 2 2 14 0 2 0 4
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 165 44 61 23 46 12 31 6 26 3 13 0 25
Sales and office occupations................... 1,813 560 1,312 442 1,220 329 668 277 876 187 378 107 529
Sales and related occupations................. 589 185 553 159 519 99 314 116 485 81 207 48 325
Supervisors.................................. 237 95 241 68 272 28 156 39 204 30 89 19 121
Cashiers..................................... 32 15 36 7 5 3 1 0 5 5 5 3 6
Insurance sales agents....................... 39 1 10 12 11 6 5 8 16 0 14 0 18
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 31 2 36 1 46 7 12 0 48 1 8 3 63
All other sales and related occupations...... 250 71 229 71 185 55 140 70 212 44 91 23 117
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 1,224 375 759 283 701 230 354 160 391 106 171 59 203
Supervisors.................................. 159 42 84 50 90 47 66 24 62 17 24 10 58
Postal workers............................... 10 7 23 1 38 29 64 22 70 17 33 10 23
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 1,055 326 653 232 572 154 224 115 260 72 115 39 123
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 907 258 706 286 731 191 444 212 578 127 254 101 386
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 39 9 19 8 21 6 11 14 7 3 2 5 4
Supervisors.................................. 9 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 30 9 18 8 15 6 11 14 4 3 2 0 4
Construction and extraction occupations....... 521 133 410 155 387 92 231 107 313 49 148 53 183
Construction................................. 501 132 400 154 370 91 221 103 302 47 148 47 181
Supervisors................................. 91 27 47 29 71 5 46 24 63 8 34 15 45
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 6 0 7 3 9 2 9 0 2 0 7 1 0
Carpenters.................................. 109 24 97 38 75 16 27 13 40 2 5 4 33
Electricians................................ 43 14 47 19 52 17 28 7 66 9 35 2 29
Painters and paperhangers................... 29 6 20 4 28 0 17 10 6 4 6 0 25
Sheet metal workers......................... 14 6 5 1 3 0 3 2 6 3 1 1 2
Structural iron and steel workers........... 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
All other constrution trades................ 208 54 172 60 133 49 91 47 119 21 59 24 45
Extraction workers........................... 20 0 10 2 16 1 10 4 11 3 0 6 2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 347 116 278 122 323 93 202 92 258 75 103 43 199
Supervisors.................................. 19 5 9 13 29 7 16 5 10 13 2 4 18
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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 0 9 6 5 4 6 1 9 1 13 2 9
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 115 56 101 31 83 34 64 29 56 12 19 12 43
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 24 3 16 5 32 0 12 9 30 8 7 2 16
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 9 8 15 4 14 3 5 11 12 5 10 2 20
All other occupations........................ 179 44 128 63 161 45 98 36 142 36 52 21 93
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 1,040 314 719 308 805 223 450 162 445 111 241 97 283
Production occupations........................ 590 196 375 192 444 114 264 81 250 68 143 74 152
Supervisors.................................. 49 20 40 30 71 22 37 20 41 14 18 24 42
All other occupations........................ 541 175 335 163 373 92 227 61 209 54 124 50 110
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 451 119 344 115 361 109 186 82 195 43 99 24 131
Supervisors.................................. 12 9 17 13 13 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 13
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 2
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 241 57 186 59 233 54 124 43 116 33 58 11 85
Rail and subway workers...................... 8 0 1 7 1 9 5 3 3 0 2 5 4
Ship captains and engineers.................. 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
All other transportation occupations......... 184 52 132 36 113 46 50 32 54 10 38 7 25
Armed Forces................................... 39 14 40 8 34 11 19 19 33 7 14 1 32
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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........................................ 567 1,611 566 1,785 361 1,272 400 1,294 214 706 229 848 179
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 322 904 338 1,085 220 797 245 842 121 477 140 595 101
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 156 453 166 552 103 388 131 443 61 248 67 332 45
Management occupations....................... 114 344 120 440 81 323 114 366 41 204 51 274 32
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 30 63 14 83 12 65 17 55 7 30 7 45 3
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
All other Managers.......................... 84 281 106 357 69 258 97 311 34 175 44 227 29
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 42 109 47 113 22 65 17 77 20 44 16 58 13
Business Operations Specialists............. 21 56 30 46 14 16 4 20 9 25 6 8 10
Financial Specialists....................... 21 53 17 67 8 49 13 57 10 19 9 49 3
Professional and related occupations.......... 166 451 171 533 117 409 113 400 60 229 73 264 56
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 23 126 31 90 41 120 8 117 21 53 19 49 16
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 23 126 31 84 39 113 8 115 19 51 19 46 16
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 2 3 2 0 2 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 34 65 34 104 28 89 19 62 15 63 25 57 11
Architects, except naval.................... 3 8 0 2 1 3 0 10 1 7 1 5 0
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Engineers................................... 27 48 32 78 23 80 18 44 12 56 24 49 10
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 4 9 2 25 4 6 0 6 2 1 0 3 1
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 7 15 10 17 2 18 18 28 8 18 4 18 7
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 0 4 0 1 1 2 7 11 4 4 1 0 0
All other scientists........................ 6 8 5 9 0 14 10 12 4 7 0 18 7
Science technicians......................... 0 3 5 1 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 0
Community and social services occupations.... 12 19 18 15 5 7 8 8 3 7 0 1 0
Legal occupations............................ 2 11 7 39 3 33 8 23 4 14 4 21 3
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 2 9 5 33 1 31 4 23 2 8 4 12 3
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 1 2 6 2 2 4 1 2 6 0 9 0
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 27 102 22 103 15 48 12 67 4 28 10 42 8
Postsecondary teachers...................... 9 22 4 38 7 12 0 21 1 9 3 12 2
All other teachers.......................... 16 79 16 58 8 35 12 33 2 14 5 30 6
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 2 1 2 6 0 1 0 12 0 5 2 0 0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 8 15 5 36 3 26 26 22 4 16 4 20 1
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 53 98 43 128 20 68 14 73 1 30 7 55 10
Doctors..................................... 0 6 3 10 2 20 0 21 0 1 4 19 3
Nurses...................................... 39 57 33 82 12 28 7 24 1 18 1 15 0
All other health and technical occupations.. 14 35 7 36 6 21 7 28 0 11 2 21 7
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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............................ 10 61 40 62 37 73 27 54 26 28 17 39 1
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
Protective service occupations................ 5 47 34 52 27 54 21 31 20 21 14 34 1
Supervisors.................................. 1 7 8 13 2 9 2 15 7 3 1 8 0
Fire fighters and Police..................... 4 26 24 21 21 43 14 15 11 16 13 22 1
All other protective service occupations..... 0 15 2 18 4 1 5 0 2 1 0 4 0
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 6 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0
Supervisors.................................. 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
All other food preparation occupations....... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 0 7 1 6 2 12 0 12 3 7 1 1 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 1 0 5 2 10 0 6 0 7 0 0 0
All other maintenance occupations............ 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 7 3 0 1 1 0
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 6 5 3 5 0 0 7 1 0 1 2 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 6 3 3 5 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0
Sales and office occupations................... 80 280 74 279 41 198 57 214 45 116 32 132 41
Sales and related occupations................. 38 174 37 170 36 159 44 157 31 102 23 108 31
Supervisors.................................. 23 61 10 50 14 72 13 59 18 49 4 36 3
Cashiers..................................... 0 10 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Insurance sales agents....................... 1 6 0 18 0 19 0 2 0 3 0 2 0
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 0 20 0 9 0 12 4 11 0 0 6 7 15
All other sales and related occupations...... 14 78 25 89 22 54 28 85 13 49 12 63 11
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 42 105 37 109 5 38 13 56 14 14 9 24 11
Supervisors.................................. 3 17 7 23 2 8 5 24 7 5 8 6 4
Postal workers............................... 9 7 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 31 81 28 79 3 30 7 31 7 9 2 18 5
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 82 181 58 203 40 128 41 102 9 42 20 34 10
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 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 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Construction and extraction occupations....... 48 90 27 93 14 86 19 48 4 24 13 17 10
Construction................................. 47 83 23 91 14 86 17 48 1 24 13 17 10
Supervisors................................. 8 17 6 33 3 42 3 20 0 10 3 4 10
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carpenters.................................. 6 7 1 9 2 8 0 3 0 2 0 5 0
Electricians................................ 6 16 4 13 0 19 1 4 0 9 3 0 0
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 27 38 13 24 9 17 10 18 1 4 2 6 0
Extraction workers........................... 1 7 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 34 90 29 105 26 42 20 54 4 18 7 17 0
Supervisors.................................. 3 12 4 26 0 8 0 5 1 1 2 2 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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............... 7 0 1 8 2 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 3 19 2 21 4 5 3 16 0 13 3 1 0
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 3 16 7 5 10 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0
All other occupations........................ 14 43 14 45 9 15 16 15 3 2 1 11 0
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 71 178 56 145 18 66 26 70 10 37 20 46 24
Production occupations........................ 50 88 30 90 10 43 12 36 8 19 8 25 10
Supervisors.................................. 12 24 6 22 4 13 1 12 1 5 4 10 1
All other occupations........................ 38 65 24 68 7 30 11 24 7 15 4 14 9
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 21 89 25 55 7 23 14 34 2 17 12 21 14
Supervisors.................................. 0 12 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 6 3
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 2 3
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 2
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 20 47 16 30 3 12 7 18 1 5 5 4 3
Rail and subway workers...................... 0 8 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 3
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
All other transportation occupations......... 1 19 9 14 2 5 3 6 0 0 4 3 0
Armed Forces................................... 1 8 1 11 6 9 5 13 2 6 0 2 1
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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........................................ 430 167 6,347 37,024 83 48,793 234 0.394 0.0033
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 318 121 4,630 50,981 126 67,065 502 0.378 0.0052
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 174 67 2,683 53,850 929 72,042 820 0.366 0.0075
Management occupations....................... 139 48 2,270 58,487 1,369 75,992 1,023 0.368 0.0085
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 18 1 879 82,326 2,480 124,349 4,114 0.231 0.0180
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other Managers.......................... 121 48 1,391 52,543 704 65,321 804 0.372 0.0092
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 36 18 414 47,091 470 60,773 1,185 0.342 0.0151
Business Operations Specialists............. 25 11 175 45,458 830 55,611 1,126 0.315 0.0208
Financial Specialists....................... 11 7 239 49,665 967 65,541 2,022 0.361 0.0215
Professional and related occupations.......... 143 54 1,947 48,944 385 62,650 606 0.365 0.0073
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 35 11 263 61,697 544 67,880 1,349 0.271 0.0179
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 33 11 243 61,829 548 67,664 1,393 0.268 0.0183
Actuaries................................... 0 0 5 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 2 0 15 57,813 4,435 64,974 3,457 0.243 0.0809
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 47 15 239 60,629 486 69,731 1,736 0.299 0.0194
Architects, except naval.................... 3 0 23 60,014 4,476 67,353 4,088 0.304 0.0670
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Engineers................................... 38 15 210 70,075 1,052 80,771 2,514 0.269 0.0242
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 5 0 4 40,859 578 43,037 911 0.220 0.0318
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 10 5 137 53,079 1,608 65,800 1,861 0.320 0.0293
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 2 0 7 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Economists.................................. 0 2 8 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 0 2 12 57,008 5,306 65,292 3,437 0.257 0.0764
All other scientists........................ 4 1 108 53,304 1,658 67,042 2,456 0.317 0.0358
Science technicians......................... 4 0 2 47,222 1,741 52,525 3,952 0.249 0.0808
Community and social services occupations.... 3 0 11 36,503 461 38,617 565 0.236 0.0206
Legal occupations............................ 9 8 445 75,509 2,498 106,820 4,050 0.291 0.0241
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 9 8 436 100,000 (NA) 141,461 5,667 0.111 0.0282
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 0 8 36,169 564 41,515 1,229 0.245 0.0401
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 4 4 104 40,809 231 43,998 463 0.274 0.0125
Postsecondary teachers...................... 3 3 80 55,744 1,537 66,013 2,231 0.331 0.0371
All other teachers.......................... 1 1 23 40,700 224 42,212 370 0.222 0.0133
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 0 0 0 23,562 1,459 29,903 998 0.349 0.0353
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 9 8 121 40,333 648 50,343 1,645 0.386 0.0240
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 27 3 627 50,683 286 74,235 1,684 0.380 0.0159
Doctors..................................... 2 1 466 100,000 (NA) 164,153 6,140 0.035 0.0262
Nurses...................................... 6 0 58 49,659 578 51,314 643 0.214 0.0184
All other health and technical occupations.. 19 2 103 42,566 790 56,835 2,481 0.373 0.0273
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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 4 127 22,220 134 28,259 305 0.352 0.0086
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 0 15 22,057 272 27,763 1,689 0.324 0.0374
Protective service occupations................ 8 4 91 46,187 687 50,179 671 0.265 0.0178
Supervisors.................................. 1 2 26 57,681 2,283 62,341 2,232 0.253 0.0498
Fire fighters and Police..................... 7 2 37 52,742 1,049 56,532 885 0.210 0.0250
All other protective service occupations..... 0 0 28 32,190 932 37,896 867 0.281 0.0308
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 0 0 3 17,286 175 19,262 253 0.266 0.0163
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 2 21,726 1,563 24,866 1,094 0.312 0.0478
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 0 0 18,133 348 19,438 360 0.233 0.0263
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 0 1 16,176 260 17,930 331 0.267 0.0217
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 0 0 7 21,026 256 24,633 353 0.299 0.0158
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 1 31,355 607 34,147 1,102 0.274 0.0417
All other maintenance occupations............ 0 0 6 20,039 314 23,120 356 0.291 0.0169
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 0 11 21,998 325 24,523 529 0.342 0.0187
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 6 33,621 2,304 38,353 3,171 0.343 0.0758
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 0 5 21,380 334 23,244 483 0.335 0.0190
Sales and office occupations................... 58 24 1,145 31,846 110 42,306 410 0.371 0.0068
Sales and related occupations................. 52 24 1,016 36,938 245 52,275 809 0.422 0.0098
Supervisors.................................. 24 6 385 38,163 1,036 51,902 1,224 0.394 0.0156
Cashiers..................................... 5 0 7 17,377 415 22,677 857 0.354 0.0356
Insurance sales agents....................... 0 0 75 45,919 4,011 60,674 2,924 0.380 0.0456
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 5 1 91 50,269 2,659 63,920 3,215 0.417 0.0376
All other sales and related occupations...... 17 17 458 40,310 601 56,304 1,420 0.430 0.0152
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 6 0 130 30,278 120 33,815 291 0.264 0.0078
Supervisors.................................. 2 0 39 39,078 950 44,509 930 0.270 0.0248
Postal workers............................... 0 0 0 48,207 1,092 47,601 643 0.105 0.0347
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 4 0 91 28,176 277 31,932 313 0.255 0.0084
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 28 8 179 34,891 411 38,582 374 0.306 0.0079
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 0 7 21,670 403 25,101 769 0.309 0.0335
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 3 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 0 0 3 21,205 394 23,848 708 0.295 0.0337
Construction and extraction occupations....... 9 1 132 32,274 206 38,059 577 0.323 0.0111
Construction................................. 9 1 128 32,182 211 37,922 589 0.324 0.0113
Supervisors................................. 0 0 34 45,993 875 49,525 1,044 0.258 0.0268
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 7 30,265 3,533 44,100 5,985 0.448 0.1116
Carpenters.................................. 2 0 25 29,251 905 32,967 832 0.314 0.0258
Electricians................................ 0 1 10 41,720 653 43,851 962 0.233 0.0296
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 0 11 22,481 886 29,247 1,106 0.334 0.0368
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 0 0 31,616 999 36,424 2,306 0.289 0.0798
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other constrution trades................ 7 0 39 30,595 335 36,429 1,166 0.335 0.0194
Extraction workers........................... 0 0 4 40,691 2,185 43,527 2,284 0.271 0.0677
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 19 7 41 38,915 716 41,400 457 0.266 0.0120
Supervisors.................................. 0 2 6 44,270 1,990 48,249 1,486 0.243 0.0434
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2004 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2004, Work Experience in 2004, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 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 56,287 1,150 60,185 5,885 0.271 0.1184
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 7 0 10 35,214 575 37,406 629 0.265 0.0218
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 0 1 2 37,251 2,199 38,103 1,187 0.241 0.0427
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 0 0 4 50,389 1,677 49,941 1,751 0.219 0.0491
All other occupations........................ 12 4 19 39,018 952 41,256 693 0.266 0.0176
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 16 10 241 31,670 141 36,865 375 0.314 0.0082
Production occupations........................ 9 5 89 31,405 188 35,644 386 0.294 0.0101
Supervisors.................................. 5 2 31 45,828 1,036 51,154 1,183 0.238 0.0303
All other occupations........................ 4 3 58 30,405 194 33,802 400 0.291 0.0107
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 7 5 152 32,018 215 38,467 703 0.338 0.0132
Supervisors.................................. 1 0 6 38,323 1,362 45,681 2,156 0.280 0.0557
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 3 38 94,141 15,283 103,040 7,694 0.282 0.0882
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 25 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 0 0 52 35,882 362 40,513 1,266 0.316 0.0198
Rail and subway workers...................... 5 1 11 59,563 5,029 63,046 3,283 0.278 0.0761
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other transportation occupations......... 1 1 18 26,690 366 29,735 439 0.282 0.0171
Armed Forces................................... 2 0 24 41,059 921 46,796 1,746 0.298 0.0371
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: June 24, 2005
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/perinc/new06_030.htm