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PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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........................................ 85,965 777 267 611 808 2,239 1,945 3,799 2,870 5,504 3,020 5,240 2,348
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 32,290 292 50 98 112 282 218 519 386 813 468 1,073 555
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 15,434 209 29 53 46 124 78 227 162 346 154 485 248
Management occupations....................... 11,447 200 27 40 36 108 56 200 120 249 105 320 153
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 2,310 3 0 3 3 7 3 33 6 23 4 21 22
Legislators................................. 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 9,130 196 27 38 33 102 53 167 114 225 101 299 131
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 3,987 10 3 13 10 16 22 27 42 97 49 165 95
Business Operations Specialists............. 1,835 9 2 2 5 15 9 14 22 71 31 97 59
Financial Specialists....................... 2,153 1 1 11 5 0 12 13 20 26 19 68 37
Professional and related occupations.......... 16,855 83 21 45 66 158 141 292 224 467 314 588 307
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 2,110 1 0 2 1 7 3 7 3 31 13 33 24
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 2,023 1 0 2 1 7 3 7 3 30 13 33 24
Actuaries................................... 9 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 1 0 0 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 2,060 5 0 5 0 3 0 2 8 21 9 36 21
Architects, except naval.................... 167 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 5 6
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 34 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Engineers................................... 1,370 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 5
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 490 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 17 0 25 8
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 928 3 0 3 0 2 3 8 2 19 15 19 21
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Economists.................................. 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 140 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
All other scientists........................ 603 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2 5 9 13 20
Science technicians......................... 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 5 1
Community and social services occupations.... 1,267 5 2 5 2 12 30 14 29 58 49 73 49
Legal occupations............................ 1,106 8 2 0 1 5 0 1 7 22 20 30 14
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 714 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 391 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 7 20 20 27 14
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 4,115 14 0 17 37 72 69 148 98 135 83 187 87
Postsecondary teachers...................... 599 7 0 2 2 1 4 11 3 19 6 17 10
All other teachers.......................... 3,038 1 0 8 17 38 23 83 54 89 61 142 65
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 478 7 0 7 18 33 42 54 41 27 16 27 11
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 1,424 36 15 11 10 36 29 40 45 47 40 43 36
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 3,846 11 1 1 14 22 7 72 32 133 83 167 55
Doctors..................................... 721 6 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 0
Nurses...................................... 1,650 1 0 0 4 12 2 11 5 46 31 63 26
All other health and technical occupations.. 1,475 4 1 1 10 10 5 57 27 87 52 103 29
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............................ 10,408 99 54 192 321 800 690 1,083 619 1,271 541 747 316
Healthcare support occupations................ 1,398 3 6 12 21 69 85 185 106 220 85 133 53
Protective service occupations................ 1,843 3 0 1 3 25 32 40 21 79 36 92 42
Supervisors.................................. 228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 8 2
Fire fighters and Police..................... 833 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 16 2 20 9
All other protective service occupations..... 782 3 0 1 0 25 31 39 18 56 29 64 32
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 2,737 12 18 51 104 340 289 383 204 422 133 181 59
Supervisors.................................. 378 8 0 0 4 33 28 48 14 59 16 51 12
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 899 0 4 12 24 110 125 126 61 151 34 42 14
All other food preparation occupations....... 1,459 5 14 39 76 197 135 209 129 212 83 87 34
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2,680 26 12 56 95 166 210 310 213 376 173 225 117
Supervisors.................................. 347 6 1 6 4 4 4 15 18 24 14 26 23
All other maintenance occupations............ 2,333 20 11 51 91 161 205 294 195 352 159 199 94
Personal care and service occupations......... 1,749 54 18 71 98 200 75 165 76 174 116 116 45
Supervisors.................................. 195 11 0 0 4 11 2 10 6 5 10 16 0
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 1,554 44 17 71 95 189 73 155 70 169 106 100 45
Sales and office occupations................... 20,798 198 78 122 182 574 487 998 894 1,685 1,092 1,698 806
Sales and related occupations................. 9,705 170 50 57 101 357 275 471 352 625 382 590 213
Supervisors.................................. 3,795 100 26 17 22 88 71 121 113 263 152 213 64
Cashiers..................................... 899 17 6 14 50 131 95 140 84 82 60 71 18
Insurance sales agents....................... 323 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 20 9 35 15
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 550 20 6 5 2 14 3 19 6 10 15 26 3
All other sales and related occupations...... 4,137 30 12 22 27 124 103 185 150 251 147 245 112
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 11,093 28 27 65 81 216 212 527 542 1,060 711 1,108 593
Supervisors.................................. 1,146 0 5 3 0 5 5 16 54 41 36 91 32
Postal workers............................... 372 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 9 14 6
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 9,575 28 22 62 81 211 203 509 486 1,019 665 1,003 555
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 10,786 105 36 117 93 270 236 509 472 783 380 812 278
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 527 7 1 26 13 34 36 56 56 53 39 53 18
Supervisors.................................. 49 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 4 5 2 1 1
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 478 7 0 25 13 32 36 53 51 48 37 52 17
Construction and extraction occupations....... 6,336 73 31 78 68 160 140 327 339 504 221 519 158
Construction................................. 6,189 73 31 78 67 160 137 326 336 497 216 511 156
Supervisors................................. 806 5 0 8 7 7 6 6 2 22 4 37 15
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 157 3 3 0 1 9 8 21 5 8 11 18 8
Carpenters.................................. 1,301 12 5 12 4 41 44 62 74 110 57 140 46
Electricians................................ 622 4 5 1 0 8 14 8 10 46 8 50 25
Painters and paperhangers................... 379 7 0 3 11 13 15 32 24 40 16 37 2
Sheet metal workers......................... 112 3 0 0 0 2 1 19 2 7 3 3 2
Structural iron and steel workers........... 36 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 0
All other constrution trades................ 2,776 36 17 53 44 80 49 176 218 264 117 220 59
Extraction workers........................... 147 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 7 4 8 2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 3,923 25 5 13 12 77 60 126 77 226 120 240 102
Supervisors.................................. 300 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 7 6 7 4
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............... 121 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 5 4
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 1,121 13 0 4 3 20 28 54 25 73 38 89 35
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 261 0 0 0 1 3 3 6 7 26 6 17 10
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 210 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 0 5 7 16 8
All other occupations........................ 1,909 8 5 10 7 44 24 55 44 111 63 106 41
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 11,168 84 46 81 99 313 310 685 482 936 534 877 376
Production occupations........................ 6,226 46 15 47 42 192 188 374 318 538 296 491 228
Supervisors.................................. 628 10 0 4 0 6 0 9 3 18 20 19 21
All other occupations........................ 5,598 36 15 43 42 186 187 365 314 520 277 472 207
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 4,942 38 31 34 58 121 122 310 165 398 238 386 148
Supervisors.................................. 179 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 7 3
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 2,623 31 16 19 27 49 52 104 52 169 113 208 76
Rail and subway workers...................... 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 0
All other transportation occupations......... 1,932 6 14 15 31 72 65 203 113 212 121 167 68
Armed Forces................................... 516 1 2 0 0 0 4 5 17 15 5 33 16
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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........................................ 6,343 2,043 5,112 2,005 5,218 1,426 3,309 1,534 4,403 846 2,152 747 3,015
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 1,776 601 1,647 743 1,945 575 1,357 754 2,076 407 1,160 418 1,499
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 758 257 697 276 849 223 612 318 966 157 503 197 662
Management occupations....................... 491 155 445 179 569 145 410 233 706 99 376 124 489
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 48 25 75 16 55 7 68 34 123 23 65 14 105
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 443 130 370 162 514 137 340 199 583 76 311 110 384
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 266 102 253 97 280 78 202 84 260 58 128 73 173
Business Operations Specialists............. 118 48 115 44 144 31 95 38 112 36 59 34 79
Financial Specialists....................... 148 54 138 53 136 47 107 46 148 22 69 39 94
Professional and related occupations.......... 1,018 345 949 467 1,096 351 746 436 1,110 250 657 221 837
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 100 29 56 42 83 38 90 37 126 42 113 34 119
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 96 28 55 36 78 34 88 33 120 42 113 33 119
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 4 1 1 6 6 4 2 4 6 0 0 0 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 53 17 56 41 88 27 80 56 120 33 134 35 149
Architects, except naval.................... 13 2 11 4 6 1 0 3 4 6 4 3 24
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 1 0 8 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0
Engineers................................... 12 4 21 12 42 9 40 32 83 17 84 26 81
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 28 11 16 23 41 17 37 18 31 10 43 6 44
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 45 11 58 25 78 14 22 14 85 16 24 6 50
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 10 0 6 4 8 1 2 0 10 1 5 3 12
All other scientists........................ 20 6 30 15 62 6 18 6 51 9 17 2 32
Science technicians......................... 13 5 23 4 9 7 3 8 22 5 2 1 6
Community and social services occupations.... 128 68 135 59 98 32 49 32 99 11 28 10 47
Legal occupations............................ 48 20 57 9 56 13 41 19 36 1 13 7 42
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 13 2 14 2 13 3 15 7 25 1 8 4 16
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 35 17 44 7 43 10 27 11 11 0 5 3 26
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 335 103 290 163 369 116 198 137 308 83 156 64 162
Postsecondary teachers...................... 30 2 8 8 33 6 16 10 52 18 35 6 30
All other teachers.......................... 275 91 253 146 317 105 172 124 239 57 119 58 119
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 30 10 30 9 20 5 10 3 16 8 2 0 13
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 108 40 90 38 97 16 61 31 66 18 33 12 75
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 200 57 206 90 226 96 203 112 269 46 157 54 193
Doctors..................................... 5 0 3 0 12 9 18 4 47 0 8 1 19
Nurses...................................... 106 23 104 45 107 51 93 78 143 28 93 35 106
All other health and technical occupations.. 89 34 98 46 107 37 93 30 79 18 56 18 68
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............................ 768 215 430 183 399 96 202 86 214 53 113 32 140
Healthcare support occupations................ 129 46 60 27 30 10 28 5 23 16 15 1 4
Protective service occupations................ 171 49 97 34 134 57 73 43 86 23 71 20 77
Supervisors.................................. 17 10 7 3 13 7 4 4 7 3 4 0 14
Fire fighters and Police..................... 44 14 44 15 55 41 45 31 56 14 51 7 36
All other protective service occupations..... 109 25 46 15 66 9 23 8 23 6 16 13 27
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 197 43 95 22 61 12 21 9 24 6 10 3 12
Supervisors.................................. 30 5 20 1 13 3 10 7 10 2 1 1 0
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 59 23 33 11 19 4 4 1 12 2 7 0 6
All other food preparation occupations....... 108 15 42 10 30 4 8 1 2 2 2 2 6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 138 52 106 58 108 12 51 15 32 8 12 8 26
Supervisors.................................. 32 9 18 12 35 1 11 2 9 1 2 4 9
All other maintenance occupations............ 106 43 88 46 73 11 40 13 23 7 10 4 18
Personal care and service occupations......... 132 25 73 43 65 6 29 15 48 0 5 0 21
Supervisors.................................. 20 6 16 12 10 0 3 4 11 0 0 0 2
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 113 19 57 30 55 6 25 11 37 0 5 0 19
Sales and office occupations................... 1,770 665 1,454 496 1,302 342 843 283 822 169 426 112 543
Sales and related occupations................. 630 216 523 187 582 139 405 99 413 92 242 60 353
Supervisors.................................. 336 92 255 95 256 55 165 52 178 31 101 24 136
Cashiers..................................... 26 12 30 8 7 12 7 2 6 0 1 0 7
Insurance sales agents....................... 26 3 19 10 30 8 7 3 15 0 5 0 13
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 25 5 28 2 38 6 20 0 45 3 8 7 30
All other sales and related occupations...... 218 105 191 71 251 58 206 43 170 58 126 29 166
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 1,139 448 931 309 720 204 438 183 409 77 184 52 190
Supervisors.................................. 119 38 140 31 104 28 75 25 65 4 30 7 40
Postal workers............................... 6 0 13 10 58 17 46 20 65 9 22 10 24
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 1,015 410 778 267 558 158 317 138 279 63 132 35 126
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 996 270 684 286 779 168 408 205 703 88 232 92 448
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 33 5 22 11 20 1 5 5 4 0 5 0 1
Supervisors.................................. 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 29 4 21 9 16 1 5 4 3 0 5 0 0
Construction and extraction occupations....... 635 112 381 159 443 82 209 97 385 56 115 32 239
Construction................................. 635 112 369 159 427 79 205 92 364 54 111 32 222
Supervisors................................. 52 19 73 37 64 13 36 14 80 24 26 1 44
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 1 0 4 3 8 2 3 6 13 0 2 0 5
Carpenters.................................. 178 22 67 44 72 20 37 24 72 4 18 3 37
Electricians................................ 53 14 38 11 38 14 19 7 43 8 16 4 47
Painters and paperhangers................... 39 3 18 8 31 4 14 5 10 3 2 5 10
Sheet metal workers......................... 2 7 6 4 10 2 3 5 17 0 0 1 2
Structural iron and steel workers........... 2 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 308 47 163 51 195 23 89 31 126 15 45 17 77
Extraction workers........................... 0 0 12 1 16 3 4 5 21 2 4 0 17
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 328 152 281 115 317 85 195 103 313 32 113 60 208
Supervisors.................................. 26 10 25 6 20 9 16 4 36 6 8 0 25
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............... 0 2 12 2 13 0 12 6 15 2 3 3 8
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 102 49 85 45 102 22 61 16 78 2 22 17 41
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 25 13 16 3 17 10 9 20 25 1 6 1 10
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 8 8 11 2 7 3 1 0 11 2 11 7 20
All other occupations........................ 166 71 131 56 159 41 95 57 148 20 62 31 103
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 983 276 828 283 764 233 472 199 570 119 200 91 357
Production occupations........................ 531 168 475 158 458 127 224 107 318 70 109 38 198
Supervisors.................................. 42 17 60 29 58 26 29 17 44 11 16 14 44
All other occupations........................ 489 151 415 128 400 102 195 90 274 59 93 24 155
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 452 108 354 125 306 106 248 92 252 49 91 53 159
Supervisors.................................. 7 5 4 3 22 1 17 12 26 3 2 6 5
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 8 0 4 0 4
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 238 37 219 76 195 76 144 55 168 28 54 31 119
Rail and subway workers...................... 0 1 5 3 2 0 5 1 1 1 4 3 2
Ship captains and engineers.................. 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 0
All other transportation occupations......... 204 64 123 42 81 27 75 24 49 17 25 8 27
Armed Forces................................... 50 16 69 15 28 12 27 8 19 9 21 3 28
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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........................................ 513 1,707 537 1,866 383 1,463 350 1,478 325 727 207 827 181
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 307 936 332 1,117 268 915 210 975 225 474 154 565 145
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 141 434 119 618 117 449 117 485 117 233 78 325 71
Management occupations....................... 97 311 85 468 81 337 104 386 100 193 50 232 50
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 20 59 12 102 23 58 27 91 14 36 7 69 7
Legislators................................. 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other Managers.......................... 76 250 73 366 58 279 77 295 86 157 43 163 43
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 44 123 34 150 36 112 13 99 16 40 27 93 21
Business Operations Specialists............. 21 45 10 60 17 44 7 37 10 20 9 34 19
Financial Specialists....................... 23 78 24 90 19 68 6 62 6 20 19 59 2
Professional and related occupations.......... 167 502 213 499 151 466 93 490 108 241 76 240 74
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 22 99 54 92 49 100 27 97 33 34 22 57 27
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 20 99 54 89 48 95 24 96 33 34 19 48 27
Actuaries................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 1 0 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 3 9 0
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 27 84 39 100 16 80 21 97 21 57 24 63 20
Architects, except naval.................... 0 5 3 8 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Engineers................................... 24 63 29 72 13 72 18 85 16 50 18 63 16
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 1 17 7 19 2 8 3 8 0 5 6 0 4
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 17 28 13 22 4 18 14 27 4 20 1 27 6
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economists.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 0 9 1 6 0 3 2 9 0 9 0 3 0
All other scientists........................ 15 14 12 11 3 12 10 15 4 11 1 24 6
Science technicians......................... 2 4 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Community and social services occupations.... 9 24 11 16 6 12 0 9 12 3 9 2 0
Legal occupations............................ 0 14 9 21 5 68 0 30 3 30 2 28 2
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 0 7 8 17 1 48 0 28 2 20 2 24 0
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 7 1 4 3 19 0 1 1 10 0 4 2
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 39 95 31 95 28 57 17 72 23 46 5 13 6
Postsecondary teachers...................... 9 19 7 31 16 18 5 24 3 19 0 6 5
All other teachers.......................... 26 63 23 62 12 30 10 45 20 27 5 7 0
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 4 12 1 2 0 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 6 35 6 43 12 37 4 60 4 7 1 22 6
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 47 122 49 109 32 94 9 97 10 43 13 28 8
Doctors..................................... 0 9 3 18 1 32 3 8 0 7 0 6 6
Nurses...................................... 26 82 28 57 19 32 7 54 4 22 8 11 0
All other health and technical occupations.. 21 31 19 33 12 29 0 35 6 14 4 11 2
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............................ 22 101 27 97 32 52 14 85 12 56 16 31 7
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Protective service occupations................ 14 68 18 78 21 35 12 52 12 38 11 30 7
Supervisors.................................. 4 7 1 22 0 4 2 21 3 2 2 6 2
Fire fighters and Police..................... 6 44 16 39 20 24 5 22 3 35 9 17 4
All other protective service occupations..... 4 17 2 18 1 7 6 8 6 2 0 7 1
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 1 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 2 10 3 11 3 7 2 10 0 7 0 0 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 6 3 5 3 5 2 10 0 3 0 0 0
All other maintenance occupations............ 2 4 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Personal care and service occupations......... 5 12 1 3 8 8 0 17 0 10 2 0 0
Supervisors.................................. 5 6 1 1 0 6 0 8 0 5 2 0 0
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 6 0 2 8 2 0 9 0 4 0 0 0
Sales and office occupations................... 83 280 56 250 40 265 67 213 40 98 12 123 17
Sales and related occupations................. 36 175 37 185 21 185 41 177 30 62 6 98 16
Supervisors.................................. 15 78 8 67 12 71 13 96 14 19 0 28 4
Cashiers..................................... 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Insurance sales agents....................... 0 6 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 6 0 3 0
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 0 15 7 20 0 19 0 15 0 4 0 2 0
All other sales and related occupations...... 22 76 21 90 10 84 28 65 16 34 6 65 11
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 47 104 19 65 18 80 26 35 10 36 6 26 2
Supervisors.................................. 7 27 1 16 2 8 6 8 5 17 1 3 2
Postal workers............................... 6 20 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 33 57 17 48 16 68 20 25 5 18 5 23 0
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 66 216 66 229 24 97 36 129 28 57 14 62 9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 3 6 0 7 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Construction and extraction occupations....... 29 94 44 129 16 39 28 65 18 30 12 41 8
Construction................................. 27 82 44 126 15 37 26 64 18 25 12 40 7
Supervisors................................. 8 9 7 35 4 13 6 20 5 7 6 18 2
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Carpenters.................................. 9 9 4 14 2 9 6 4 3 1 0 5 0
Electricians................................ 7 20 13 31 2 6 3 7 6 4 0 0 0
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 2 3 6 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All other constrution trades................ 2 39 15 33 3 5 10 27 4 11 5 15 6
Extraction workers........................... 2 12 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 34 116 22 93 8 56 8 64 9 23 2 19 2
Supervisors.................................. 5 11 3 10 0 4 0 11 3 7 0 4 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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 7 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 5 21 2 17 2 5 3 11 0 1 1 4 0
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 4 3 1 7 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 2 9 4 13 1 16 1 10 0 1 1 3 0
All other occupations........................ 12 66 11 44 5 25 2 28 6 12 0 7 0
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 33 152 52 158 18 120 22 68 17 35 12 38 3
Production occupations........................ 23 76 37 85 6 57 7 21 11 26 4 21 3
Supervisors.................................. 2 7 7 16 0 22 0 7 6 4 0 5 3
All other occupations........................ 21 68 30 69 6 35 7 14 5 22 4 16 0
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 10 77 15 74 12 64 15 47 6 8 8 17 0
Supervisors.................................. 0 7 0 11 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 3 0
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 4 0 2 0 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 0
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 4 49 12 37 5 30 8 31 3 2 6 5 0
Rail and subway workers...................... 1 2 0 3 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 2 0
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
All other transportation occupations......... 3 12 3 14 1 13 2 9 1 2 0 4 0
Armed Forces................................... 2 22 4 16 3 12 2 8 3 6 0 8 0
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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........................................ 477 145 7,199 37,572 164 50,483 243 0.393 0.0033
Management, professional, and related
occupations.................................. 341 102 5,400 52,263 121 70,497 506 0.359 0.0051
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations...................... 216 72 3,206 57,190 372 77,420 854 0.360 0.0073
Management occupations....................... 179 59 2,680 60,904 305 81,171 1,038 0.356 0.0083
Chief Executives, General and Operations
Managers.................................. 46 12 943 81,914 1,153 121,365 3,281 0.250 0.0171
Legislators................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other Managers.......................... 133 46 1,737 55,993 430 71,018 966 0.380 0.0092
Business and financial operations
occupations................................ 37 13 527 50,795 339 66,652 1,414 0.346 0.0149
Business Operations Specialists............. 17 5 190 47,142 829 59,346 1,713 0.343 0.0213
Financial Specialists....................... 20 8 337 52,271 1,039 72,878 2,164 0.347 0.0204
Professional and related occupations.......... 125 30 2,194 50,710 163 64,158 567 0.346 0.0071
Computer and mathematical occupations........ 32 5 324 64,716 1,605 69,888 1,120 0.260 0.0178
Computer scientists, analysts, programmers,
engineers, and administrators............. 32 4 302 64,094 1,602 69,369 1,063 0.257 0.0181
Actuaries................................... 0 0 8 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Matematicians, Statisticians, Operations
Research and other Math Occupations....... 0 1 14 70,778 12,171 70,146 4,013 0.303 0.0923
Architecture and engineering occupations..... 30 8 372 65,116 1,437 71,936 929 0.255 0.0181
Architects, except naval.................... 0 0 39 60,516 1,749 75,673 5,373 0.329 0.0693
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
phonogrammetrists......................... 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Engineers................................... 29 8 312 75,091 1,734 79,646 1,062 0.220 0.0220
Drafters, Engineering technicians, and
Serveying and mapping technicians......... 1 0 19 48,633 1,499 50,856 1,114 0.224 0.0340
Life, physical, and social science
occupations................................ 15 2 168 55,159 2,175 69,092 1,837 0.313 0.0285
Astronomers and Physicists.................. 0 0 8 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Economists.................................. 0 0 9 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Psychologists and Sociologists.............. 3 0 24 62,360 2,861 70,675 4,074 0.289 0.0703
All other scientists........................ 12 2 120 60,150 2,578 72,507 2,434 0.308 0.0352
Science technicians......................... 0 0 6 42,891 2,395 45,926 1,810 0.214 0.0634
Community and social services occupations.... 1 1 29 37,042 368 42,126 1,112 0.263 0.0235
Legal occupations............................ 7 3 412 76,145 685 114,838 4,332 0.293 0.0246
Lawyers, Judges, and Magistrates............ 7 3 410 100,000 (NA) 154,563 6,064 0.097 0.0283
Paralegals, Legal assistants, and Legal
support workers........................... 0 0 2 38,098 1,675 42,306 1,137 0.237 0.0377
Education, training, and library
occupations............................... 12 3 144 41,484 243 45,908 684 0.282 0.0127
Postsecondary teachers...................... 10 0 91 57,754 2,073 65,362 1,896 0.295 0.0338
All other teachers.......................... 2 3 48 41,353 243 44,599 801 0.240 0.0144
Archivists, Curators, Museum technicians,
Librarians, and Other technicians and
assistants................................ 0 0 5 24,079 1,618 29,853 1,069 0.353 0.0376
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations...................... 10 1 95 41,195 544 48,817 1,289 0.352 0.0223
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations................................ 17 7 651 51,233 322 73,555 1,560 0.375 0.0156
Doctors..................................... 0 1 486 100,000 (NA) 170,428 6,357 0.005 0.0259
Nurses...................................... 6 5 76 50,294 440 54,132 1,055 0.247 0.0199
All other health and technical occupations.. 10 2 89 42,011 514 47,918 832 0.292 0.0211
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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............................ 19 9 163 22,844 263 29,088 315 0.348 0.0085
Healthcare support occupations................ 0 1 7 22,407 353 26,082 569 0.265 0.0224
Protective service occupations................ 18 5 116 45,210 912 52,940 1,375 0.307 0.0193
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 36 62,099 2,571 65,010 2,466 0.280 0.0528
Fire fighters and Police..................... 13 3 64 55,069 1,688 63,362 2,758 0.272 0.0298
All other protective service occupations..... 5 1 16 32,142 357 38,321 876 0.283 0.0278
Food preparation and serving related
occupations................................. 0 3 5 19,602 358 21,249 253 0.263 0.0153
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 22,282 782 24,287 698 0.252 0.0391
Chefs and Cooks.............................. 0 3 4 19,493 633 22,127 505 0.272 0.0276
All other food preparation occupations....... 0 0 2 18,561 413 19,920 302 0.251 0.0207
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations................................. 1 0 22 21,677 192 24,959 347 0.289 0.0155
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 20 32,073 1,292 39,501 1,677 0.327 0.0445
All other maintenance occupations............ 1 0 2 20,979 192 22,798 279 0.259 0.0186
Personal care and service occupations......... 0 0 13 21,700 337 24,954 489 0.350 0.0191
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 2 33,657 1,962 37,111 1,967 0.333 0.0533
All other personal care and service
occupations................................ 0 0 11 20,953 326 23,428 475 0.341 0.0203
Sales and office occupations................... 69 18 1,125 32,238 114 43,049 472 0.378 0.0070
Sales and related occupations................. 50 16 983 36,730 263 53,016 941 0.433 0.0101
Supervisors.................................. 24 8 315 37,163 338 53,683 1,815 0.428 0.0170
Cashiers..................................... 0 0 3 17,433 378 20,160 477 0.286 0.0271
Insurance sales agents....................... 4 0 63 41,000 843 72,232 6,284 0.412 0.0539
Real estate brokers and sales agents......... 3 4 116 51,268 734 71,212 4,403 0.428 0.0384
All other sales and related occupations...... 20 4 486 40,767 358 55,618 1,189 0.410 0.0148
Office and administrative support
occupations................................. 19 2 141 30,824 129 34,330 294 0.265 0.0078
Supervisors.................................. 4 0 42 37,279 540 44,898 1,593 0.292 0.0274
Postal workers............................... 0 0 0 47,415 903 46,892 691 0.140 0.0351
All other office and administrative support
occupations................................ 15 2 99 29,738 246 32,578 275 0.257 0.0083
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance occupations...................... 30 8 266 35,132 273 39,629 386 0.313 0.0079
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.... 0 0 0 21,684 601 24,636 734 0.290 0.0370
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations................................ 0 0 0 21,175 632 23,113 665 0.268 0.0379
Construction and extraction occupations....... 19 1 200 32,166 175 39,391 599 0.337 0.0110
Construction................................. 18 1 199 31,996 173 39,170 611 0.338 0.0112
Supervisors................................. 5 0 59 46,659 1,307 53,955 1,783 0.294 0.0300
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons... 0 0 0 26,083 956 33,414 4,456 0.384 0.0559
Carpenters.................................. 3 0 29 30,642 283 36,491 1,624 0.325 0.0268
Electricians................................ 0 0 30 41,133 918 47,964 2,101 0.322 0.0354
Painters and paperhangers................... 0 0 10 26,858 1,583 32,002 1,268 0.314 0.0408
Sheet metal workers......................... 0 0 0 36,940 2,822 36,237 2,002 0.285 0.0684
Structural iron and steel workers........... 0 0 0 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other constrution trades................ 10 1 70 30,444 239 35,591 799 0.339 0.0168
Extraction workers........................... 1 0 2 50,267 1,637 48,739 1,962 0.232 0.0590
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................. 11 7 65 40,020 500 42,026 409 0.257 0.0118
Supervisors.................................. 1 4 13 50,139 1,971 52,660 1,617 0.248 0.0454
PINC-06. Occupation of Longest Job in 2005 -- People 15 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 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 46,949 1,675 45,228 1,912 0.176 0.0619
Auto, bus, truck, heavy equipment,
mechanics.................................. 3 3 17 35,784 547 38,206 868 0.266 0.0231
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers................... 0 0 2 37,433 2,393 40,110 1,221 0.229 0.0444
Electrical power-line and telecommunications
line installers and repairers.............. 0 0 7 55,430 2,855 51,933 2,091 0.268 0.0498
All other occupations........................ 6 0 25 40,186 564 41,563 509 0.253 0.0165
Production, transportation, and material
moving occupations........................... 14 8 220 31,936 150 37,017 365 0.309 0.0081
Production occupations........................ 10 6 80 31,590 208 35,773 466 0.296 0.0104
Supervisors.................................. 6 2 24 42,385 916 49,343 2,190 0.279 0.0341
All other occupations........................ 4 4 56 30,686 214 34,250 451 0.291 0.0109
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................. 5 2 141 32,344 316 38,585 579 0.322 0.0125
Supervisors.................................. 0 0 10 48,191 1,476 52,012 2,333 0.258 0.0627
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......... 0 0 32 76,878 1,589 92,162 5,764 0.254 0.0925
Air traffic controllers and airfield
operation specialists...................... 0 0 5 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Auto, bus, truck, ambulance, taxi drivers.... 5 2 71 36,385 327 41,430 963 0.317 0.0178
Rail and subway workers...................... 0 0 9 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Ship captains and engineers.................. 0 0 2 (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
All other transportation occupations......... 0 0 13 26,709 368 29,693 412 0.271 0.0174
Armed Forces................................... 3 0 25 40,868 1,227 47,502 1,189 0.255 0.0341
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: August 29, 2006
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new06_030.htm