Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 128,437 76,988 9,382 25,760 28,263 13,582 51,450 30,405 21,044

Percent distribution of consumer units ............... 100.0 59.9 7.3 20.1 22.0 10.6 40.1 23.7 16.4

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ......................................... $69,627 $46,470 $26,359 $40,082 $51,118 $62,806 $104,277 $90,594 $124,046

Income after taxes ............................................ 60,448 42,915 26,197 37,842 46,632 56,351 86,684 76,721 101,080

Age of reference person ................................... 50.5 51.4 56.0 53.6 48.8 49.5 49.2 48.0 51.0

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................ 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6

Adults 65 and older ........................................ .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3 .4

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.1 .7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 44 41 45 44 45 51 51 52

Women ........................................................... 53 56 59 55 56 55 49 49 48

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 56 44 56 55 66 71 68 77

With mortgage .............................................. 35 27 13 22 31 39 48 45 51

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 29 31 35 24 27 24 23 25

Renter ............................................................ 38 44 56 44 45 34 29 32 23

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 15 19 15 15 13 10 11 9

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 85 81 85 85 87 90 89 91

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 17 33 15 15 12 8 9 6

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 83 67 85 85 88 92 91 94

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 5 27 3 2 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 49 70 96 17 13 6 8 3

College ........................................................... 64 45 n.a. n.a. 81 86 93 92 96

Never attended and other .............................. 1 ( ) 1 3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 83 63 82 86 93 94 93 95

Annual aggregate expenditures ......................... $7,186,766 44.3 3.4 13.0 17.9 10.0 55.7 29.5 26.2

Food ................................................................. 900,446 46.0 3.9 14.1 17.9 10.0 54.0 29.1 24.9

Food at home ................................................. 514,702 49.4 5.0 15.6 18.8 10.0 50.6 27.7 22.9

Cereals and bakery products ....................... 66,391 50.1 4.9 16.4 18.7 10.2 49.9 27.1 22.7

Cereals and cereal products ...................... 22,068 49.1 5.1 15.9 18.4 9.7 50.9 26.9 24.0

Bakery products ......................................... 44,322 50.7 4.7 16.6 18.9 10.5 49.3 27.2 22.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...................... 114,849 52.6 5.5 16.7 20.2 10.2 47.4 26.9 20.5

Beef ............................................................ 31,423 56.4 6.0 17.7 21.7 11.1 43.6 23.5 20.1

Pork ............................................................ 21,158 56.4 5.6 19.0 21.4 10.4 43.6 25.5 18.1

Other meats ............................................... 15,926 50.4 5.8 16.3 17.8 10.6 49.6 29.5 20.1

Poultry ........................................................ 22,111 51.1 4.9 15.8 20.9 9.5 48.9 28.9 20.0

Fish and seafood ........................................ 16,114 44.0 4.8 13.5 17.3 8.4 56.0 30.4 25.7

Eggs ........................................................... 8,117 53.3 6.3 17.0 19.4 10.6 46.7 25.8 20.9

Dairy products .............................................. 52,911 47.6 4.6 14.7 18.2 10.1 52.4 28.6 23.8

Fresh milk and cream ................................. 17,918 51.8 5.5 17.0 18.8 10.4 48.2 26.7 21.5

Other dairy products ................................... 34,993 45.5 4.2 13.5 17.9 9.9 54.5 29.5 25.0

Fruits and vegetables ................................... 98,557 46.3 5.0 14.4 17.7 9.3 53.7 28.6 25.1

Fresh fruits ................................................. 36,381 44.8 4.8 13.4 17.7 9.0 55.2 29.3 25.9

Fresh vegetables ........................................ 31,675 45.3 5.2 13.6 17.6 8.8 54.7 28.1 26.6

Processed fruits ......................................... 13,806 46.5 4.9 14.9 16.9 9.7 53.5 29.6 23.9

Processed vegetables ................................ 16,695 51.4 4.9 17.4 18.7 10.4 48.6 27.4 21.2

Other food at home ...................................... 181,993 49.3 4.8 15.5 18.6 10.3 50.7 27.7 23.0

Sugar and other sweets ............................. 19,899 46.2 4.5 15.2 17.2 9.4 53.8 25.1 28.7

Fats and oils ............................................... 14,272 51.3 5.4 17.1 18.8 10.1 48.7 27.7 20.9

Miscellaneous foods ................................... 93,116 48.3 4.4 14.9 18.3 10.7 51.7 28.5 23.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Nonalcoholic beverages ............................. 47,969 54.1 6.0 17.6 20.3 10.2 45.9 26.3 19.6

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ....................................... 6,736 32.3 2.0 7.1 14.0 9.2 67.7 34.0 33.7

Food away from home ................................... 385,744 41.5 2.5 12.2 16.8 10.0 58.5 31.0 27.5

Alcoholic beverages ......................................... 66,053 36.6 2.0 10.5 15.7 8.3 63.4 31.1 32.3

Housing ............................................................ 2,364,054 45.9 4.1 14.0 18.0 9.8 54.1 28.7 25.4

Shelter ............................................................ 1,379,703 44.5 4.3 13.4 17.6 9.2 55.5 29.3 26.2

Owned dwellings .......................................... 797,604 37.7 2.3 10.6 15.5 9.3 62.3 31.4 30.8

Mortgage interest and charges .................. 367,185 35.6 1.8 8.7 15.5 9.6 64.4 34.0 30.5

Property taxes ............................................ 245,762 37.8 2.5 11.9 14.9 8.5 62.2 30.9 31.2

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses .................................................. 184,657 41.9 3.0 12.6 16.3 10.0 58.1 27.2 30.9

Rented dwellings .......................................... 488,331 58.8 8.1 19.3 22.0 9.4 41.2 25.0 16.2

Other lodging ................................................ 93,768 27.8 1.2 5.9 13.1 7.5 72.2 33.2 39.0

Utilities, fuels, and public services ................. 498,993 54.7 4.9 17.6 20.6 11.5 45.3 25.5 19.8

Natural gas ................................................... 54,109 51.4 5.2 17.0 19.0 10.1 48.6 26.3 22.3

Electricity ...................................................... 187,517 57.8 5.4 19.3 21.4 11.7 42.2 23.9 18.2

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................. 14,944 56.1 5.1 21.4 17.4 12.2 43.9 23.5 20.4

Telephone services ...................................... 173,020 53.0 4.3 16.1 20.8 11.8 47.0 26.7 20.3

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards ............................................. 41,648 55.4 6.3 19.2 19.6 10.4 44.6 24.1 20.4

Cellular phone service ................................ 131,372 52.2 3.7 15.1 21.2 12.3 47.8 27.6 20.2

Water and other public services ................... 69,403 52.6 4.5 16.7 20.0 11.3 47.4 26.3 21.1

Household operations .................................... 168,069 36.4 2.2 10.2 15.3 8.7 63.6 30.4 33.2

Personal services ......................................... 54,815 30.3 2.0 8.5 12.9 6.9 69.7 33.2 36.5

Other household expenses .......................... 113,254 39.4 2.2 11.1 16.4 9.6 60.6 29.1 31.6

Housekeeping supplies .................................. 83,920 46.9 4.4 14.1 18.0 10.3 53.1 27.8 25.3

Laundry and cleaning supplies ..................... 19,977 52.5 5.6 18.0 17.8 11.2 47.5 25.8 21.6

Other household products ............................ 47,123 46.3 4.5 13.7 18.6 9.5 53.7 27.9 25.8

Postage and stationery ................................ 16,820 41.8 2.8 10.9 16.9 11.3 58.2 30.1 28.1

Household furnishings and equipment ........... 233,369 42.1 2.8 12.4 16.5 10.4 57.9 30.8 27.1

Household textiles ........................................ 14,721 41.4 2.3 11.7 15.7 11.7 58.6 31.2 27.4

Furniture ....................................................... 64,508 43.0 3.0 12.9 16.4 10.7 57.0 30.0 27.0

Floor coverings ............................................. 2,277 43.7 1.8 8.5 19.5 13.9 56.3 23.6 32.7

Major appliances .......................................... 34,442 51.0 3.9 16.6 17.3 13.3 49.0 28.2 20.8

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares ................................................ 15,075 45.1 3.7 10.4 21.0 10.0 54.9 29.0 25.9

Miscellaneous household equipment ........... 102,348 38.2 2.3 11.2 15.7 9.0 61.8 32.5 29.3

Apparel and services ........................................ 236,770 38.9 3.0 10.4 16.6 8.9 61.1 33.9 27.2

Men and boys ................................................. 54,101 40.0 3.7 10.8 16.9 8.6 60.0 32.8 27.2

Men, 16 and over ......................................... 42,437 38.0 3.2 9.9 16.9 8.2 62.0 33.9 28.1

Boys, 2 to 15 ................................................ 11,665 47.1 5.4 14.3 17.0 10.4 52.9 28.8 24.1

Women and girls ............................................ 89,390 39.6 2.6 10.4 17.2 9.4 60.4 34.2 26.2

Women, 16 and over .................................... 76,371 38.5 2.2 9.7 17.3 9.3 61.5 35.3 26.1

Girls, 2 to 15 ................................................. 13,019 45.9 4.5 14.6 16.4 10.4 54.1 27.7 26.4

Children under 2 ............................................. 10,617 46.3 3.1 8.2 22.4 12.6 53.7 22.3 31.4

Footwear ........................................................ 45,358 41.1 3.2 11.9 15.9 10.0 58.9 35.6 23.4

Other apparel products and services ............. 37,302 31.1 2.9 8.5 14.1 5.6 68.9 35.8 33.0

Transportation .................................................. 1,220,227 48.5 3.1 14.3 20.2 10.9 51.5 29.0 22.5

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ....................... 513,354 48.9 2.7 14.5 20.9 10.7 51.1 29.2 21.9

Cars and trucks, new ................................... 251,280 41.7 21.4 13.1 18.1 9.0 58.3 32.6 25.7

Cars and trucks, used .................................. 254,526 55.2 4.0 15.9 22.9 12.5 44.8 26.3 18.5

Other vehicles .............................................. 7,548 75.5 21.1 16.2 50.3 27.9 24.5 214.0 210.5

Gasoline and motor oil ................................... 268,378 54.1 4.1 16.8 21.3 12.0 45.9 27.0 18.9

Other vehicle expenses .................................. 353,650 48.9 3.1 14.0 20.7 11.2 51.1 29.4 21.7

Vehicle finance charges ............................... 27,761 53.0 3.1 14.3 22.8 12.8 47.0 28.0 19.1

Maintenance and repairs .............................. 107,445 49.2 2.9 15.6 19.8 10.9 50.8 28.1 22.6

Vehicle insurance ......................................... 138,278 54.1 4.0 14.7 24.0 11.4 45.9 27.8 18.1

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges ...................................................... 80,166 38.1 1.8 10.4 15.3 10.6 61.9 34.5 27.4

Public and other transportation ...................... 84,845 26.3 2.3 6.2 10.5 7.2 73.7 32.4 41.3

Healthcare ........................................................ 557,632 47.3 3.9 14.8 18.2 10.4 52.7 27.8 24.8

Health insurance ............................................ 382,399 47.8 3.3 15.5 18.5 10.4 52.2 28.3 23.9

Medical services ............................................. 101,639 44.5 5.8 11.4 17.0 10.3 55.5 26.7 28.7

Drugs .............................................................. 54,502 50.4 5.3 15.8 18.9 10.3 49.6 26.7 22.9

Medical supplies ............................................. 19,093 44.2 2.5 15.1 16.1 10.5 55.8 26.3 29.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Entertainment ................................................... 364,844 44.2 2.8 12.2 18.0 11.2 55.8 28.5 27.3

Fees and admissions ..................................... 83,746 26.7 .8 5.3 11.6 9.0 73.3 35.8 37.5

Audio and visual equipment and services ...... 139,150 53.5 4.5 16.2 21.6 11.2 46.5 26.5 20.0

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment .................................................... 83,773 42.3 3.0 11.9 18.0 9.4 57.7 29.4 28.3

Pets .............................................................. 67,752 42.5 3.1 12.2 18.2 9.1 57.5 30.1 27.4

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .. 16,021 41.0 2.5 10.6 17.2 10.7 59.0 26.8 32.2

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services ................................................. 58,175 49.7 1.0 12.7 18.8 17.2 50.3 21.7 28.6

Personal care products and services ............... 87,580 43.2 3.1 12.2 17.8 10.2 56.8 30.2 26.6

Reading ............................................................ 14,635 37.1 2.3 11.5 15.6 7.8 62.9 30.2 32.7

Education ......................................................... 168,837 24.5 1.1 3.0 14.1 6.3 75.5 38.9 36.5

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ......... 44,865 78.6 6.9 28.6 30.5 12.5 21.4 15.4 6.0

Miscellaneous .................................................. 111,848 49.6 2.5 13.4 21.0 12.7 50.4 29.8 20.6

Cash contributions ........................................... 233,568 36.5 2.6 9.2 15.4 9.3 63.5 28.2 35.3

Personal insurance and pensions .................... 815,408 35.7 1.9 9.7 14.6 9.5 64.3 32.6 31.7

Life and other personal insurance .................. 42,750 34.4 2.2 9.9 14.4 7.9 65.6 35.5 30.1

Pensions and Social Security ......................... 772,658 35.7 1.9 9.7 14.6 9.6 64.3 32.5 31.8

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ............................. $8,942,648 40.0 2.8 11.5 16.2 9.5 60.0 30.8 29.2

Wages and salaries ........................................ 6,987,593 36.9 2.1 10.2 15.2 9.5 63.1 32.7 30.4

Self-employment income ................................ 560,432 35.9 3.1 9.7 13.4 9.8 64.1 33.3 30.8

Social Security, private and government

retirement ..................................................... 1,001,966 60.6 6.5 21.9 22.3 9.8 39.4 17.5 21.9

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ........................................... 223,138 32.3 1.5 5.0 18.4 7.4 67.7 36.2 31.5

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP) ........................ 72,912 86.2 18.3 32.9 25.7 9.3 13.8 9.8 4.0

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular

contributions for support ............................... 55,500 58.6 3.0 12.2 27.4 16.0 41.4 23.8 17.6

Other income .................................................. 41,106 58.7 5.8 18.4 24.8 9.7 41.3 23.1 18.2

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values) ............................................................ 1,178,841 23.2 .1 4.9 10.8 7.4 76.8 35.8 41.0

Federal income taxes ..................................... 913,322 21.8 -.1 4.3 10.3 7.3 78.2 36.1 42.2

State and local income taxes ......................... 256,536 27.6 .9 6.9 11.9 7.9 72.4 35.4 37.0

Other taxes ..................................................... 8,984 46.5 22.7 10.7 25.0 8.1 53.5 16.3 37.2

Income after taxes ............................................ 7,763,806 42.6 3.2 12.6 17.0 9.9 57.4 30.0 27.4

1 Value is too small to display.

2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2016