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

Expenditure Survey, 2016

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) ......... 129,549 8,217 78,980 31,667 19,426 16,631 3,830 7,426 25,085 17,268

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $74,664 $136,997 $86,207 $115,329 $69,926 $55,871 $66,548 $82,695 $39,538 $43,236

SE .................................................. 1,447.86 6,741.89 2,087.24 1,727.27 1,173.04 1,525.65 2,599.20 20,210.32 933.82 2,343.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 4.92 2.42 1.50 1.68 2.73 3.91 24.44 2.36 5.42

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 64,175 108,324 73,570 95,513 61,620 51,360 59,490 68,261 37,263 39,293

SE .................................................. 963.10 4,880.62 1,368.11 1,241.58 950.58 1,333.18 2,143.49 12,602.81 794.59 1,608.46

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 4.51 1.86 1.30 1.54 2.60 3.60 18.46 2.13 4.09

Age of reference person ................................... 50.9 50.4 44.3 44.7 43.4 43.7 44.8 45.5 73.7 48.5

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................ 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 1.7 2.7

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

Adults 65 and older ........................................ .4 .3 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 1.2 .2

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

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

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 61 51 48 43 46 88 75 43 30

Women ........................................................... 53 39 49 52 57 54 12 25 57 70

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 76 59 68 55 47 55 58 79 48

With mortgage .............................................. 36 50 42 51 39 30 35 36 21 24

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 26 17 17 16 17 20 22 58 24

Renter ............................................................ 38 24 41 32 45 53 45 42 21 52

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 8 14 11 14 20 10 15 10 17

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 92 86 89 86 80 90 85 90 83

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 13 15 8 13 21 27 23 5 18

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 87 85 92 87 79 73 77 95 82

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 24 27 11 28 40 50 50 40 46

College ........................................................... 65 73 71 89 70 56 45 43 56 47

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 93 91 95 91 85 90 92 85 71

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $57,311 $83,717 $62,025 $79,493 $55,935 $44,917 $49,163 $48,700 $44,025 $42,605

SE .................................................. 593.55 2,637.55 627.42 1,249.39 1,015.82 875.24 1,398.35 2,007.01 948.71 1,269.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.04 3.15 1.01 1.57 1.82 1.95 2.84 4.12 2.15 2.98

Food

Mean .............................................. 7,203 8,835 7,789 9,625 7,444 5,933 6,578 5,828 5,791 5,856

Share .............................................. 12.6 10.6 12.6 12.1 13.3 13.2 13.4 12.0 13.2 13.7

SE .................................................. 94.56 559.74 117.00 259.76 198.50 213.94 561.40 378.63 141.22 157.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.31 6.34 1.50 2.70 2.67 3.61 8.53 6.50 2.44 2.68

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 4,049 4,787 4,161 4,882 3,962 3,454 3,767 3,488 3,603 3,855

Share .............................................. 7.1 5.7 6.7 6.1 7.1 7.7 7.7 7.2 8.2 9.0

SE .................................................. 55.32 298.50 66.66 116.67 108.65 150.33 291.14 267.82 105.24 125.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.37 6.24 1.60 2.39 2.74 4.35 7.73 7.68 2.92 3.26

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 524 601 536 634 505 459 441 444 473 511

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

SE .................................................. 9.92 43.28 12.21 17.85 19.53 27.29 40.02 40.03 20.88 18.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 7.20 2.28 2.82 3.87 5.94 9.07 9.02 4.42 3.56

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 172 213 179 211 166 154 147 151 140 169

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

SE .................................................. 4.17 18.30 3.85 7.56 7.69 9.73 14.16 15.73 11.84 9.66

CV(%) ............................................. 2.43 8.58 2.16 3.59 4.63 6.32 9.61 10.42 8.47 5.73

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, 2016 — 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 .............................................. 353 388 358 423 339 305 294 293 333 342

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

SE .................................................. 7.71 28.65 9.87 14.25 14.88 20.90 28.49 27.33 13.58 12.50

CV(%) ............................................. 2.19 7.39 2.76 3.37 4.39 6.85 9.68 9.34 4.08 3.65

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 890 1,036 905 1,035 860 745 913 838 801 885

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.1

SE .................................................. 15.36 101.19 18.91 36.06 30.69 36.86 93.12 79.97 34.45 39.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.73 9.77 2.09 3.48 3.57 4.95 10.20 9.54 4.30 4.51

Beef

Mean .............................................. 244 259 246 273 248 200 258 225 233 241

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

SE .................................................. 6.42 34.80 8.96 19.89 15.52 14.37 31.35 29.82 15.34 14.29

CV(%) ............................................. 2.63 13.41 3.64 7.30 6.26 7.18 12.15 13.22 6.57 5.94

Pork

Mean .............................................. 169 172 167 184 156 136 206 171 159 191

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

SE .................................................. 3.51 19.22 5.16 8.70 11.92 9.53 34.53 23.57 8.33 13.80

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 11.20 3.09 4.72 7.64 7.00 16.78 13.75 5.25 7.21

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 120 146 125 143 117 106 120 118 102 114

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

SE .................................................. 2.98 17.96 3.88 7.12 6.32 8.25 22.48 17.38 6.16 8.95

CV(%) ............................................. 2.48 12.26 3.11 5.00 5.41 7.78 18.74 14.75 6.07 7.84

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 207 182 211 164 163 177 157 130 170

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

SE .................................................. 4.47 22.13 6.02 12.77 8.31 12.00 22.05 12.55 8.04 9.68

CV(%) ............................................. 2.61 10.69 3.31 6.05 5.08 7.36 12.44 8.02 6.18 5.70

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 130 181 129 164 119 94 96 110 129 109

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

SE .................................................. 5.72 29.62 4.89 9.92 9.55 9.15 27.56 13.99 12.64 11.48

CV(%) ............................................. 4.41 16.37 3.78 6.07 8.03 9.77 28.69 12.77 9.79 10.49

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 56 70 56 61 57 45 56 57 48 59

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

SE .................................................. 1.64 6.73 2.13 2.77 5.54 3.03 7.58 6.69 2.31 3.44

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 9.60 3.80 4.54 9.79 6.67 13.46 11.71 4.77 5.79

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 410 483 420 504 404 328 372 347 363 397

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

SE .................................................. 6.73 34.81 8.69 15.30 13.37 16.54 37.17 29.94 12.18 17.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 7.21 2.07 3.03 3.31 5.05 9.99 8.63 3.36 4.30

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 139 149 142 159 139 121 141 124 119 152

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

SE .................................................. 2.83 13.60 3.99 6.35 5.65 5.85 12.49 10.45 5.23 8.80

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 9.14 2.82 4.00 4.05 4.84 8.83 8.46 4.40 5.81

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 271 334 279 346 264 207 231 223 244 245

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

SE .................................................. 4.90 25.86 6.01 10.36 10.28 12.06 29.95 21.97 9.47 11.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 7.75 2.16 3.00 3.89 5.83 12.99 9.84 3.88 4.53

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 783 953 811 977 732 698 766 626 705 689

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

SE .................................................. 12.51 64.24 16.23 31.75 27.63 32.22 100.99 55.18 23.64 29.57

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 6.74 2.00 3.25 3.78 4.62 13.19 8.81 3.35 4.29

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 288 359 298 365 261 259 288 219 266 240

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

SE .................................................. 6.08 27.48 8.38 16.83 11.59 14.75 44.93 19.18 9.38 12.75

CV(%) ............................................. 2.11 7.66 2.81 4.61 4.44 5.69 15.60 8.74 3.52 5.31

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 254 322 263 324 237 215 253 197 225 221

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

SE .................................................. 3.86 24.73 5.88 11.41 11.45 10.79 39.04 21.23 10.62 13.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.52 7.67 2.24 3.53 4.84 5.01 15.45 10.80 4.72 6.01

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 109 139 112 133 105 97 80 94 100 93

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 2.46 14.12 3.06 5.83 6.19 5.83 9.47 10.94 4.18 5.38

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 10.15 2.74 4.39 5.88 6.01 11.82 11.63 4.20 5.78

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, 2016 — 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 .............................................. 133 133 138 155 128 126 145 116 115 134

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

SE .................................................. 3.88 11.15 4.59 7.57 6.91 8.94 28.20 13.91 8.04 7.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.93 8.36 3.32 4.88 5.38 7.08 19.44 11.96 7.01 5.85

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,442 1,715 1,488 1,732 1,462 1,224 1,275 1,233 1,261 1,374

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.2

SE .................................................. 20.81 111.82 25.15 44.18 41.04 59.48 94.06 99.32 42.62 50.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.44 6.52 1.69 2.55 2.81 4.86 7.38 8.06 3.38 3.68

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 148 154 150 181 148 113 99 132 142 146

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

SE .................................................. 4.35 15.39 6.34 11.84 8.31 9.21 11.77 20.04 8.82 7.94

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 9.97 4.24 6.55 5.63 8.15 11.86 15.23 6.21 5.43

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 111 132 114 136 109 98 93 86 95 113

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

SE .................................................. 3.24 11.64 4.44 7.40 7.64 7.78 11.56 8.82 6.19 7.89

CV(%) ............................................. 2.91 8.84 3.89 5.45 7.03 7.95 12.38 10.20 6.50 6.96

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 734 865 776 915 766 621 649 639 605 677

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6

SE .................................................. 11.04 62.36 13.48 25.15 27.47 30.97 57.83 60.27 21.18 33.15

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 7.21 1.74 2.75 3.59 4.99 8.92 9.44 3.50 4.90

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 393 479 391 424 396 354 391 326 372 393

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .6 .5 .7 .8 .8 .7 .8 .9

SE .................................................. 7.11 44.91 8.09 13.44 14.64 21.68 36.07 21.90 20.25 16.54

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 9.38 2.07 3.17 3.70 6.13 9.22 6.71 5.44 4.20

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 55 85 57 77 44 39 42 50 47 45

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

SE .................................................. 2.51 8.64 2.83 3.71 3.49 4.65 6.67 10.71 5.04 6.59

CV(%) ............................................. 4.55 10.16 4.98 4.80 7.90 11.92 15.81 21.45 10.67 14.74

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 3,154 4,047 3,628 4,743 3,482 2,479 2,811 2,340 2,188 2,001

Share .............................................. 5.5 4.8 5.8 6.0 6.2 5.5 5.7 4.8 5.0 4.7

SE .................................................. 64.74 322.05 85.72 182.11 130.56 116.80 404.77 151.95 80.50 105.66

CV(%) ............................................. 2.05 7.96 2.36 3.84 3.75 4.71 14.40 6.49 3.68 5.28

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 484 753 549 738 518 324 496 368 358 247

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .9 .9 .9 .7 1.0 .8 .8 .6

SE .................................................. 16.66 110.61 22.30 40.07 44.33 23.65 88.02 40.52 32.33 30.19

CV(%) ............................................. 3.44 14.69 4.06 5.43 8.56 7.31 17.76 11.01 9.04 12.22

Housing

Mean .............................................. 18,886 25,571 20,063 24,822 18,408 15,969 16,906 14,958 15,674 14,997

Share .............................................. 33.0 30.5 32.3 31.2 32.9 35.6 34.4 30.7 35.6 35.2

SE .................................................. 149.46 838.01 165.55 342.38 331.15 242.32 504.16 348.10 302.09 393.49

CV(%) ............................................. .79 3.28 .83 1.38 1.80 1.52 2.98 2.33 1.93 2.62

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 11,128 14,909 11,973 14,926 10,966 9,668 9,695 8,356 8,816 8,823

Share .............................................. 19.4 17.8 19.3 18.8 19.6 21.5 19.7 17.2 20.0 20.7

SE .................................................. 113.28 504.53 134.69 248.20 257.13 168.14 310.87 229.08 225.55 277.32

CV(%) ............................................. 1.02 3.38 1.12 1.66 2.34 1.74 3.21 2.74 2.56 3.14

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,295 10,235 6,641 9,257 5,694 4,185 5,069 4,274 5,509 3,983

Share .............................................. 11.0 12.2 10.7 11.6 10.2 9.3 10.3 8.8 12.5 9.3

SE .................................................. 79.27 452.70 107.65 218.11 229.52 153.13 330.47 243.81 179.86 193.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.26 4.42 1.62 2.36 4.03 3.66 6.52 5.70 3.26 4.85

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,889 4,947 3,427 4,845 2,908 2,059 2,702 2,178 1,278 1,792

Share .............................................. 5.0 5.9 5.5 6.1 5.2 4.6 5.5 4.5 2.9 4.2

SE .................................................. 52.35 288.18 66.16 131.50 137.24 90.57 237.54 156.65 61.69 114.00

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 5.83 1.93 2.71 4.72 4.40 8.79 7.19 4.83 6.36

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,969 3,162 1,948 2,753 1,585 1,246 1,528 1,250 2,174 1,204

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.5 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.6 4.9 2.8

SE .................................................. 28.53 144.59 41.06 70.78 66.62 61.33 122.95 71.90 65.58 62.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.45 4.57 2.11 2.57 4.20 4.92 8.05 5.75 3.02 5.20

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, 2016 — 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 .............................................. 1,437 2,126 1,266 1,659 1,200 881 838 847 2,057 987

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7 4.7 2.3

SE .................................................. 38.73 200.64 45.96 81.50 109.41 67.91 132.26 86.98 130.61 123.23

CV(%) ............................................. 2.70 9.44 3.63 4.91 9.12 7.71 15.78 10.27 6.35 12.48

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 4,035 3,007 4,568 4,439 4,775 5,065 4,241 3,635 2,563 4,222

Share .............................................. 7.0 3.6 7.4 5.6 8.5 11.3 8.6 7.5 5.8 9.9

SE .................................................. 64.12 244.95 65.11 112.53 149.02 167.82 286.05 150.48 155.68 185.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 8.15 1.43 2.54 3.12 3.31 6.75 4.14 6.07 4.38

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 798 1,667 764 1,230 497 418 385 447 744 618

Share .............................................. 1.4 2.0 1.2 1.5 .9 .9 .8 .9 1.7 1.5

SE .................................................. 33.99 183.08 36.48 71.35 31.02 47.00 73.02 64.48 58.60 107.50

CV(%) ............................................. 4.26 10.98 4.77 5.80 6.24 11.25 18.95 14.44 7.88 17.39

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,884 4,700 4,004 4,403 3,793 3,577 4,007 3,812 3,536 3,452

Share .............................................. 6.8 5.6 6.5 5.5 6.8 8.0 8.2 7.8 8.0 8.1

SE .................................................. 36.08 79.40 42.21 47.41 53.86 64.65 111.60 126.71 52.29 98.51

CV(%) ............................................. .93 1.69 1.05 1.08 1.42 1.81 2.78 3.32 1.48 2.85

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 355 450 356 410 329 304 328 325 362 293

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

SE .................................................. 10.52 20.24 10.71 12.76 14.68 15.31 25.78 27.44 17.50 18.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.97 4.50 3.01 3.11 4.46 5.04 7.86 8.44 4.84 6.15

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,444 1,758 1,440 1,534 1,375 1,325 1,492 1,444 1,383 1,399

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.3

SE .................................................. 16.13 38.28 18.30 21.76 26.65 21.82 49.49 55.12 22.39 38.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.12 2.18 1.27 1.42 1.94 1.65 3.32 3.82 1.62 2.76

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 85 108 76 95 56 49 97 91 126 60

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

SE .................................................. 5.81 15.16 5.64 8.91 8.21 7.05 21.41 20.69 13.51 9.70

CV(%) ............................................. 6.81 14.04 7.46 9.36 14.56 14.48 22.09 22.61 10.74 16.25

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,431 1,612 1,571 1,734 1,512 1,412 1,547 1,399 1,101 1,183

Share .............................................. 2.5 1.9 2.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.8

SE .................................................. 13.62 39.39 17.98 23.28 30.27 35.36 56.59 46.19 18.67 36.88

CV(%) ............................................. .95 2.44 1.14 1.34 2.00 2.50 3.66 3.30 1.70 3.12

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 307 347 256 292 245 233 202 215 472 282

Share .............................................. .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 1.1 .7

SE .................................................. 7.25 14.19 6.68 10.00 9.05 12.47 21.29 14.89 12.08 16.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.36 4.09 2.61 3.42 3.70 5.36 10.56 6.91 2.56 5.99

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 1,124 1,265 1,315 1,442 1,268 1,180 1,346 1,184 629 901

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.5 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.4 1.4 2.1

SE .................................................. 12.03 36.62 16.52 20.64 27.08 31.49 52.63 45.61 16.19 27.32

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 2.90 1.26 1.43 2.14 2.67 3.91 3.85 2.57 3.03

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 569 772 561 631 519 486 544 553 564 517

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

SE .................................................. 13.54 28.21 13.33 14.41 16.78 18.93 39.51 30.47 17.89 39.20

CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 3.66 2.38 2.28 3.23 3.89 7.27 5.51 3.17 7.58

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,384 2,088 1,479 2,106 1,265 885 971 959 1,165 933

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.2

SE .................................................. 35.95 117.57 36.17 72.68 54.21 46.26 93.48 55.63 78.21 104.51

CV(%) ............................................. 2.60 5.63 2.45 3.45 4.29 5.23 9.63 5.80 6.72 11.20

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 457 592 580 883 489 273 347 328 187 221

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .9 1.1 .9 .6 .7 .7 .4 .5

SE .................................................. 26.73 92.21 28.60 55.42 41.99 36.11 79.05 39.18 54.14 95.77

CV(%) ............................................. 5.86 15.58 4.93 6.27 8.58 13.22 22.81 11.93 28.99 43.31

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 927 1,496 899 1,223 775 612 625 630 978 712

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.2 1.7

SE .................................................. 17.26 93.03 18.42 37.93 23.44 20.89 40.44 40.11 37.72 55.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 6.22 2.05 3.10 3.02 3.41 6.48 6.36 3.86 7.86

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 660 896 655 804 605 508 710 472 675 553

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.3

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, 2016 — 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 .................................................. 11.84 102.81 14.62 35.02 31.37 39.40 140.66 45.71 27.00 31.42

CV(%) ............................................. 1.79 11.47 2.23 4.36 5.18 7.76 19.81 9.68 4.00 5.68

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 160 178 162 202 148 130 132 128 155 147

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

SE .................................................. 4.30 21.22 5.14 13.60 9.31 10.82 21.79 13.87 14.10 10.00

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 11.91 3.16 6.74 6.27 8.35 16.57 10.88 9.08 6.80

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 363 472 364 435 355 282 377 265 358 317

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

SE .................................................. 9.13 67.61 12.54 26.92 22.04 22.23 72.41 33.01 17.57 24.58

CV(%) ............................................. 2.51 14.32 3.45 6.19 6.21 7.87 19.20 12.47 4.90 7.75

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 137 246 129 167 102 96 201 80 161 89

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

SE .................................................. 6.47 56.59 7.07 12.96 11.44 15.53 116.99 14.74 14.53 12.29

CV(%) ............................................. 4.71 23.04 5.48 7.74 11.23 16.21 58.06 18.46 9.03 13.86

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,829 2,979 1,952 2,583 1,780 1,331 1,523 1,360 1,483 1,236

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.6 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.4 2.9

SE .................................................. 52.29 469.51 60.31 115.73 91.70 76.66 277.94 109.58 89.11 79.95

CV(%) ............................................. 2.86 15.76 3.09 4.48 5.15 5.76 18.25 8.06 6.01 6.47

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 98 130 103 129 100 72 50 96 90 77

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

SE .................................................. 5.44 21.31 7.39 11.29 15.13 11.06 10.00 25.49 10.00 13.57

CV(%) ............................................. 5.53 16.35 7.20 8.79 15.12 15.26 19.81 26.58 11.16 17.54

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 460 675 513 672 451 374 373 383 343 284

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .7

SE .................................................. 19.22 110.95 21.66 40.13 35.33 34.45 66.38 57.21 35.35 29.16

CV(%) ............................................. 4.18 16.43 4.22 5.98 7.83 9.21 17.78 14.95 10.32 10.29

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 20 25 23 36 20 12 9 9 14 14

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

SE .................................................. 1.52 6.66 1.98 5.26 4.24 2.49 4.98 2.37 3.01 2.59

CV(%) ............................................. 7.47 27.06 8.45 14.48 21.14 20.10 53.64 26.74 21.94 18.85

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 283 349 292 335 305 212 233 285 273 223

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

SE .................................................. 12.32 45.24 14.54 25.95 40.69 19.68 35.11 31.32 23.76 25.10

CV(%) ............................................. 4.35 12.97 4.98 7.75 13.35 9.29 15.04 11.00 8.70 11.27

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 123 146 131 169 123 87 82 113 105 104

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 5.58 25.96 6.88 12.02 9.46 15.37 15.02 28.46 10.93 17.45

CV(%) ............................................. 4.53 17.73 5.26 7.11 7.69 17.66 18.38 25.15 10.38 16.79

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 845 1,653 889 1,243 781 574 775 474 659 535

Share .............................................. 1.5 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.3

SE .................................................. 41.06 469.05 45.60 95.37 49.87 52.98 271.05 61.72 78.81 54.65

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 28.37 5.13 7.67 6.39 9.24 34.98 13.01 11.96 10.22

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,803 2,878 1,982 2,541 1,895 1,409 1,400 1,451 1,187 1,388

Share .............................................. 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.3

SE .................................................. 63.08 536.51 68.24 118.47 138.02 96.74 218.24 159.99 108.05 103.98

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 18.64 3.44 4.66 7.28 6.87 15.59 11.02 9.10 7.49

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 427 587 478 616 462 321 361 348 229 410

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .8 .8 .8 .7 .7 .7 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 21.70 77.74 24.73 43.33 48.60 31.66 71.19 44.62 49.84 57.64

CV(%) ............................................. 5.09 13.25 5.18 7.03 10.52 9.88 19.73 12.83 21.74 14.07

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 323 466 358 466 342 241 283 252 187 296

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

SE .................................................. 20.77 71.45 21.80 38.05 38.54 30.41 67.82 40.44 49.03 57.54

CV(%) ............................................. 6.43 15.33 6.08 8.17 11.28 12.59 23.94 16.07 26.28 19.41

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 104 121 119 150 120 79 78 96 43 113

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

SE .................................................. 6.65 26.82 9.38 18.24 20.08 11.21 17.57 16.95 9.56 18.00

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 22.18 7.86 12.13 16.68 14.17 22.62 17.65 22.37 15.89

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, 2016 — 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 .............................................. 665 863 742 957 738 507 535 486 501 462

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1

SE .................................................. 23.71 120.88 32.64 64.67 71.32 51.18 129.05 75.56 44.06 38.03

CV(%) ............................................. 3.57 14.01 4.40 6.76 9.66 10.09 24.13 15.55 8.80 8.23

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 571 756 631 827 649 385 460 397 469 363

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

SE .................................................. 21.96 116.61 31.04 66.00 69.25 38.95 122.77 77.58 41.35 34.50

CV(%) ............................................. 3.84 15.42 4.92 7.98 10.67 10.11 26.68 19.56 8.82 9.51

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 94 107 111 130 89 122 75 89 32 99

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

SE .................................................. 5.06 24.71 7.45 13.18 11.08 23.65 12.85 21.86 8.09 12.79

CV(%) ............................................. 5.41 23.15 6.72 10.13 12.43 19.43 17.21 24.46 25.28 12.92

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 66 38 82 112 87 44 54 44 22 73

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

SE .................................................. 4.95 13.10 8.02 17.47 16.57 6.76 22.54 9.65 6.63 17.23

CV(%) ............................................. 7.47 34.05 9.77 15.59 19.09 15.52 41.51 21.84 30.03 23.63

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 388 624 429 514 410 355 254 390 256 283

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

SE .................................................. 18.86 102.24 24.35 41.61 47.75 46.29 60.38 73.42 40.57 40.34

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 16.39 5.67 8.09 11.66 13.04 23.75 18.84 15.84 14.23

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 257 766 250 341 198 183 196 184 179 160

Share .............................................. .4 .9 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 30.98 472.16 15.99 29.14 22.35 17.33 40.77 41.47 19.19 15.61

CV(%) ............................................. 12.05 61.65 6.39 8.54 11.27 9.47 20.82 22.55 10.74 9.75

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,049 10,962 10,073 11,830 9,607 7,886 8,497 9,444 6,664 6,927

Share .............................................. 15.8 13.1 16.2 14.9 17.2 17.6 17.3 19.4 15.1 16.3

SE .................................................. 195.49 574.00 266.03 395.53 463.84 451.88 755.47 630.78 352.29 415.75

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 5.24 2.64 3.34 4.83 5.73 8.89 6.68 5.29 6.00

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,634 3,557 4,100 4,872 3,775 3,121 3,086 4,370 2,553 3,110

Share .............................................. 6.3 4.2 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.9 6.3 9.0 5.8 7.3

SE .................................................. 159.02 465.15 230.47 346.47 401.83 371.22 608.82 641.06 281.20 338.25

CV(%) ............................................. 4.38 13.08 5.62 7.11 10.64 11.90 19.73 14.67 11.01 10.88

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,650 1,366 1,786 2,172 1,817 1,294 960 1,591 1,551 1,301

Share .............................................. 2.9 1.6 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.0 3.3 3.5 3.1

SE .................................................. 118.57 271.51 164.77 254.30 345.70 276.25 322.46 376.36 237.95 204.31

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 19.87 9.22 11.71 19.03 21.36 33.59 23.65 15.34 15.70

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,919 2,167 2,224 2,613 1,897 1,757 1,995 2,578 970 1,785

Share .............................................. 3.3 2.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.1 5.3 2.2 4.2

SE .................................................. 104.80 409.67 148.00 233.82 276.46 248.38 510.64 415.22 138.21 252.22

CV(%) ............................................. 5.46 18.90 6.66 8.95 14.57 14.14 25.60 16.10 14.25 14.13

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 66 23 90 86 61 70 131 200 32 25

Share .............................................. .1 1 ( ) .1 .1 .1 .2 .3 .4 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 15.07 16.23 24.13 38.16 20.53 31.23 133.32 127.89 17.81 15.36

CV(%) ............................................. 22.94 69.35 26.89 44.16 33.50 44.34 101.40 63.96 55.33 62.44

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 1,909 2,485 2,146 2,317 1,971 1,911 2,352 2,296 1,219 1,553

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.5 4.3 4.8 4.7 2.8 3.6

SE .................................................. 22.86 77.91 26.20 36.93 34.31 52.12 73.07 85.91 25.68 47.41

CV(%) ............................................. 1.20 3.14 1.22 1.59 1.74 2.73 3.11 3.74 2.11 3.05

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,884 3,811 3,157 3,594 3,387 2,435 2,794 2,425 2,434 1,852

Share .............................................. 5.0 4.6 5.1 4.5 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.5 4.3

SE .................................................. 64.85 276.84 88.29 123.16 165.92 160.77 290.49 151.14 139.89 150.55

CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 7.27 2.80 3.43 4.90 6.60 10.40 6.23 5.75 8.13

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 226 273 271 318 259 221 217 239 117 154

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

SE .................................................. 4.68 26.27 7.63 11.43 13.52 10.92 27.87 17.91 7.20 12.97

CV(%) ............................................. 2.07 9.61 2.82 3.59 5.21 4.94 12.86 7.51 6.14 8.40

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 849 1,217 924 1,085 883 682 925 887 704 544

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3

SE .................................................. 18.64 86.40 24.75 43.69 31.41 32.48 111.32 62.85 38.07 30.11

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, 2016 — 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(%) ............................................. 2.20 7.10 2.68 4.03 3.56 4.76 12.04 7.09 5.41 5.54

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,149 1,451 1,210 1,164 1,537 1,079 1,266 744 1,144 736

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.5 2.7 2.4 2.6 1.5 2.6 1.7

SE .................................................. 53.14 238.65 68.97 88.01 130.09 145.77 254.46 108.18 139.56 138.23

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 16.44 5.70 7.56 8.46 13.51 20.11 14.53 12.20 18.78

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 660 868 752 1,026 708 453 387 555 468 418

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 .8 1.1 1.1 1.0

SE .................................................. 23.95 86.91 28.19 43.44 58.88 30.01 46.94 71.37 35.21 47.45

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 10.01 3.75 4.23 8.32 6.62 12.14 12.86 7.52 11.34

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 623 1,110 671 1,048 474 419 265 353 458 412

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 .8 .9 .5 .7 1.0 1.0

SE .................................................. 20.60 131.74 21.58 43.40 35.08 35.05 35.36 64.15 37.17 38.31

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 11.87 3.22 4.14 7.40 8.37 13.36 18.18 8.12 9.29

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,612 6,485 4,238 5,388 3,989 2,899 3,212 3,515 6,038 3,356

Share .............................................. 8.0 7.7 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.5 7.2 13.7 7.9

SE .................................................. 73.07 282.56 78.90 125.78 123.67 87.57 167.56 180.67 132.48 153.75

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 4.36 1.86 2.33 3.10 3.02 5.22 5.14 2.19 4.58

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 3,160 4,360 2,921 3,600 2,824 2,064 2,273 2,534 4,218 2,146

Share .............................................. 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.2 9.6 5.0

SE .................................................. 42.12 189.11 50.24 78.80 82.42 65.62 124.49 119.02 89.55 96.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.33 4.34 1.72 2.19 2.92 3.18 5.48 4.70 2.12 4.50

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 838 1,345 793 1,121 685 459 494 581 899 715

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.7

SE .................................................. 34.68 164.67 32.05 56.62 37.84 32.33 69.68 86.35 71.56 84.56

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 12.24 4.04 5.05 5.53 7.04 14.09 14.86 7.96 11.82

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 463 627 379 472 354 283 319 291 713 405

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 1.6 1.0

SE .................................................. 13.35 61.99 13.25 23.66 23.17 21.97 35.91 28.73 31.00 33.09

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 9.89 3.50 5.02 6.54 7.76 11.26 9.89 4.35 8.18

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 151 153 146 196 126 93 126 110 207 90

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

SE .................................................. 4.97 16.60 5.81 14.38 9.20 11.07 23.87 12.73 16.76 9.46

CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 10.83 3.99 7.33 7.31 11.91 18.88 11.58 8.08 10.47

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,913 4,010 3,133 4,114 2,876 2,160 2,526 2,133 2,342 2,223

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.3 5.2

SE .................................................. 66.99 322.66 83.89 170.16 175.79 100.74 228.89 177.51 103.15 203.39

CV(%) ............................................. 2.30 8.05 2.68 4.14 6.11 4.66 9.06 8.32 4.40 9.15

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 681 1,201 773 1,182 629 414 465 373 417 396

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 .9 .9 .8 .9 .9

SE .................................................. 21.87 98.94 28.30 53.55 36.90 38.21 78.96 41.03 33.84 36.62

CV(%) ............................................. 3.21 8.24 3.66 4.53 5.86 9.23 16.99 11.00 8.11 9.24

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,085 1,274 1,123 1,276 1,101 952 1,066 937 1,026 908

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.1

SE .................................................. 16.91 52.97 23.06 55.32 34.86 24.15 61.76 28.86 20.59 31.56

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 4.16 2.05 4.34 3.17 2.54 5.79 3.08 2.01 3.48

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 740 869 797 1,078 774 498 559 469 587 651

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.5

SE .................................................. 45.64 100.90 55.85 130.28 102.33 66.88 82.31 56.92 58.42 181.13

CV(%) ............................................. 6.16 11.61 7.01 12.09 13.22 13.43 14.71 12.14 9.95 27.83

Pets

Mean .............................................. 583 650 618 835 599 407 437 326 490 531

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

SE .................................................. 39.37 65.93 47.46 115.65 88.82 65.79 69.03 33.99 56.09 178.97

CV(%) ............................................. 6.75 10.14 7.68 13.85 14.82 16.16 15.79 10.42 11.45 33.70

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 157 219 179 243 175 91 122 143 97 120

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

SE .................................................. 11.80 63.10 16.55 26.05 38.81 18.25 29.61 46.25 14.34 20.15

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, 2016 — 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(%) ............................................. 7.50 28.84 9.27 10.72 22.24 20.08 24.23 32.45 14.73 16.83

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 406 666 440 578 372 295 436 354 312 268

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

SE .................................................. 35.91 236.15 45.54 75.66 88.96 52.81 154.70 149.32 48.56 54.54

CV(%) ............................................. 8.84 35.45 10.35 13.09 23.92 17.87 35.52 42.15 15.57 20.32

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 707 1,041 753 996 712 518 554 465 610 482

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

SE .................................................. 11.27 68.26 14.77 35.14 24.18 25.50 61.73 34.91 22.63 26.85

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 6.56 1.96 3.53 3.39 4.92 11.13 7.51 3.71 5.57

Reading

Mean .............................................. 118 136 111 161 93 66 69 74 170 63

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

SE .................................................. 5.72 15.92 7.18 11.74 10.99 10.49 21.37 17.97 18.43 6.95

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 11.71 6.46 7.30 11.87 15.88 31.09 24.30 10.87 11.07

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,329 2,847 1,516 2,300 1,178 915 419 974 195 1,397

Share .............................................. 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.9 2.1 2.0 .9 2.0 .4 3.3

SE .................................................. 69.57 516.22 86.92 152.17 165.52 103.93 125.10 240.96 52.49 347.08

CV(%) ............................................. 5.24 18.13 5.73 6.62 14.05 11.35 29.83 24.73 26.92 24.84

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 337 334 346 264 396 305 566 540 218 473

Share .............................................. .6 .4 .6 .3 .7 .7 1.2 1.1 .5 1.1

SE .................................................. 10.95 29.58 12.11 14.54 27.22 19.20 62.84 39.79 12.56 34.92

CV(%) ............................................. 3.25 8.86 3.50 5.51 6.88 6.29 11.10 7.37 5.76 7.38

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 959 1,610 1,000 1,290 1,031 653 456 749 700 844

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.5 .9 1.5 1.6 2.0

SE .................................................. 43.48 232.16 56.26 80.42 168.60 92.17 94.78 221.36 70.12 195.72

CV(%) ............................................. 4.53 14.42 5.63 6.23 16.35 14.11 20.81 29.55 10.02 23.19

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 2,081 3,069 2,109 3,441 1,311 896 1,455 1,568 2,281 1,193

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.7 3.4 4.3 2.3 2.0 3.0 3.2 5.2 2.8

SE .................................................. 213.04 419.10 314.16 769.93 62.24 57.21 174.48 420.87 333.61 165.03

CV(%) ............................................. 10.24 13.66 14.90 22.37 4.75 6.39 11.99 26.84 14.63 13.84

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 6,831 15,187 8,363 11,984 6,476 4,984 6,029 6,633 1,797 3,158

Share .............................................. 11.9 18.1 13.5 15.1 11.6 11.1 12.3 13.6 4.1 7.4

SE .................................................. 146.30 1,072.46 171.88 282.49 131.31 169.69 362.16 912.18 178.66 226.54

CV(%) ............................................. 2.14 7.06 2.06 2.36 2.03 3.40 6.01 13.75 9.94 7.17

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 322 619 318 436 293 179 227 238 313 210

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

SE .................................................. 13.80 77.47 13.51 25.02 24.65 18.94 39.72 31.41 25.95 37.51

CV(%) ............................................. 4.29 12.51 4.25 5.74 8.41 10.56 17.52 13.18 8.28 17.83

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 6,509 14,568 8,045 11,548 6,183 4,805 5,802 6,395 1,484 2,947

Share .............................................. 11.4 17.4 13.0 14.5 11.1 10.7 11.8 13.1 3.4 6.9

SE .................................................. 138.78 1,050.73 164.52 272.57 119.68 164.78 345.46 907.27 172.31 222.36

CV(%) ............................................. 2.13 7.21 2.04 2.36 1.94 3.43 5.95 14.19 11.61 7.54

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $74,664 $136,997 $86,207 $115,329 $69,926 $55,871 $66,548 $82,695 $39,538 $43,236

SE .................................................. 1,447.86 6,741.89 2,087.24 1,727.27 1,173.04 1,525.65 2,599.20 20,210.32 933.82 2,343.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 4.92 2.42 1.50 1.68 2.73 3.91 24.44 2.36 5.42

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 57,319 77,926 76,678 106,952 63,421 48,789 60,997 52,810 8,553 29,810

Share .............................................. 76.8 56.9 88.9 92.7 90.7 87.3 91.7 63.9 21.6 68.9

SE .................................................. 751.26 3,926.57 852.58 1,556.21 1,134.69 1,188.70 2,520.02 1,200.22 602.76 2,281.77

CV(%) ............................................. 1.31 5.04 1.11 1.46 1.79 2.44 4.13 2.27 7.05 7.65

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 6,270 48,407 4,492 3,233 1,795 1,341 1,960 25,279 696 2,452

Share .............................................. 8.4 35.3 5.2 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.9 30.6 1.8 5.7

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, 2016 — 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 .................................................. 1,162.86 4,135.71 1,879.70 429.66 328.93 228.66 600.66 19,851.79 162.97 448.81

CV(%) ............................................. 18.55 8.54 41.84 13.29 18.32 17.05 30.65 78.53 23.42 18.30

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 8,001 5,301 2,691 2,609 2,585 2,903 2,305 3,042 26,459 6,758

Share .............................................. 10.7 3.9 3.1 2.3 3.7 5.2 3.5 3.7 66.9 15.6

SE .................................................. 166.26 485.37 112.64 192.88 181.61 230.45 440.26 463.47 592.32 387.05

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 9.16 4.19 7.39 7.03 7.94 19.10 15.24 2.24 5.73

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,751 4,128 1,354 1,713 1,076 1,564 780 381 2,814 891

Share .............................................. 2.3 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.8 1.2 .5 7.1 2.1

SE .................................................. 158.28 667.44 206.16 167.54 226.63 838.78 293.55 122.20 254.81 244.17

CV(%) ............................................. 9.04 16.17 15.22 9.78 21.06 53.63 37.64 32.05 9.06 27.40

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP)

Mean .............................................. 519 329 312 135 327 575 188 503 309 1,858

Share .............................................. .7 .2 .4 .1 .5 1.0 .3 .6 .8 4.3

SE .................................................. 24.38 48.30 21.49 17.11 35.58 55.63 46.59 98.66 32.27 119.87

CV(%) ............................................. 4.70 14.69 6.88 12.63 10.88 9.68 24.82 19.62 10.44 6.45

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 444 568 341 374 380 245 202 388 596 636

Share .............................................. .6 .4 .4 .3 .5 .4 .3 .5 1.5 1.5

SE .................................................. 33.37 253.61 35.17 50.31 58.98 40.28 55.02 104.44 64.83 94.01

CV(%) ............................................. 7.51 44.64 10.31 13.45 15.53 16.47 27.18 26.88 10.88 14.78

Other income

Mean .............................................. 360 339 338 311 344 455 117 291 112 831

Share .............................................. .5 .2 .4 .3 .5 .8 .2 .4 .3 1.9

SE .................................................. 28.34 88.02 38.31 50.11 82.51 63.83 40.43 113.07 22.31 102.18

CV(%) ............................................. 7.87 25.98 11.33 16.09 24.01 14.04 34.62 38.83 19.86 12.30

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 10,489 28,673 12,637 19,815 8,307 4,511 7,058 14,434 2,275 3,942

Share .............................................. 14.0 20.9 14.7 17.2 11.9 8.1 10.6 17.5 5.8 9.1

SE .................................................. 508.27 2,166.79 747.52 551.34 306.75 272.53 563.43 7,617.89 183.76 811.77

CV(%) ............................................. 4.85 7.56 5.92 2.78 3.69 6.04 7.98 52.78 8.08 20.59

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 8,367 23,757 10,021 15,715 6,290 3,268 5,320 13,048 1,872 2,918

Share .............................................. 11.2 17.3 11.6 13.6 9.0 5.9 8.0 15.8 4.7 6.7

SE .................................................. 485.47 1,807.27 747.79 410.98 258.51 219.60 466.28 7,678.80 152.34 699.63

CV(%) ............................................. 5.80 7.61 7.46 2.62 4.11 6.72 8.76 58.85 8.14 23.98

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,046 4,810 2,550 4,011 1,966 1,187 1,670 1,357 356 882

Share .............................................. 2.7 3.5 3.0 3.5 2.8 2.1 2.5 1.6 .9 2.0

SE .................................................. 91.94 442.32 101.58 173.43 79.40 73.46 131.26 86.81 40.05 121.90

CV(%) ............................................. 4.49 9.20 3.98 4.32 4.04 6.19 7.86 6.40 11.25 13.82

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 75 106 66 89 51 55 69 29 47 143

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

SE .................................................. 17.97 42.32 16.68 26.68 17.74 30.76 21.81 8.52 13.52 74.79

CV(%) ............................................. 23.92 39.81 25.30 29.91 34.91 55.75 31.67 29.76 28.76 52.29

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 64,175 108,324 73,570 95,513 61,620 51,360 59,490 68,261 37,263 39,293

Share .............................................. 86.0 79.1 85.3 82.8 88.1 91.9 89.4 82.5 94.2 90.9

SE .................................................. 963.10 4,880.62 1,368.11 1,241.58 950.58 1,333.18 2,143.49 12,602.81 794.59 1,608.46

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 4.51 1.86 1.30 1.54 2.60 3.60 18.46 2.13 4.09

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $8,721 $12,535 $10,744 $17,363 $11,591 $4,398 - $10,266 $5,347 $5,472 $2,376

SE .................................................. 1,059.57 4,307.29 1,447.65 2,866.18 3,034.79 2,444.93 7,881.20 4,435.83 2,056.68 2,293.00

CV(%) ............................................. 12.15 34.36 13.47 16.51 26.18 55.59 -76.77 82.96 37.59 96.52

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,570 19,437 19,706 28,701 19,923 9,837 -2,645 14,414 6,816 7,525

SE .................................................. 981.31 4,348.60 1,263.23 2,501.77 3,537.40 2,221.78 7,906.09 4,013.66 1,961.79 2,086.88

CV(%) ............................................. 6.30 22.37 6.41 8.72 17.76 22.59 -298.91 27.85 28.78 27.73

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 6,848 6,902 8,962 11,338 8,332 5,438 7,621 9,067 1,344 5,149

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, 2016 — 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

SE .................................................. 611.08 2,938.69 884.94 1,830.36 1,672.84 1,292.79 3,737.72 2,034.76 666.34 1,295.30

CV(%) ............................................. 8.92 42.58 9.87 16.14 20.08 23.77 49.05 22.44 49.57 25.15

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 718 858 704 1,122 496 314 578 409 855 513

SE .................................................. 159.13 439.22 236.15 555.86 189.26 79.27 330.35 163.57 212.91 159.27

CV(%) ............................................. 22.17 51.21 33.53 49.53 38.18 25.27 57.18 40.04 24.91 31.07

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,908 -3,210 -2,048 -2,915 -1,608 -1,357 -1,638 -1,262 -1,591 -1,111

SE .................................................. 94.38 227.23 53.01 97.29 63.34 156.40 139.33 99.36 412.52 88.54

CV(%) ............................................. -4.95 -7.08 -2.59 -3.34 -3.94 -11.53 -8.51 -7.88 -25.93 -7.97

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 172,263 311,720 162,462 227,563 134,597 100,673 128,500 113,636 198,009 113,330

SE .................................................. 3,390.32 15,066.89 3,431.90 6,044.78 6,538.54 3,948.68 14,361.79 7,117.79 6,612.51 6,006.07

CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 4.83 2.11 2.66 4.86 3.92 11.18 6.26 3.34 5.30

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 971 1,535 933 1,258 789 635 730 691 1,132 647

SE .................................................. 10.93 49.30 13.26 24.41 22.24 22.52 41.61 28.42 22.39 26.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 3.21 1.42 1.94 2.82 3.55 5.70 4.11 1.98 4.10

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,125 1,857 1,200 1,729 1,035 714 601 770 965 669

SE .................................................. 57.62 336.44 69.72 143.15 90.51 104.44 109.18 191.22 78.25 109.30

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 18.12 5.81 8.28 8.75 14.63 18.15 24.83 8.11 16.34

Food

Mean .............................................. 74 59 78 121 81 25 34 30 85 50

SE .................................................. 4.53 16.98 6.71 11.77 20.53 8.29 13.21 10.80 13.44 11.32

CV(%) ............................................. 6.09 28.56 8.61 9.70 25.47 33.20 39.18 35.81 15.84 22.81

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 13 24 15 18 13 4 11 30 6 8

SE .................................................. 1.91 11.16 3.01 5.50 4.18 1.79 7.96 22.31 1.47 5.43

CV(%) ............................................. 15.05 45.97 20.55 31.09 32.39 42.10 73.00 73.33 24.06 66.49

Housing

Mean .............................................. 238 337 242 361 178 156 151 151 248 159

SE .................................................. 15.60 52.08 19.88 37.75 23.02 33.60 32.77 30.36 38.87 22.92

CV(%) ............................................. 6.55 15.46 8.21 10.46 12.95 21.49 21.68 20.07 15.67 14.37

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 26 38 28 48 18 15 18 10 23 12

SE .................................................. 2.35 21.86 3.07 7.50 3.76 4.18 5.89 4.90 5.06 2.44

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 58.08 10.81 15.54 21.18 27.01 33.07 49.25 21.57 20.19

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 10 20 11 14 12 6 5 10 10 4

SE .................................................. 1.90 11.06 2.58 3.84 4.77 3.04 4.11 9.47 3.89 2.17

CV(%) ............................................. 18.66 55.64 23.85 28.35 39.58 53.45 77.04 97.12 40.60 57.63

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 21 15 21 29 19 17 5 15 30 13

SE .................................................. 2.52 6.06 3.33 4.82 5.25 12.12 2.15 8.61 6.78 5.23

CV(%) ............................................. 11.80 40.19 15.63 16.76 27.69 72.58 41.62 55.74 22.92 40.91

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 9 5 7 10 6 2 2 11 14 9

SE .................................................. 1.82 2.34 1.87 2.65 2.58 .79 1.28 8.34 4.48 4.65

CV(%) ............................................. 21.17 47.50 26.33 25.76 42.12 48.82 75.71 75.03 31.21 53.17

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 13 10 14 18 13 15 3 4 15 4

SE .................................................. 2.12 5.65 3.19 3.37 4.70 12.12 1.71 2.10 4.63 1.39

CV(%) ............................................. 16.59 55.78 22.49 18.22 36.62 80.42 49.23 48.45 30.41 34.37

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 43 64 45 68 40 20 27 20 40 31

SE .................................................. 3.99 19.32 5.41 9.51 14.30 5.67 10.09 6.22 10.51 11.54

CV(%) ............................................. 9.27 30.39 12.15 13.90 35.47 28.86 37.91 31.04 25.97 37.79

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 138 201 137 202 89 99 96 96 145 100

SE .................................................. 14.12 41.38 16.32 32.10 13.81 32.88 26.70 21.68 36.76 16.80

CV(%) ............................................. 10.24 20.62 11.89 15.89 15.58 33.29 27.74 22.56 25.36 16.74

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 190 246 196 238 225 117 123 149 206 116

SE .................................................. 9.56 70.86 14.71 29.10 33.89 21.33 34.79 40.56 22.49 17.89

CV(%) ............................................. 5.02 28.76 7.52 12.24 15.07 18.22 28.39 27.31 10.90 15.37

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 51 49 49 59 52 37 34 27 61 46

SE .................................................. 4.25 19.92 5.35 11.84 11.76 9.24 17.74 9.44 12.24 9.77

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, 2016 — 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

Males, 2 and over

CV(%) ............................................. 8.38 41.07 11.00 20.00 22.43 25.14 51.46 34.60 20.06 21.16

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 63 90 61 74 69 35 30 61 75 38

SE .................................................. 5.33 32.84 7.40 15.18 13.33 9.55 16.34 21.18 16.85 8.82

CV(%) ............................................. 8.48 36.42 12.05 20.41 19.38 27.29 55.09 34.94 22.37 22.99

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 27 21 34 45 33 19 26 23 16 17

SE .................................................. 2.82 7.86 4.46 8.00 8.23 5.54 12.73 8.11 5.63 8.82

CV(%) ............................................. 10.39 38.22 13.26 17.64 25.21 29.22 48.79 34.58 34.98 51.37

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 50 87 52 59 71 26 32 37 54 15

SE .................................................. 4.03 29.76 5.37 9.95 16.73 9.99 15.38 14.99 9.36 5.74

CV(%) ............................................. 8.13 34.17 10.31 16.89 23.56 37.83 47.59 40.30 17.33 39.07

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 14 5 15 21 22 4 2 1 22 3

SE .................................................. 2.60 2.07 3.41 4.78 11.46 2.46 1.01 .56 8.23 1.37

CV(%) ............................................. 18.79 44.69 23.30 23.19 53.29 60.92 47.88 44.30 37.86 45.56

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 36 82 37 38 50 22 30 36 32 12

SE .................................................. 3.56 29.72 4.96 8.84 13.06 9.92 15.43 14.94 6.51 4.87

CV(%) ............................................. 9.95 36.03 13.24 23.09 26.37 44.32 51.08 41.60 20.18 41.62

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 101 53 133 128 139 135 59 172 67 29

SE .................................................. 16.20 9.13 24.91 27.61 38.74 49.26 21.35 124.42 18.66 8.14

CV(%) ............................................. 15.97 17.36 18.73 21.53 27.93 36.38 36.40 72.51 27.66 27.66

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 28 15 24 36 23 9 2 18 59 9

SE .................................................. 4.41 9.32 4.65 9.93 6.94 6.75 1.45 13.87 18.60 5.20

CV(%) ............................................. 15.72 62.02 19.55 27.64 30.19 71.55 72.75 78.74 31.75 56.42

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 95 101 104 135 117 46 119 50 106 33

SE .................................................. 7.81 21.94 10.25 15.38 28.58 10.54 47.97 15.14 15.44 5.94

CV(%) ............................................. 8.23 21.63 9.85 11.39 24.45 22.74 40.32 30.20 14.55 18.22

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 43 42 47 59 64 16 23 27 50 18

SE .................................................. 5.52 14.76 8.50 11.66 27.04 5.29 11.00 13.82 12.39 4.72

CV(%) ............................................. 12.81 35.29 18.24 19.78 42.33 33.96 48.30 51.69 24.99 26.35

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 52 60 57 76 53 31 96 23 57 15

SE .................................................. 3.73 15.62 4.15 11.63 12.44 7.41 43.25 8.49 8.13 3.95

CV(%) ............................................. 7.21 26.21 7.22 15.27 23.46 24.08 44.96 36.31 14.37 26.93

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 13 23 12 17 13 4 3 7 18 9

SE .................................................. 1.47 8.40 1.81 4.29 4.12 1.44 2.21 3.93 5.72 3.91

CV(%) ............................................. 11.13 37.31 15.57 24.96 31.99 39.16 75.95 57.47 31.88 42.86

Reading

Mean .............................................. 4 2 4 5 4 3 1 ( ) 3 9 2

SE .................................................. .70 .95 .57 .86 1.58 .86 .33 1.18 2.65 1.05

CV(%) ............................................. 15.91 47.13 15.03 18.87 36.04 30.85 92.66 42.21 30.68 48.02

Education

Mean .............................................. 276 887 294 518 166 157 16 119 67 205

SE .................................................. 30.43 306.27 34.76 87.97 37.31 51.29 7.41 62.86 19.61 79.05

CV(%) ............................................. 11.04 34.52 11.84 16.97 22.50 32.72 46.23 52.83 29.30 38.52

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 92 110 100 152 77 57 84 42 94 48

SE .................................................. 10.21 29.69 15.89 36.83 15.38 16.70 47.52 9.73 14.75 11.98

CV(%) ............................................. 11.09 27.10 15.95 24.17 19.91 29.53 56.45 23.30 15.77 25.22

1 Value is too small to display.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2017