Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 127,006 8,303 75,638 28,824 19,989 15,946 3,553 7,326 24,634 18,430

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $66,877 $108,212 $77,397 $107,570 $65,629 $51,485 $62,984 $54,176 $39,672 $41,445

SE .................................................. 1,164.39 7,877.05 1,181.71 1,996.34 1,266.68 1,115.01 3,104.82 2,006.09 1,119.97 1,890.25

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 7.28 1.53 1.86 1.93 2.17 4.93 3.70 2.82 4.56

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 58,364 88,513 66,839 89,094 58,206 47,580 56,806 49,613 37,549 37,824

SE .................................................. 898.38 5,548.75 902.61 1,453.52 979.90 991.16 2,864.37 1,745.97 968.48 1,471.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 6.27 1.35 1.63 1.68 2.08 5.04 3.52 2.58 3.89

Age of reference person ................................... 50.3 49.5 43.9 44.4 43.5 42.8 43.3 45.1 73.4 46.1

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................ 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.7 1.8 2.8

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .7 .7 .7 .6 .8 .9 .7 .1 .9

Adults 65 and older ........................................ .4 .2 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .1 1.2 .2

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 .2 .6

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.4

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 48 62 51 49 43 46 88 74 45 30

Women ........................................................... 52 38 49 51 57 54 12 26 55 70

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 63 72 59 69 56 48 57 55 81 47

With mortgage .............................................. 37 47 43 54 39 32 35 34 22 26

Without mortgage ......................................... 26 24 17 15 17 16 22 21 59 22

Renter ............................................................ 37 28 41 31 44 52 43 45 19 53

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 7 13 10 14 19 10 16 9 18

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 93 87 90 86 81 90 84 91 82

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 13 14 8 13 22 25 19 7 15

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 87 86 92 87 78 75 81 93 85

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 3 2 1 ( ) 1 4 6 5 5 5

High school (9-12) .......................................... 33 31 28 11 31 40 50 53 41 45

College ........................................................... 63 65 70 89 68 56 44 41 54 49

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 92 91 95 89 85 89 91 86 73

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $53,495 $72,838 $57,904 $74,277 $51,508 $44,543 $47,539 $44,795 $42,715 $40,930

SE .................................................. 603.93 2,259.32 663.77 1,032.03 817.41 888.99 1,402.11 1,236.31 826.94 923.14

CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 3.10 1.15 1.39 1.59 2.00 2.95 2.76 1.94 2.26

Food

Mean .............................................. 6,759 7,993 7,192 8,800 6,783 5,580 6,227 5,830 5,384 6,176

Share .............................................. 12.6 11.0 12.4 11.8 13.2 12.5 13.1 13.0 12.6 15.1

SE .................................................. 89.34 345.42 113.62 152.28 201.49 218.72 392.79 316.21 136.10 191.81

CV(%) ............................................. 1.32 4.32 1.58 1.73 2.97 3.92 6.31 5.42 2.53 3.11

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 3,971 4,578 4,041 4,636 3,936 3,384 3,848 3,438 3,433 4,090

Share .............................................. 7.4 6.3 7.0 6.2 7.6 7.6 8.1 7.7 8.0 10.0

SE .................................................. 56.60 226.15 70.81 86.10 127.31 151.00 251.77 177.25 83.01 140.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 4.94 1.75 1.86 3.23 4.46 6.54 5.16 2.42 3.44

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 519 573 526 593 525 449 447 467 459 540

Share .............................................. 1.0 .8 .9 .8 1.0 1.0 .9 1.0 1.1 1.3

SE .................................................. 9.25 34.62 11.05 17.05 19.12 24.95 38.98 29.91 13.58 19.64

CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 6.04 2.10 2.87 3.64 5.55 8.72 6.41 2.96 3.64

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 176 192 178 198 175 160 145 168 145 198

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .3 .5

SE .................................................. 3.79 13.53 4.37 5.89 9.38 9.83 13.02 16.81 5.41 8.03

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 7.05 2.45 2.97 5.36 6.15 8.98 10.03 3.73 4.06

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 343 382 348 395 350 290 302 299 314 342

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .6 .5 .7 .6 .6 .7 .7 .8

SE .................................................. 6.71 26.29 8.66 13.43 13.89 17.13 29.86 17.92 9.96 15.24

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 6.89 2.49 3.40 3.97 5.92 9.88 5.99 3.17 4.46

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 892 962 909 990 901 777 1,021 816 736 985

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.4

SE .................................................. 13.63 65.30 17.73 25.62 42.33 42.08 92.94 51.08 26.08 61.36

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 6.79 1.95 2.59 4.70 5.41 9.10 6.26 3.55 6.23

Beef

Mean .............................................. 232 238 235 233 243 206 314 238 179 281

Share .............................................. .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .5 .7 .5 .4 .7

SE .................................................. 7.73 22.45 7.91 11.23 18.07 17.17 41.44 42.40 10.09 45.07

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 9.45 3.36 4.82 7.43 8.34 13.19 17.83 5.64 16.03

Pork

Mean .............................................. 177 190 178 192 171 156 217 165 167 178

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 3.91 17.74 5.32 10.20 9.73 11.14 28.69 15.80 10.33 10.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 9.34 2.99 5.32 5.70 7.14 13.20 9.56 6.19 5.79

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 123 123 131 149 133 98 128 118 104 116

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 3.68 10.38 4.42 5.66 8.88 7.34 19.85 11.73 7.12 7.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.99 8.43 3.39 3.80 6.65 7.52 15.55 9.96 6.82 6.78

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 190 177 193 179 155 179 156 127 203

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .5

SE .................................................. 3.65 15.20 6.04 8.70 11.98 9.71 20.44 13.81 6.25 11.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 8.02 3.41 4.51 6.70 6.27 11.39 8.85 4.94 5.63

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 129 159 130 163 118 102 127 88 108 140

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 4.33 19.70 5.69 9.41 10.51 10.30 17.94 12.93 6.16 11.75

CV(%) ............................................. 3.35 12.40 4.39 5.76 8.94 10.06 14.09 14.66 5.68 8.39

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 58 63 58 60 57 60 55 51 50 67

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2

SE .................................................. 1.38 4.65 1.67 2.19 3.67 4.39 6.39 4.42 2.24 3.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 7.34 2.86 3.63 6.44 7.27 11.55 8.61 4.46 5.90

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 423 506 425 498 409 348 410 347 382 429

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .7 .7 .8 .8 .9 .8 .9 1.0

SE .................................................. 6.43 26.60 7.68 10.63 14.63 17.59 33.35 26.78 13.25 14.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.52 5.26 1.81 2.13 3.58 5.06 8.13 7.73 3.47 3.41

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 147 169 147 158 141 142 154 126 126 165

Share .............................................. .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4

SE .................................................. 2.27 10.01 3.18 4.63 5.91 9.17 14.87 8.67 4.65 6.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 5.91 2.16 2.94 4.19 6.46 9.68 6.86 3.68 4.04

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 276 337 278 341 268 206 257 220 256 264

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6

SE .................................................. 5.46 22.38 6.02 8.50 12.34 12.29 21.57 19.97 10.43 12.61

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 6.65 2.16 2.49 4.61 5.97 8.40 9.06 4.07 4.78

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 756 909 762 899 721 667 701 565 679 758

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.9

SE .................................................. 12.45 59.39 16.01 18.97 26.27 33.33 47.87 38.35 16.83 27.38

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 6.53 2.10 2.11 3.65 5.00 6.83 6.78 2.48 3.61

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 274 357 276 334 256 241 236 195 246 261

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .6 .6

SE .................................................. 4.97 28.98 6.61 8.59 13.14 13.40 20.10 15.87 8.95 12.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 8.11 2.40 2.57 5.14 5.56 8.50 8.12 3.64 4.85

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 240 287 240 292 219 207 222 176 218 248

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .6

SE .................................................. 4.10 17.95 5.51 8.28 8.92 12.51 19.40 14.34 7.24 11.76

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 6.25 2.29 2.84 4.07 6.06 8.75 8.14 3.32 4.75

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 109 124 111 126 112 97 104 84 95 109

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 2.96 9.90 3.66 5.66 5.42 7.58 11.08 7.82 4.38 5.73

CV(%) ............................................. 2.72 8.00 3.30 4.51 4.85 7.84 10.62 9.27 4.60 5.25

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 133 141 135 148 134 123 139 110 120 140

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 3.58 13.81 4.35 6.00 6.56 10.22 11.91 9.70 5.61 8.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 9.82 3.22 4.06 4.90 8.34 8.57 8.85 4.69 6.43

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,382 1,627 1,419 1,654 1,380 1,143 1,268 1,243 1,178 1,378

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.4

SE .................................................. 24.77 82.93 30.11 44.96 48.43 54.45 89.14 70.32 38.06 51.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.79 5.10 2.12 2.72 3.51 4.76 7.03 5.66 3.23 3.74

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 139 160 139 166 135 110 115 118 136 134

Share .............................................. .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 3.96 12.41 4.77 9.57 6.56 7.13 14.76 12.87 8.01 7.14

CV(%) ............................................. 2.84 7.78 3.43 5.76 4.87 6.48 12.86 10.94 5.88 5.32

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 115 149 112 124 110 110 101 87 97 131

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 3.33 10.30 3.67 5.18 6.69 8.81 10.09 8.09 5.08 7.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.90 6.90 3.26 4.19 6.07 7.99 9.99 9.32 5.23 5.66

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 702 815 729 863 717 556 641 635 582 692

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.7

SE .................................................. 13.41 55.70 17.37 29.77 26.99 31.34 50.35 39.61 18.81 30.57

CV(%) ............................................. 1.91 6.83 2.38 3.45 3.77 5.64 7.86 6.23 3.23 4.42

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 375 422 384 419 382 336 352 370 313 391

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .7 .6 .7 .8 .7 .8 .7 1.0

SE .................................................. 6.99 26.27 7.83 11.64 15.60 18.22 24.40 25.73 17.00 17.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 6.22 2.04 2.78 4.08 5.42 6.93 6.96 5.43 4.43

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 51 81 54 82 37 31 59 34 50 30

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 2.83 12.34 3.55 7.86 3.46 3.85 24.03 5.38 5.26 3.09

CV(%) ............................................. 5.53 15.24 6.63 9.58 9.46 12.38 40.67 15.93 10.56 10.38

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 2,787 3,414 3,151 4,164 2,847 2,195 2,379 2,392 1,951 2,086

Share .............................................. 5.2 4.7 5.4 5.6 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 4.6 5.1

SE .................................................. 51.03 179.78 67.07 111.69 109.53 96.57 199.47 185.94 79.29 92.64

CV(%) ............................................. 1.83 5.27 2.13 2.68 3.85 4.40 8.38 7.77 4.06 4.44

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 463 608 534 759 467 298 478 345 324 282

Share .............................................. .9 .8 .9 1.0 .9 .7 1.0 .8 .8 .7

SE .................................................. 17.50 55.93 24.58 43.97 34.18 37.28 63.94 65.82 28.13 28.84

CV(%) ............................................. 3.78 9.20 4.60 5.79 7.31 12.50 13.37 19.07 8.68 10.24

Housing

Mean .............................................. 17,798 23,345 18,968 23,881 17,036 15,307 15,652 14,458 14,894 14,374

Share .............................................. 33.3 32.1 32.8 32.2 33.1 34.4 32.9 32.3 34.9 35.1

SE .................................................. 217.06 911.28 233.44 381.14 267.71 322.13 487.91 556.62 377.18 328.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.22 3.90 1.23 1.60 1.57 2.10 3.12 3.85 2.53 2.28

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 10,491 14,291 11,385 14,573 10,040 9,300 9,372 8,028 8,080 8,328

Share .............................................. 19.6 19.6 19.7 19.6 19.5 20.9 19.7 17.9 18.9 20.3

SE .................................................. 148.30 660.99 161.60 283.74 200.24 221.38 412.72 325.35 295.84 263.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.41 4.63 1.42 1.95 1.99 2.38 4.40 4.05 3.66 3.17

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,149 9,466 6,556 9,442 5,372 4,303 5,048 4,066 5,463 3,901

Share .............................................. 11.5 13.0 11.3 12.7 10.4 9.7 10.6 9.1 12.8 9.5

SE .................................................. 96.49 538.85 117.73 230.64 166.25 189.05 441.36 237.37 198.52 179.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 5.69 1.80 2.44 3.10 4.39 8.74 5.84 3.63 4.61

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,953 4,675 3,530 5,154 2,936 2,183 2,672 2,113 1,375 1,918

Share .............................................. 5.5 6.4 6.1 6.9 5.7 4.9 5.6 4.7 3.2 4.7

SE .................................................. 66.35 327.31 71.88 147.04 112.09 103.17 250.40 168.37 95.21 106.19

CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 7.00 2.04 2.85 3.82 4.73 9.37 7.97 6.92 5.54

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,903 3,309 1,853 2,647 1,461 1,321 1,279 1,232 2,083 1,236

Share .............................................. 3.6 4.5 3.2 3.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 4.9 3.0

SE .................................................. 49.46 366.23 53.16 93.56 42.73 121.99 78.80 84.09 81.39 56.54

CV(%) ............................................. 2.60 11.07 2.87 3.53 2.92 9.24 6.16 6.82 3.91 4.57

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,293 1,483 1,173 1,641 975 799 1,097 721 2,005 747

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.3 1.6 4.7 1.8

SE .................................................. 32.62 136.61 36.22 73.90 94.37 78.32 291.39 76.63 118.38 76.57

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 9.21 3.09 4.50 9.68 9.80 26.56 10.63 5.90 10.25

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,631 3,308 4,152 4,007 4,153 4,655 3,953 3,726 1,877 3,983

Share .............................................. 6.8 4.5 7.2 5.4 8.1 10.5 8.3 8.3 4.4 9.7

SE .................................................. 51.61 220.81 74.49 129.36 158.71 173.91 243.26 190.65 145.54 159.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.42 6.67 1.79 3.23 3.82 3.74 6.15 5.12 7.75 3.99

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 710 1,517 677 1,124 515 341 371 236 740 444

Share .............................................. 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.5 1.0 .8 .8 .5 1.7 1.1

SE .................................................. 38.67 244.59 36.54 84.12 41.87 30.84 74.36 48.91 62.57 57.93

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 16.12 5.40 7.48 8.12 9.04 20.02 20.71 8.46 13.04

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,921 4,601 4,011 4,417 3,906 3,559 3,847 3,760 3,716 3,518

Share .............................................. 7.3 6.3 6.9 5.9 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.6

SE .................................................. 34.80 130.99 36.35 51.54 57.68 59.63 88.04 107.93 47.94 69.76

CV(%) ............................................. .89 2.85 .91 1.17 1.48 1.68 2.29 2.87 1.29 1.98

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 439 548 447 527 410 365 416 428 439 357

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .7 .8 .8 .9 1.0 1.0 .9

SE .................................................. 14.67 31.77 14.40 23.13 17.97 17.44 34.29 22.06 24.85 27.15

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 5.80 3.22 4.39 4.38 4.78 8.25 5.15 5.66 7.60

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,484 1,779 1,466 1,531 1,441 1,400 1,434 1,439 1,438 1,488

Share .............................................. 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6

SE .................................................. 20.17 74.27 20.63 26.44 31.38 29.27 38.36 52.34 30.19 43.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.36 4.17 1.41 1.73 2.18 2.09 2.67 3.64 2.10 2.94

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 152 228 130 144 127 100 125 154 223 114

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .5 .3

SE .................................................. 9.78 29.24 9.28 13.17 13.80 17.46 25.26 24.89 20.48 19.10

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 12.85 7.12 9.15 10.83 17.44 20.29 16.20 9.19 16.72

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,315 1,424 1,440 1,605 1,409 1,254 1,397 1,299 1,054 1,104

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.7

SE .................................................. 14.52 50.36 15.50 22.27 24.23 20.12 49.23 56.46 24.38 25.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 3.54 1.08 1.39 1.72 1.60 3.52 4.34 2.31 2.32

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 353 381 306 360 297 247 235 277 522 306

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 1.2 .7

SE .................................................. 4.87 22.07 5.77 10.62 9.12 8.46 19.70 13.95 11.41 11.21

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 5.80 1.89 2.95 3.07 3.42 8.37 5.04 2.19 3.67

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 963 1,043 1,134 1,245 1,112 1,006 1,161 1,023 532 798

Share .............................................. 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.2 1.9

SE .................................................. 13.80 39.28 14.89 19.69 23.91 18.80 51.49 55.15 21.47 25.99

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 3.76 1.31 1.58 2.15 1.87 4.43 5.39 4.03 3.26

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 530 623 527 611 517 440 475 440 562 455

Share .............................................. 1.0 .9 .9 .8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.1

SE .................................................. 12.43 21.81 13.03 16.59 20.19 14.33 36.03 24.70 15.55 20.44

CV(%) ............................................. 2.35 3.50 2.47 2.72 3.90 3.25 7.58 5.61 2.77 4.49

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,174 1,723 1,257 1,916 1,050 730 699 645 1,069 726

Share .............................................. 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.5 1.8

SE .................................................. 31.64 163.69 35.29 62.36 47.82 34.08 54.37 44.94 69.25 42.28

CV(%) ............................................. 2.70 9.50 2.81 3.25 4.55 4.67 7.78 6.97 6.47 5.83

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 366 468 481 793 394 231 205 177 138 153

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .8 1.1 .8 .5 .4 .4 .3 .4

SE .................................................. 22.89 97.38 30.05 60.77 43.16 32.49 44.33 36.45 55.44 22.72

CV(%) ............................................. 6.25 20.82 6.24 7.67 10.96 14.10 21.61 20.60 40.28 14.82

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 808 1,255 775 1,124 656 499 493 468 932 572

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.2 1.4

SE .................................................. 16.49 92.57 17.96 37.08 18.57 14.82 32.43 25.94 40.34 31.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.04 7.38 2.32 3.30 2.83 2.97 6.57 5.54 4.33 5.57

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 632 859 611 721 600 472 369 618 656 582

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 .8 1.4 1.5 1.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Housekeeping supplies

SE .................................................. 18.63 122.54 21.21 26.43 42.01 34.60 47.66 83.16 33.58 40.12

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 14.26 3.47 3.66 7.00 7.33 12.93 13.45 5.12 6.90

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 148 163 145 159 151 121 92 157 137 162

Share .............................................. .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4

SE .................................................. 4.48 17.40 5.54 7.93 9.98 11.02 12.63 21.52 8.20 8.19

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 10.65 3.81 5.00 6.60 9.09 13.79 13.72 5.99 5.05

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 354 534 337 410 310 269 217 333 362 326

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .7 .8 .8

SE .................................................. 12.85 112.65 13.58 18.12 24.68 23.98 36.36 60.12 21.87 30.26

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 21.10 4.03 4.42 7.96 8.91 16.75 18.07 6.05 9.27

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 131 162 128 153 139 82 60 129 158 93

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .1 .3 .4 .2

SE .................................................. 7.11 21.85 9.42 10.59 28.90 16.04 11.86 29.71 16.60 11.16

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 13.50 7.37 6.92 20.74 19.60 19.76 23.08 10.52 11.96

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,581 1,870 1,704 2,253 1,440 1,246 1,365 1,406 1,372 1,220

Share .............................................. 3.0 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.0

SE .................................................. 46.11 125.89 57.42 90.22 84.22 102.22 187.07 293.37 80.38 68.41

CV(%) ............................................. 2.92 6.73 3.37 4.00 5.85 8.20 13.70 20.86 5.86 5.61

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 96 87 100 135 88 64 125 55 104 73

Share .............................................. .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .1 .3 .1 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 6.69 19.35 8.25 15.86 11.81 8.75 84.96 15.85 16.55 10.49

CV(%) ............................................. 6.97 22.13 8.25 11.71 13.46 13.76 68.17 28.56 15.93 14.31

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 387 521 439 549 367 411 379 289 256 287

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .8 .7 .7 .9 .8 .6 .6 .7

SE .................................................. 14.05 64.34 21.55 37.70 36.75 64.18 93.45 45.04 21.62 28.47

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 12.35 4.91 6.86 10.01 15.61 24.63 15.60 8.44 9.91

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 18 23 19 28 16 14 7 8 15 18

Share .............................................. 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 1.99 5.20 2.80 6.54 3.17 2.86 2.59 2.10 2.94 4.16

CV(%) ............................................. 10.96 23.02 14.77 22.98 20.19 21.00 37.78 26.98 19.83 23.75

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 233 289 242 354 181 146 252 167 239 166

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .3 .5 .4 .6 .4

SE .................................................. 14.26 32.67 20.25 45.84 20.09 15.28 70.95 30.19 25.24 13.42

CV(%) ............................................. 6.11 11.32 8.38 12.94 11.10 10.45 28.20 18.05 10.54 8.08

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 106 111 113 151 104 70 82 91 85 102

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 5.83 13.91 6.81 12.64 16.46 9.32 12.70 14.66 7.78 12.18

CV(%) ............................................. 5.51 12.56 6.05 8.39 15.83 13.32 15.51 16.08 9.14 11.90

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 740 840 792 1,035 685 542 521 796 673 573

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.4

SE .................................................. 30.61 88.13 38.53 49.39 56.58 54.97 93.14 269.43 50.45 44.82

CV(%) ............................................. 4.13 10.49 4.86 4.77 8.26 10.15 17.87 33.87 7.50 7.82

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,786 2,415 1,989 2,481 1,788 1,657 1,755 1,415 1,057 1,602

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.2 2.5 3.9

SE .................................................. 52.74 430.17 61.68 88.65 121.43 162.91 218.93 137.45 79.31 92.31

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 17.81 3.10 3.57 6.79 9.83 12.47 9.71 7.50 5.76

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 430 579 489 611 418 406 501 365 210 405

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .9 1.1 .8 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 15.58 98.00 21.60 35.55 48.75 52.65 73.93 45.53 21.16 30.53

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 16.94 4.42 5.82 11.65 12.98 14.76 12.47 10.08 7.53

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 326 485 363 473 306 287 360 245 187 281

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .8 .5 .4 .7

SE .................................................. 13.51 92.09 16.30 32.56 33.18 39.86 67.90 33.86 20.03 21.08

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 18.99 4.49 6.89 10.85 13.89 18.87 13.83 10.72 7.49

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 104 94 126 139 113 119 141 120 23 124

Share .............................................. .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3

SE .................................................. 7.81 15.49 12.12 15.29 30.95 25.54 40.03 34.63 5.74 18.36

CV(%) ............................................. 7.51 16.54 9.62 11.03 27.48 21.52 28.41 28.79 24.88 14.80

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 656 797 727 957 659 567 587 413 468 544

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 .9 1.1 1.3

SE .................................................. 28.14 154.58 35.28 53.24 52.70 74.48 106.40 52.49 49.87 47.37

CV(%) ............................................. 4.29 19.39 4.86 5.56 7.99 13.13 18.14 12.70 10.67 8.71

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 551 690 603 809 560 453 441 306 428 433

Share .............................................. 1.0 .9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 .9 .7 1.0 1.1

SE .................................................. 27.08 150.80 32.20 46.47 49.26 67.02 106.10 50.52 48.93 47.36

CV(%) ............................................. 4.91 21.86 5.34 5.74 8.79 14.81 24.07 16.50 11.42 10.93

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 105 107 124 148 99 115 146 107 39 111

Share .............................................. .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2 .1 .3

SE .................................................. 5.53 16.16 8.82 15.64 11.34 19.25 36.99 21.27 7.13 15.67

CV(%) ............................................. 5.27 15.06 7.11 10.60 11.46 16.80 25.38 19.82 18.24 14.11

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 76 61 86 86 93 75 107 81 25 108

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .3

SE .................................................. 5.33 21.43 6.34 9.61 9.71 12.91 30.45 26.31 8.20 15.72

CV(%) ............................................. 6.99 35.36 7.33 11.12 10.48 17.28 28.37 32.30 33.25 14.60

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 367 355 418 490 346 410 429 344 204 371

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .7 .7 .7 .9 .9 .8 .5 .9

SE .................................................. 17.09 57.29 25.08 47.76 35.68 61.49 85.23 58.07 27.70 55.49

CV(%) ............................................. 4.66 16.12 6.00 9.75 10.31 15.01 19.88 16.89 13.57 14.94

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 256 623 269 337 272 199 132 211 151 174

Share .............................................. .5 .9 .5 .5 .5 .4 .3 .5 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 24.53 295.00 19.74 25.24 62.10 19.28 20.15 31.92 17.13 17.12

CV(%) ............................................. 9.57 47.35 7.34 7.50 22.85 9.68 15.29 15.11 11.35 9.87

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,073 10,764 10,280 12,259 9,283 8,625 9,436 9,221 6,795 6,401

Share .............................................. 17.0 14.8 17.8 16.5 18.0 19.4 19.8 20.6 15.9 15.6

SE .................................................. 177.51 628.48 228.37 396.86 328.51 447.90 798.49 670.65 264.08 330.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 5.84 2.22 3.24 3.54 5.19 8.46 7.27 3.89 5.16

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,301 3,665 3,879 4,629 3,315 3,380 3,524 3,720 2,249 2,173

Share .............................................. 6.2 5.0 6.7 6.2 6.4 7.6 7.4 8.3 5.3 5.3

SE .................................................. 147.72 519.21 202.16 338.84 254.85 419.92 745.48 599.22 221.03 252.28

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 14.17 5.21 7.32 7.69 12.43 21.15 16.11 9.83 11.61

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,562 1,842 1,704 2,485 1,382 1,166 701 1,171 1,509 920

Share .............................................. 2.9 2.5 2.9 3.3 2.7 2.6 1.5 2.6 3.5 2.2

SE .................................................. 120.29 443.59 153.12 305.01 225.45 240.96 396.27 315.34 189.91 215.72

CV(%) ............................................. 7.70 24.08 8.98 12.27 16.32 20.66 56.50 26.93 12.58 23.45

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,689 1,776 2,105 2,107 1,862 2,117 2,821 2,389 717 1,242

Share .............................................. 3.2 2.4 3.6 2.8 3.6 4.8 5.9 5.3 1.7 3.0

SE .................................................. 73.36 359.66 106.72 169.60 187.11 263.33 657.91 407.86 118.06 133.35

CV(%) ............................................. 4.34 20.25 5.07 8.05 10.05 12.44 23.33 17.07 16.47 10.74

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 50 47 69 38 71 96 2 160 23 11

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 1 ( ) .4 .1 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 14.26 45.41 21.71 14.31 52.94 54.89 2.25 112.24 21.29 8.58

CV(%) ............................................. 28.29 95.79 31.39 37.99 74.11 57.02 101.14 70.00 91.65 77.89

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,468 2,955 2,780 3,018 2,668 2,450 3,083 2,724 1,727 1,958

Share .............................................. 4.6 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.2 5.5 6.5 6.1 4.0 4.8

SE .................................................. 24.08 91.35 27.47 46.12 46.34 52.61 112.36 94.47 41.71 50.10

CV(%) ............................................. .98 3.09 .99 1.53 1.74 2.15 3.64 3.47 2.41 2.56

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,723 3,354 3,000 3,617 2,876 2,398 2,346 2,523 2,287 1,880

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.6 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.4 4.9 5.6 5.4 4.6

SE .................................................. 71.91 247.45 89.65 143.23 144.25 120.89 222.74 264.81 121.22 147.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.64 7.38 2.99 3.96 5.02 5.04 9.49 10.49 5.30 7.86

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 208 243 258 285 254 222 245 246 104 127

Share .............................................. .4 .3 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 6.32 32.95 7.37 10.95 13.16 13.75 25.46 19.46 9.39 10.39

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 13.53 2.86 3.85 5.18 6.18 10.40 7.91 8.99 8.16

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 836 1,060 909 1,089 834 734 945 766 733 571

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.4

SE .................................................. 24.59 71.12 33.43 49.73 51.83 42.77 140.86 88.87 45.79 36.69

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Maintenance and repairs

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 6.71 3.68 4.57 6.22 5.83 14.90 11.61 6.24 6.43

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,112 1,253 1,190 1,363 1,194 968 807 1,160 1,054 803

Share .............................................. 2.1 1.7 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.6 2.5 2.0

SE .................................................. 53.30 223.98 62.31 104.68 117.42 105.58 171.10 221.76 93.88 100.97

CV(%) ............................................. 4.79 17.87 5.24 7.68 9.84 10.91 21.19 19.12 8.90 12.57

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 567 798 643 880 594 474 348 352 395 378

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 .7 .8 .9 .9

SE .................................................. 24.02 65.85 30.72 48.56 64.98 36.41 53.79 40.62 35.26 61.14

CV(%) ............................................. 4.24 8.26 4.78 5.52 10.93 7.68 15.44 11.55 8.93 16.16

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 581 789 621 994 423 397 482 253 531 390

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 .8 .9 1.0 .6 1.2 1.0

SE .................................................. 23.67 92.27 28.75 62.96 28.75 38.31 89.06 32.77 55.80 38.55

CV(%) ............................................. 4.07 11.69 4.63 6.33 6.80 9.66 18.47 12.94 10.50 9.88

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,290 5,525 3,868 4,994 3,588 2,847 2,960 2,858 6,012 3,166

Share .............................................. 8.0 7.6 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.4 14.1 7.7

SE .................................................. 70.34 298.67 73.17 105.10 88.96 132.81 201.05 216.33 153.23 157.03

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 5.41 1.89 2.10 2.48 4.67 6.79 7.57 2.55 4.96

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,868 3,575 2,631 3,327 2,484 1,973 1,920 2,073 4,040 1,955

Share .............................................. 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.6 9.5 4.8

SE .................................................. 59.14 223.30 67.24 103.60 70.64 104.46 163.67 142.21 91.63 112.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.06 6.25 2.56 3.11 2.84 5.30 8.52 6.86 2.27 5.78

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 790 1,192 712 1,005 602 470 629 425 995 658

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 .9 2.3 1.6

SE .................................................. 28.96 115.56 28.07 56.61 47.32 38.56 82.13 131.15 95.23 72.73

CV(%) ............................................. 3.67 9.70 3.94 5.64 7.86 8.20 13.07 30.82 9.58 11.05

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 486 610 392 485 374 316 344 259 756 452

Share .............................................. .9 .8 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .6 1.8 1.1

SE .................................................. 14.86 58.39 12.57 19.31 25.62 21.28 38.96 18.75 39.21 29.40

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 9.56 3.20 3.98 6.85 6.74 11.33 7.24 5.19 6.51

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 146 147 133 178 128 88 68 101 221 101

Share .............................................. .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .5 .2

SE .................................................. 6.95 12.02 5.96 9.44 10.28 11.51 12.39 12.63 22.21 14.05

CV(%) ............................................. 4.75 8.18 4.48 5.31 8.03 13.06 18.19 12.55 10.06 13.92

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,728 3,877 2,861 3,744 2,622 1,946 2,071 2,377 2,344 2,160

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.1 4.4 4.4 5.3 5.5 5.3

SE .................................................. 70.23 280.94 94.36 137.74 192.69 94.28 184.59 207.73 119.84 129.99

CV(%) ............................................. 2.57 7.25 3.30 3.68 7.35 4.85 8.91 8.74 5.11 6.02

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 636 1,151 705 1,121 581 326 438 347 419 407

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.1 .7 .9 .8 1.0 1.0

SE .................................................. 26.62 118.47 37.98 49.60 99.82 26.93 91.19 41.84 33.80 47.96

CV(%) ............................................. 4.19 10.30 5.38 4.42 17.17 8.25 20.84 12.07 8.07 11.79

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,051 1,181 1,093 1,244 1,072 975 877 919 1,017 863

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.1

SE .................................................. 24.09 67.93 29.20 39.71 71.48 62.58 46.03 48.22 44.27 29.41

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 5.75 2.67 3.19 6.67 6.42 5.25 5.25 4.35 3.41

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 634 808 650 885 541 453 431 544 527 630

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 .9 1.2 1.2 1.5

SE .................................................. 29.33 88.11 33.13 65.63 32.44 56.41 58.53 86.04 43.47 109.32

CV(%) ............................................. 4.63 10.90 5.10 7.41 6.00 12.45 13.59 15.80 8.25 17.36

Pets

Mean .............................................. 507 681 511 705 404 355 310 474 441 498

Share .............................................. .9 .9 .9 .9 .8 .8 .7 1.1 1.0 1.2

SE .................................................. 30.40 85.34 31.33 58.04 31.13 47.17 34.72 80.68 42.21 107.33

CV(%) ............................................. 5.99 12.54 6.13 8.23 7.70 13.30 11.20 17.02 9.58 21.55

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 127 127 138 180 137 98 121 70 86 132

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 7.37 30.04 11.04 21.04 24.28 24.85 39.03 15.36 11.36 22.04

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

CV(%) ............................................. 5.81 23.58 7.98 11.68 17.75 25.27 32.38 21.81 13.20 16.75

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 407 738 414 494 428 191 326 567 381 261

Share .............................................. .8 1.0 .7 .7 .8 .4 .7 1.3 .9 .6

SE .................................................. 36.20 215.67 42.63 69.87 112.30 46.98 100.30 167.58 106.81 58.16

CV(%) ............................................. 8.89 29.24 10.30 14.15 26.24 24.58 30.81 29.58 28.05 22.31

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 645 743 703 913 684 545 423 415 592 432

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 .9 .9 1.4 1.1

SE .................................................. 12.03 45.18 14.14 25.88 30.06 41.89 35.18 25.61 25.62 21.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 6.08 2.01 2.83 4.39 7.69 8.32 6.17 4.33 5.01

Reading

Mean .............................................. 103 117 99 142 93 54 62 60 144 59

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .1

SE .................................................. 3.60 10.35 3.70 7.01 6.14 4.86 8.36 8.50 8.28 6.07

CV(%) ............................................. 3.49 8.85 3.74 4.94 6.57 8.98 13.40 14.09 5.75 10.28

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,236 2,211 1,404 2,302 871 1,040 435 587 230 1,450

Share .............................................. 2.3 3.0 2.4 3.1 1.7 2.3 .9 1.3 .5 3.5

SE .................................................. 68.99 298.73 84.67 166.96 94.38 125.56 125.53 100.65 53.53 200.77

CV(%) ............................................. 5.58 13.51 6.03 7.25 10.83 12.07 28.84 17.14 23.29 13.84

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 319 372 321 207 339 364 454 554 213 431

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .6 .3 .7 .8 1.0 1.2 .5 1.1

SE .................................................. 12.20 41.48 15.97 15.77 25.22 26.80 74.85 87.91 17.12 22.03

CV(%) ............................................. 3.82 11.15 4.98 7.61 7.44 7.36 16.50 15.86 8.05 5.12

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 782 1,250 757 1,101 545 526 520 599 802 641

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.9 1.6

SE .................................................. 47.43 242.17 52.14 109.83 46.71 67.17 93.84 90.86 79.03 111.04

CV(%) ............................................. 6.07 19.38 6.89 9.98 8.57 12.76 18.03 15.18 9.85 17.31

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,788 2,148 1,714 2,341 1,420 1,200 1,552 1,247 2,495 986

Share .............................................. 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.7 3.3 2.8 5.8 2.4

SE .................................................. 87.26 186.11 79.98 134.58 105.19 136.58 230.98 110.21 210.59 93.04

CV(%) ............................................. 4.88 8.67 4.67 5.75 7.41 11.38 14.89 8.84 8.44 9.44

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 5,726 11,472 7,215 10,353 5,988 4,555 5,514 4,829 1,429 2,770

Share .............................................. 10.7 15.7 12.5 13.9 11.6 10.2 11.6 10.8 3.3 6.8

SE .................................................. 103.74 649.39 113.07 230.01 137.22 141.44 267.28 220.28 122.19 163.47

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 5.66 1.57 2.22 2.29 3.10 4.85 4.56 8.55 5.90

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 327 646 323 453 273 204 209 262 326 203

Share .............................................. .6 .9 .6 .6 .5 .5 .4 .6 .8 .5

SE .................................................. 16.73 113.72 17.71 35.87 28.37 27.69 40.17 59.73 31.66 24.87

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 17.61 5.49 7.92 10.40 13.59 19.19 22.76 9.71 12.25

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 5,399 10,826 6,892 9,901 5,715 4,352 5,305 4,567 1,103 2,567

Share .............................................. 10.1 14.9 11.9 13.3 11.1 9.8 11.2 10.2 2.6 6.3

SE .................................................. 100.40 613.53 108.17 215.46 133.87 133.75 253.22 200.53 109.17 157.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 5.67 1.57 2.18 2.34 3.07 4.77 4.39 9.90 6.12

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $66,877 $108,212 $77,397 $107,570 $65,629 $51,485 $62,984 $54,176 $39,672 $41,445

SE .................................................. 1,164.39 7,877.05 1,181.71 1,996.34 1,266.68 1,115.01 3,104.82 2,006.09 1,119.97 1,890.25

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 7.28 1.53 1.86 1.93 2.17 4.93 3.70 2.82 4.56

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 51,889 61,105 71,157 99,982 59,620 46,575 56,817 49,681 7,735 27,681

Share .............................................. 77.6 56.5 91.9 92.9 90.8 90.5 90.2 91.7 19.5 66.8

SE .................................................. 870.98 4,965.90 962.04 1,772.80 1,186.08 1,087.98 2,274.61 1,746.47 509.46 1,754.43

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 8.13 1.35 1.77 1.99 2.34 4.00 3.52 6.59 6.34

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 4,284 39,427 1,897 2,691 1,634 1,206 1,400 1,239 579 3,201

Share .............................................. 6.4 36.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.5 7.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Self-employment income

SE .................................................. 401.02 3,576.64 262.05 461.15 510.04 207.00 524.64 413.72 226.94 605.95

CV(%) ............................................. 9.36 9.07 13.81 17.14 31.21 17.16 37.47 33.38 39.22 18.93

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 7,700 3,638 2,368 2,752 2,414 2,034 1,557 1,849 26,924 5,721

Share .............................................. 11.5 3.4 3.1 2.6 3.7 3.9 2.5 3.4 67.9 13.8

SE .................................................. 166.80 459.46 152.89 332.74 215.46 174.08 401.14 271.06 659.84 291.82

CV(%) ............................................. 2.17 12.63 6.46 12.09 8.93 8.56 25.77 14.66 2.45 5.10

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,594 3,066 1,033 1,340 985 486 2,399 482 3,198 1,087

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.8 1.3 1.2 1.5 .9 3.8 .9 8.1 2.6

SE .................................................. 188.81 483.30 216.06 195.71 332.37 154.69 1,663.90 158.38 369.00 332.82

CV(%) ............................................. 11.85 15.77 20.92 14.60 33.74 31.82 69.35 32.88 11.54 30.61

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 530 293 299 128 326 519 350 396 267 1,937

Share .............................................. .8 .3 .4 .1 .5 1.0 .6 .7 .7 4.7

SE .................................................. 31.81 51.74 24.44 18.99 39.65 64.81 99.61 60.25 35.49 125.49

CV(%) ............................................. 6.00 17.66 8.17 14.87 12.16 12.48 28.43 15.22 13.27 6.48

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 556 447 374 452 378 288 289 284 760 1,083

Share .............................................. .8 .4 .5 .4 .6 .6 .5 .5 1.9 2.6

SE .................................................. 59.07 115.04 42.01 75.73 53.66 60.87 111.02 66.51 171.86 127.32

CV(%) ............................................. 10.62 25.75 11.24 16.75 14.19 21.17 38.40 23.46 22.61 11.76

Other income

Mean .............................................. 323 237 270 226 273 378 170 244 209 735

Share .............................................. .5 .2 .3 .2 .4 .7 .3 .5 .5 1.8

SE .................................................. 24.97 63.96 21.89 28.02 42.44 46.89 67.16 78.50 69.88 98.86

CV(%) ............................................. 7.73 26.98 8.12 12.39 15.56 12.42 39.41 32.12 33.47 13.46

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 8,513 19,700 10,558 18,476 7,423 3,905 6,177 4,563 2,123 3,620

Share .............................................. 12.7 18.2 13.6 17.2 11.3 7.6 9.8 8.4 5.4 8.7

SE .................................................. 314.53 2,452.30 351.36 666.16 373.05 189.19 592.71 347.07 202.53 527.22

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 12.45 3.33 3.61 5.03 4.84 9.59 7.61 9.54 14.56

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 6,680 16,068 8,266 14,797 5,696 2,807 4,569 3,254 1,687 2,614

Share .............................................. 10.0 14.8 10.7 13.8 8.7 5.5 7.3 6.0 4.3 6.3

SE .................................................. 273.18 2,248.79 285.08 551.94 303.64 155.77 498.14 293.08 161.94 421.18

CV(%) ............................................. 4.09 14.00 3.45 3.73 5.33 5.55 10.90 9.01 9.60 16.11

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,782 3,592 2,253 3,617 1,699 1,068 1,602 1,297 402 874

Share .............................................. 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.4 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.4 1.0 2.1

SE .................................................. 72.22 316.82 96.02 160.79 100.27 64.79 124.47 93.66 48.44 104.44

CV(%) ............................................. 4.05 8.82 4.26 4.45 5.90 6.07 7.77 7.22 12.06 11.94

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 52 40 39 62 28 31 7 12 34 131

Share .............................................. .1 1 ( ) .1 .1 1 ( ) .1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .1 .3

SE .................................................. 16.21 12.67 8.74 20.36 4.12 6.73 4.00 3.84 4.23 102.33

CV(%) ............................................. 31.43 31.56 22.38 32.87 14.50 22.05 56.47 31.44 12.36 77.89

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 58,364 88,513 66,839 89,094 58,206 47,580 56,806 49,613 37,549 37,824

Share .............................................. 87.3 81.8 86.4 82.8 88.7 92.4 90.2 91.6 94.6 91.3

SE .................................................. 898.38 5,548.75 902.61 1,453.52 979.90 991.16 2,864.37 1,745.97 968.48 1,471.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 6.27 1.35 1.63 1.68 2.08 5.04 3.52 2.58 3.89

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $7,431 $17,639 $4,022 - $258 $4,592 $6,857 $21,846 $4,493 $20,360 - $456

SE .................................................. 3,809.43 8,289.79 5,932.97 16,057.65 2,217.27 3,218.26 7,909.55 2,355.48 8,992.69 4,028.52

CV(%) ............................................. 51.26 47.00 147.51 -6,225.12 48.29 46.93 36.21 52.43 44.17 -883.28

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,798 24,848 14,872 18,041 12,592 12,349 28,616 7,448 21,951 7,295

SE .................................................. 3,687.91 7,815.88 5,641.71 15,471.18 1,654.26 3,034.85 8,153.73 1,703.99 8,944.48 2,992.01

CV(%) ............................................. 23.34 31.45 37.94 85.76 13.14 24.58 28.49 22.88 40.75 41.02

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 8,366 7,209 10,850 18,299 8,000 5,492 6,771 2,956 1,590 7,751

SE .................................................. 1,423.42 3,478.60 2,146.18 5,821.12 1,477.84 1,337.97 3,625.75 1,502.01 559.40 2,891.90

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Net change in total liabilities

CV(%) ............................................. 17.01 48.25 19.78 31.81 18.47 24.36 53.55 50.82 35.17 37.31

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 659 237 787 1,408 278 215 1,948 416 635 358

SE .................................................. 145.76 98.21 213.44 525.18 70.71 65.19 1,067.10 254.01 181.95 76.68

CV(%) ............................................. 22.10 41.45 27.11 37.29 25.44 30.31 54.79 61.07 28.67 21.39

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,816 -3,136 -2,060 -2,913 -1,826 -1,270 -1,441 -1,359 -1,099 -1,175

SE .................................................. 45.37 216.47 48.77 84.37 102.35 66.33 142.54 125.61 85.40 67.28

CV(%) ............................................. -2.50 -6.90 -2.37 -2.90 -5.60 -5.22 -9.89 -9.24 -7.77 -5.72

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 160,814 271,941 150,002 212,989 123,194 96,859 127,490 101,909 195,868 108,268

SE .................................................. 3,304.66 12,074.86 3,672.73 5,870.63 3,720.74 3,446.13 20,837.57 9,138.36 7,001.46 4,528.96

CV(%) ............................................. 2.05 4.44 2.45 2.76 3.02 3.56 16.34 8.97 3.57 4.18

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 908 1,346 878 1,192 771 612 678 610 1,071 615

SE .................................................. 11.65 50.63 12.56 21.79 18.85 18.02 32.32 30.59 28.11 21.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.28 3.76 1.43 1.83 2.44 2.94 4.77 5.01 2.62 3.46

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,063 1,751 1,109 1,759 870 573 532 634 1,018 628

SE .................................................. 48.65 354.10 59.65 126.39 76.41 70.20 99.54 96.24 109.16 50.34

CV(%) ............................................. 4.58 20.23 5.38 7.18 8.79 12.25 18.71 15.17 10.72 8.01

Food

Mean .............................................. 75 105 84 125 91 30 43 35 53 52

SE .................................................. 5.90 22.72 7.88 12.39 20.21 6.65 18.47 9.30 8.66 11.59

CV(%) ............................................. 7.89 21.59 9.39 9.90 22.10 22.27 43.01 26.30 16.22 22.21

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 14 21 17 29 12 11 2 8 7 4

SE .................................................. 1.84 7.30 2.54 6.31 3.20 4.07 2.17 3.90 2.55 2.52

CV(%) ............................................. 13.51 34.81 14.76 21.79 27.35 38.54 101.41 46.12 37.53 60.26

Housing

Mean .............................................. 222 261 222 327 192 132 113 138 230 195

SE .................................................. 14.41 35.82 16.05 27.52 27.78 14.99 25.63 30.08 45.52 29.64

CV(%) ............................................. 6.48 13.72 7.22 8.41 14.47 11.36 22.60 21.87 19.77 15.16

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 23 24 22 29 23 11 7 24 32 17

SE .................................................. 2.06 9.01 2.63 3.37 4.60 2.59 2.30 14.92 5.54 3.87

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 37.20 11.91 11.70 20.30 23.03 34.42 61.37 17.33 22.52

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 9 7 8 18 2 4 2 ( ) 2 14 6

SE .................................................. 1.70 3.59 2.14 5.73 .84 1.29 2 ( ) 1.20 4.82 1.92

CV(%) ............................................. 18.96 51.93 25.31 31.40 38.31 35.23 2 ( ) 63.55 34.44 34.54

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 22 17 27 43 31 7 3 6 14 12

SE .................................................. 3.84 4.87 5.94 9.16 15.26 1.78 1.84 2.53 3.08 5.48

CV(%) ............................................. 17.65 28.13 22.05 21.20 48.50 27.13 63.71 43.27 22.06 44.14

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 8 4 9 11 14 2 2 ( ) 2 8 7

SE .................................................. 2.00 2.26 2.81 4.76 7.50 1.02 2 ( ) 1.35 2.38 5.22

CV(%) ............................................. 25.35 62.63 32.68 42.47 54.26 40.66 2 ( ) 84.01 29.88 75.65

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 14 14 18 32 18 4 3 4 6 6

SE .................................................. 2.90 6.41 4.69 8.08 12.97 1.58 1.84 2.22 1.80 2.72

CV(%) ............................................. 20.97 46.82 25.57 25.23 73.55 38.80 63.71 52.24 29.89 49.35

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 42 26 46 62 42 32 44 18 42 33

SE .................................................. 3.81 7.39 4.45 8.59 8.09 8.72 15.74 6.52 13.07 8.72

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 28.53 9.74 13.85 19.11 27.07 35.87 36.54 31.24 26.28

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 127 187 119 175 93 78 60 88 128 127

SE .................................................. 11.68 33.19 10.72 24.17 17.09 12.92 19.89 20.10 39.68 26.84

CV(%) ............................................. 9.23 17.77 8.99 13.79 18.31 16.52 33.14 22.94 30.88 21.11

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 201 160 222 295 185 164 164 187 200 139

SE .................................................. 10.29 31.28 15.38 26.62 21.79 36.41 41.47 44.86 30.21 20.05

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 19.57 6.93 9.02 11.75 22.27 25.27 23.94 15.10 14.41

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 50 36 55 81 43 41 30 31 51 38

SE .................................................. 4.47 10.59 5.65 10.82 10.78 12.48 11.95 8.85 11.73 9.99

CV(%) ............................................. 8.85 29.14 10.27 13.44 25.25 30.21 39.78 28.51 22.90 26.46

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1904. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 69 70 73 94 64 45 57 78 76 42

SE .................................................. 5.53 20.52 6.72 11.73 10.48 14.19 22.68 25.34 17.93 8.64

CV(%) ............................................. 8.05 29.26 9.26 12.53 16.33 31.56 40.09 32.51 23.55 20.42

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 31 31 34 40 34 25 20 34 20 32

SE .................................................. 2.98 17.01 4.07 6.71 5.76 6.61 10.85 17.36 7.50 7.40

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 54.88 12.10 16.73 17.09 26.76 53.37 51.58 37.61 23.37

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 52 22 61 81 45 53 57 45 53 27

SE .................................................. 5.02 5.63 7.62 16.03 7.68 16.14 29.68 16.37 14.99 6.75

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 25.23 12.58 19.88 17.15 30.68 51.92 36.57 28.45 24.65

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 16 9 19 36 8 5 15 12 20 4

SE .................................................. 3.69 2.47 5.32 13.48 2.50 1.55 7.89 9.42 12.40 1.10

CV(%) ............................................. 22.89 28.20 28.38 37.61 30.36 31.93 53.14 80.29 62.37 30.90

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 36 14 42 45 37 48 42 33 33 24

SE .................................................. 3.14 5.29 5.37 8.43 7.61 15.99 28.32 13.93 8.34 6.62

CV(%) ............................................. 8.83 38.99 12.83 18.83 20.82 33.49 66.89 42.18 25.41 27.79

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 108 254 102 161 104 42 28 27 124 50

SE .................................................. 14.51 108.55 17.27 36.40 35.39 11.41 8.55 7.50 34.91 10.08

CV(%) ............................................. 13.38 42.74 17.00 22.63 34.12 26.88 30.51 28.30 28.09 20.13

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 35 31 15 25 11 3 9 12 118 12

SE .................................................. 13.26 11.81 3.14 7.66 3.02 1.57 7.32 6.01 66.43 5.48

CV(%) ............................................. 37.57 38.69 21.48 31.13 26.28 58.26 81.85 49.60 56.17 47.52

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 89 111 98 141 86 58 77 60 78 56

SE .................................................. 5.79 22.99 10.15 18.84 17.17 16.99 31.87 14.17 7.51 8.06

CV(%) ............................................. 6.50 20.79 10.32 13.37 19.95 29.38 41.16 23.72 9.63 14.47

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 28 33 28 31 31 19 47 17 32 20

SE .................................................. 2.66 10.75 4.26 4.75 9.45 7.11 30.54 7.39 6.03 4.52

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 32.17 15.17 15.44 30.00 37.69 65.34 44.44 18.96 22.15

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 61 77 70 110 55 39 31 43 46 35

SE .................................................. 5.16 18.42 9.00 18.03 13.12 14.84 12.02 11.98 4.47 6.94

CV(%) ............................................. 8.46 23.88 12.82 16.37 24.04 38.12 39.18 27.77 9.66 19.67

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 13 10 15 20 17 8 5 4 15 4

SE .................................................. 1.78 4.53 2.46 4.97 5.97 4.34 2.65 2.12 5.84 1.03

CV(%) ............................................. 13.92 46.67 16.82 24.41 34.86 52.88 58.26 49.95 39.81 23.59

Reading

Mean .............................................. 4 5 4 6 4 2 1 ( ) 3 4 2

SE .................................................. .47 1.52 .64 1.10 1.04 1.41 .13 1.52 .88 .82

CV(%) ............................................. 11.92 30.99 15.06 17.47 27.93 57.87 101.54 45.77 21.44 36.51

Education

Mean .............................................. 236 714 269 539 127 73 21 137 104 63

SE .................................................. 30.19 299.70 37.51 82.73 27.63 28.84 10.69 73.12 43.68 24.93

CV(%) ............................................. 12.79 41.95 13.96 15.35 21.73 39.67 50.82 53.46 41.89 39.84

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 65 79 61 91 40 51 69 23 84 51

SE .................................................. 6.18 17.91 6.59 14.55 7.88 14.85 34.64 7.29 17.57 21.65

CV(%) ............................................. 9.46 22.59 10.74 16.02 19.70 29.12 50.02 31.81 20.94 42.74

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2015