Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012

Item

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) ......... 6,058 76,929 31,412 19,690 13,335 4,097 8,396 22,812 18,617

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $86,024 $78,173 $107,270 $63,123 $52,945 $60,792 $53,151 $38,015 $40,778

SE .................................................. 5,642.13 1,168.02 2,251.52 1,466.51 1,735.19 1,947.91 1,667.47 889.74 1,701.25

CV(%) ............................................. 6.56 1.49 2.10 2.32 3.28 3.20 3.14 2.34 4.17

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 82,424 75,077 101,576 61,552 52,132 58,777 52,044 37,649 40,313

SE .................................................. 5,019.91 984.26 1,707.77 1,393.18 1,695.78 1,935.22 1,534.38 848.93 1,690.38

CV(%) ............................................. 6.09 1.31 1.68 2.26 3.25 3.29 2.95 2.25 4.19

Age of reference person ................................... 49.6 43.9 45.1 43.2 42.6 42.6 43.9 74.0 46.0

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons .......................................................... 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 1.7 2.8

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

Persons 65 and older ..................................... .2 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1.2 .2

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

Vehicles .......................................................... 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.5

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ............................................................... 60 51 49 38 46 93 75 42 32

Female ........................................................... 40 49 51 62 54 7 25 58 68

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 71 63 73 58 49 64 57 80 49

With mortgage .............................................. 45 46 56 41 34 45 37 20 28

Without mortgage ......................................... 26 17 16 17 14 19 20 60 21

Renter ............................................................ 29 37 27 42 51 36 43 20 51

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 5 13 10 14 18 9 14 10 17

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 95 87 90 86 82 91 86 90 83

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 16 13 6 12 22 22 24 5 18

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 84 87 94 88 78 78 76 95 82

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 6 3 1 ( ) 1 5 8 9 7 7

High school (9-12) .......................................... 31 28 10 31 39 51 57 43 46

College ........................................................... 63 69 89 69 55 41 34 49 47

Never attended and other .............................. 2 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 1 ( ) 1 1 ( )

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 92 91 94 91 86 94 89 84 75

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $61,645 $57,431 $73,079 $49,627 $44,275 $50,035 $41,511 $38,699 $39,195

SE .................................................. 2,039.55 633.44 871.54 856.55 1,259.41 1,738.27 1,279.96 844.07 1,046.37

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 1.10 1.19 1.73 2.84 3.47 3.08 2.18 2.67

Food

Mean .............................................. 7,412 7,209 8,695 6,610 5,790 6,847 5,399 5,084 5,744

Share .............................................. 12.0 12.6 11.9 13.3 13.1 13.7 13.0 13.1 14.7

SE .................................................. 307.40 99.56 136.55 165.32 176.59 350.52 188.88 150.81 188.00

CV(%) ............................................. 4.15 1.38 1.57 2.50 3.05 5.12 3.50 2.97 3.27

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 4,447 4,079 4,631 3,799 3,572 4,179 3,413 3,292 3,885

Share .............................................. 7.2 7.1 6.3 7.7 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.5 9.9

SE .................................................. 189.63 55.68 89.48 101.63 142.61 273.09 140.94 114.59 131.64

CV(%) ............................................. 4.26 1.36 1.93 2.68 3.99 6.53 4.13 3.48 3.39

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 558 560 633 523 512 589 438 451 548

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

SE .................................................. 30.10 11.51 18.37 20.60 26.48 44.82 24.22 16.09 22.26

CV(%) ............................................. 5.39 2.06 2.90 3.94 5.17 7.61 5.53 3.57 4.06

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 186 195 217 180 189 208 157 130 191

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

SE .................................................. 15.14 4.87 8.43 8.03 13.06 21.20 10.69 5.59 7.63

CV(%) ............................................. 8.12 2.50 3.89 4.47 6.91 10.19 6.83 4.30 4.00

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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 .............................................. 372 365 416 344 323 381 282 321 357

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

SE .................................................. 23.65 7.94 11.68 14.45 17.29 29.59 15.73 13.56 17.55

CV(%) ............................................. 6.36 2.18 2.81 4.20 5.36 7.76 5.59 4.22 4.91

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 995 877 934 820 809 1,025 832 698 895

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.3

SE .................................................. 63.87 16.32 28.67 26.46 36.82 89.86 45.55 31.41 43.88

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 1.86 3.07 3.23 4.55 8.77 5.47 4.50 4.90

Beef

Mean .............................................. 256 234 241 225 210 311 221 179 246

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

SE .................................................. 20.75 6.76 12.71 12.04 11.50 41.30 16.86 11.24 28.47

CV(%) ............................................. 8.09 2.89 5.27 5.35 5.47 13.27 7.61 6.30 11.59

Pork

Mean .............................................. 174 167 172 160 148 214 168 147 180

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

SE .................................................. 22.72 5.57 8.86 8.95 12.12 23.91 15.06 8.85 8.41

CV(%) ............................................. 13.03 3.33 5.14 5.58 8.20 11.20 8.98 6.01 4.68

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 130 128 141 120 114 150 110 99 123

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

SE .................................................. 10.70 4.14 6.70 8.07 10.01 26.14 9.03 5.74 6.03

CV(%) ............................................. 8.26 3.23 4.74 6.74 8.82 17.43 8.18 5.79 4.90

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 201 168 179 155 167 180 160 109 171

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

SE .................................................. 24.65 3.71 7.69 5.32 10.12 21.11 10.72 6.55 7.87

CV(%) ............................................. 12.26 2.20 4.30 3.42 6.06 11.76 6.72 6.01 4.60

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 175 127 144 110 117 118 121 116 120

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

SE .................................................. 29.20 5.20 9.78 8.38 10.65 24.99 18.29 10.93 9.31

CV(%) ............................................. 16.66 4.11 6.78 7.65 9.11 21.15 15.17 9.44 7.76

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 58 54 57 50 54 53 53 48 55

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

SE .................................................. 5.69 1.32 1.98 2.06 4.07 5.59 3.70 2.06 2.27

CV(%) ............................................. 9.75 2.46 3.51 4.16 7.56 10.60 7.01 4.29 4.09

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 471 439 512 413 366 419 342 341 418

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

SE .................................................. 30.60 6.67 10.87 13.29 15.85 28.43 22.54 11.81 16.13

CV(%) ............................................. 6.49 1.52 2.12 3.22 4.33 6.79 6.58 3.46 3.86

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 164 156 174 145 141 155 141 120 168

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

SE .................................................. 11.21 2.87 4.47 5.74 7.44 13.22 10.06 3.70 7.90

CV(%) ............................................. 6.84 1.84 2.57 3.96 5.29 8.53 7.12 3.08 4.71

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 307 282 338 268 225 264 201 221 250

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

SE .................................................. 24.99 4.74 7.99 10.03 10.89 21.08 18.12 9.53 10.41

CV(%) ............................................. 8.13 1.68 2.36 3.74 4.84 7.99 9.01 4.31 4.16

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 896 757 884 678 673 749 616 646 680

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7

SE .................................................. 49.64 12.42 19.77 22.22 33.53 58.19 31.32 25.76 23.60

CV(%) ............................................. 5.54 1.64 2.24 3.28 4.98 7.77 5.08 3.99 3.47

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 318 275 335 234 239 253 217 231 226

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

SE .................................................. 22.87 5.67 11.77 10.77 15.05 23.96 14.37 10.68 10.84

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 2.06 3.51 4.59 6.30 9.47 6.63 4.62 4.79

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 304 232 272 210 198 210 195 203 208

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

SE .................................................. 22.32 4.51 7.80 7.77 10.69 21.90 10.44 9.59 8.19

CV(%) ............................................. 7.35 1.94 2.86 3.69 5.41 10.41 5.36 4.73 3.94

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 130 116 132 106 107 119 89 106 112

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

SE .................................................. 11.19 3.17 4.60 5.15 7.72 13.23 6.43 6.80 5.33

CV(%) ............................................. 8.62 2.74 3.48 4.84 7.23 11.08 7.20 6.45 4.77

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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 .............................................. 145 135 144 126 130 166 115 106 133

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

SE .................................................. 10.81 4.08 5.49 5.98 9.16 16.87 8.28 5.96 6.85

CV(%) ............................................. 7.47 3.02 3.80 4.73 7.06 10.18 7.19 5.63 5.13

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,525 1,446 1,668 1,365 1,213 1,398 1,184 1,156 1,344

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.4

SE .................................................. 86.96 24.02 37.91 41.02 51.40 90.96 53.66 42.68 48.24

CV(%) ............................................. 5.70 1.66 2.27 3.01 4.24 6.51 4.53 3.69 3.59

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 151 148 174 137 138 126 110 141 146

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

SE .................................................. 13.72 4.77 7.03 8.17 9.62 13.04 9.48 9.92 7.95

CV(%) ............................................. 9.09 3.21 4.04 5.98 6.96 10.37 8.65 7.04 5.43

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 118 118 129 114 102 124 109 103 110

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

SE .................................................. 8.92 2.52 4.02 5.36 6.09 14.86 9.92 6.17 5.75

CV(%) ............................................. 7.57 2.13 3.12 4.71 5.95 11.97 9.14 6.02 5.22

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 783 738 858 707 596 708 590 573 671

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 51.80 15.51 25.45 22.59 27.29 61.54 34.54 25.96 29.85

CV(%) ............................................. 6.62 2.10 2.97 3.20 4.58 8.69 5.85 4.53 4.45

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 422 385 425 365 340 402 343 293 386

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

SE .................................................. 33.74 8.09 14.34 14.74 16.60 29.68 17.75 10.05 18.82

CV(%) ............................................. 7.99 2.10 3.37 4.03 4.88 7.39 5.18 3.43 4.87

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 52 56 81 42 37 38 33 46 31

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

SE .................................................. 10.63 3.35 4.93 3.16 8.40 9.28 6.80 4.62 3.92

CV(%) ............................................. 20.54 5.97 6.06 7.46 22.81 24.13 20.51 10.03 12.73

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 2,966 3,129 4,064 2,811 2,218 2,668 1,986 1,792 1,859

Share .............................................. 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.7

SE .................................................. 177.17 59.84 85.11 100.95 97.08 203.36 115.72 74.66 97.92

CV(%) ............................................. 5.97 1.91 2.09 3.59 4.38 7.62 5.83 4.17 5.27

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 645 528 679 484 361 402 371 325 242

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

SE .................................................. 103.14 21.37 39.59 32.14 30.37 56.70 39.14 27.16 28.06

CV(%) ............................................. 16.00 4.05 5.83 6.64 8.42 14.10 10.56 8.35 11.57

Housing

Mean .............................................. 18,696 18,402 22,990 16,153 14,854 15,620 13,504 13,534 14,174

Share .............................................. 30.3 32.0 31.5 32.5 33.5 31.2 32.5 35.0 36.2

SE .................................................. 483.64 188.15 271.39 298.67 295.70 830.28 383.73 264.07 363.06

CV(%) ............................................. 2.59 1.02 1.18 1.85 1.99 5.32 2.84 1.95 2.56

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 11,084 10,936 13,747 9,599 8,980 8,484 7,857 7,352 8,292

Share .............................................. 18.0 19.0 18.8 19.3 20.3 17.0 18.9 19.0 21.2

SE .................................................. 399.88 139.35 206.55 206.03 199.59 348.76 272.27 181.72 264.26

CV(%) ............................................. 3.61 1.27 1.50 2.15 2.22 4.11 3.47 2.47 3.19

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 7,350 6,735 9,380 5,358 4,431 5,321 4,417 4,913 4,228

Share .............................................. 11.9 11.7 12.8 10.8 10.0 10.6 10.6 12.7 10.8

SE .................................................. 420.94 104.23 207.80 157.50 181.56 309.73 285.77 159.75 211.08

CV(%) ............................................. 5.73 1.55 2.22 2.94 4.10 5.82 6.47 3.25 4.99

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 3,730 3,726 5,207 2,966 2,447 2,982 2,366 1,286 2,308

Share .............................................. 6.1 6.5 7.1 6.0 5.5 6.0 5.7 3.3 5.9

SE .................................................. 291.76 73.20 144.14 116.24 122.13 240.22 204.61 102.97 143.03

CV(%) ............................................. 7.82 1.96 2.77 3.92 4.99 8.05 8.65 8.01 6.20

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,140 1,929 2,719 1,525 1,286 1,424 1,190 1,938 1,224

Share .............................................. 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 5.0 3.1

SE .................................................. 113.37 42.74 74.54 48.14 58.73 80.41 72.04 60.42 57.24

CV(%) ............................................. 5.30 2.22 2.74 3.16 4.57 5.65 6.06 3.12 4.67

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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 .............................................. 1,481 1,079 1,454 867 697 915 862 1,689 696

Share .............................................. 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.1 4.4 1.8

SE .................................................. 196.50 35.99 66.16 59.89 68.49 109.94 111.76 85.50 62.48

CV(%) ............................................. 13.27 3.33 4.55 6.90 9.83 12.01 12.97 5.06 8.98

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 2,808 3,494 3,170 3,792 4,223 2,885 3,144 1,835 3,695

Share .............................................. 4.6 6.1 4.3 7.6 9.5 5.8 7.6 4.7 9.4

SE .................................................. 220.89 66.25 116.72 126.93 165.93 162.56 159.34 122.93 161.06

CV(%) ............................................. 7.87 1.90 3.68 3.35 3.93 5.64 5.07 6.70 4.36

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 926 707 1,197 449 327 278 296 605 370

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.2 1.6 .9 .7 .6 .7 1.6 .9

SE .................................................. 140.55 29.07 66.79 31.13 32.49 33.98 49.11 48.33 56.54

CV(%) ............................................. 15.18 4.11 5.58 6.94 9.95 12.22 16.61 8.00 15.28

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,781 3,802 4,234 3,632 3,381 3,658 3,322 3,317 3,377

Share .............................................. 6.1 6.6 5.8 7.3 7.6 7.3 8.0 8.6 8.6

SE .................................................. 84.43 41.86 54.32 58.66 66.70 103.53 88.96 47.98 76.96

CV(%) ............................................. 2.23 1.10 1.28 1.62 1.97 2.83 2.68 1.45 2.28

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 373 372 441 344 305 326 303 355 310

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

SE .................................................. 29.58 13.48 14.53 16.88 16.22 26.08 21.80 18.59 16.37

CV(%) ............................................. 7.92 3.63 3.29 4.90 5.32 7.99 7.20 5.24 5.28

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,476 1,404 1,494 1,386 1,298 1,441 1,262 1,313 1,382

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.5

SE .................................................. 41.00 24.07 26.84 32.84 29.24 47.90 42.40 28.65 38.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.78 1.71 1.80 2.37 2.25 3.32 3.36 2.18 2.82

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 182 128 162 106 98 95 116 179 109

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

SE .................................................. 26.72 5.72 12.72 14.71 11.53 17.87 17.65 17.21 11.23

CV(%) ............................................. 14.69 4.48 7.87 13.90 11.77 18.74 15.23 9.63 10.30

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,214 1,369 1,517 1,303 1,246 1,285 1,205 928 1,093

Share .............................................. 2.0 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.8

SE .................................................. 36.98 17.27 21.33 25.36 33.13 47.30 34.60 16.03 25.59

CV(%) ............................................. 3.05 1.26 1.41 1.95 2.66 3.68 2.87 1.73 2.34

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 535 529 620 493 434 510 436 543 483

Share .............................................. .9 .9 .8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.2

SE .................................................. 27.60 12.02 15.12 19.16 14.02 31.66 25.99 18.18 22.44

CV(%) ............................................. 5.16 2.27 2.44 3.89 3.23 6.20 5.97 3.35 4.65

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,194 1,287 1,914 963 809 763 715 1,012 800

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.2 2.6 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.7 2.6 2.0

SE .................................................. 67.52 31.34 51.44 42.89 51.01 75.27 73.16 79.41 57.28

CV(%) ............................................. 5.65 2.44 2.69 4.46 6.31 9.86 10.24 7.85 7.16

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 247 482 750 330 276 270 272 188 158

Share .............................................. .4 .8 1.0 .7 .6 .5 .7 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 47.48 23.92 43.83 25.59 35.49 69.95 62.07 67.89 22.96

CV(%) ............................................. 19.21 4.96 5.85 7.77 12.84 25.93 22.81 36.19 14.53

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 947 805 1,165 633 532 494 442 824 642

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.6

SE .................................................. 48.86 18.17 30.75 26.26 31.73 27.55 28.80 39.31 52.29

CV(%) ............................................. 5.16 2.26 2.64 4.15 5.96 5.58 6.51 4.77 8.15

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 708 616 744 539 491 563 526 630 536

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.4

SE .................................................. 92.59 18.41 30.74 23.47 30.46 75.08 46.34 25.87 28.18

CV(%) ............................................. 13.08 2.99 4.13 4.35 6.21 13.33 8.81 4.11 5.26

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 174 162 182 146 147 156 156 129 154

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

SE .................................................. 16.55 5.72 9.43 10.35 12.25 24.14 15.88 5.91 11.54

CV(%) ............................................. 9.53 3.53 5.19 7.11 8.33 15.48 10.19 4.59 7.47

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 345 318 381 290 243 283 278 334 293

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

SE .................................................. 66.80 11.35 18.75 14.88 15.83 39.00 31.91 17.38 21.53

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Other household products

CV(%) ............................................. 19.34 3.57 4.92 5.14 6.52 13.80 11.49 5.20 7.36

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 189 135 181 104 101 125 93 167 89

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

SE .................................................. 32.52 5.17 10.52 9.39 16.90 33.04 17.76 17.07 8.42

CV(%) ............................................. 17.23 3.83 5.80 9.04 16.72 26.51 19.18 10.24 9.47

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,930 1,762 2,351 1,420 1,193 2,151 1,085 1,223 1,169

Share .............................................. 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.7 4.3 2.6 3.2 3.0

SE .................................................. 286.03 50.89 97.49 69.72 80.17 622.75 85.59 110.57 59.18

CV(%) ............................................. 14.82 2.89 4.15 4.91 6.72 28.95 7.89 9.04 5.06

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 224 127 174 112 85 124 58 119 79

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

SE .................................................. 109.26 8.76 19.32 13.18 20.02 48.94 12.24 20.26 9.96

CV(%) ............................................. 48.71 6.89 11.13 11.78 23.64 39.43 21.04 17.03 12.54

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 488 455 651 350 291 300 298 215 315

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

SE .................................................. 195.46 30.22 53.09 33.80 35.99 49.67 51.85 18.39 28.88

CV(%) ............................................. 40.03 6.65 8.15 9.64 12.38 16.53 17.40 8.56 9.16

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 5 20 27 12 13 9 30 12 8

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

SE .................................................. 1.49 3.17 4.56 2.22 3.22 3.48 22.10 2.48 1.36

CV(%) ............................................. 27.19 15.82 16.83 19.31 24.50 37.97 73.17 19.94 16.10

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 257 211 259 185 148 232 183 151 178

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

SE .................................................. 34.47 9.62 16.48 19.55 18.07 28.87 22.73 13.53 22.97

CV(%) ............................................. 13.41 4.56 6.36 10.58 12.21 12.44 12.43 8.97 12.89

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 174 108 136 91 83 101 87 68 69

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

SE .................................................. 38.43 5.49 12.61 9.67 10.27 32.67 21.98 6.47 7.93

CV(%) ............................................. 22.03 5.07 9.25 10.64 12.35 32.29 25.18 9.46 11.56

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 780 840 1,104 670 573 1,384 428 658 519

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 2.8 1.0 1.7 1.3

SE .................................................. 122.19 31.64 77.87 33.56 58.93 567.31 39.72 100.96 32.83

CV(%) ............................................. 15.66 3.76 7.06 5.01 10.29 40.99 9.27 15.35 6.33

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 2,050 1,995 2,457 1,872 1,371 1,999 1,462 1,006 1,482

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.1 4.0 3.5 2.6 3.8

SE .................................................. 289.84 59.86 101.91 88.44 85.66 267.05 133.79 66.94 96.23

CV(%) ............................................. 14.14 3.00 4.15 4.72 6.25 13.36 9.15 6.66 6.49

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 608 465 551 420 322 576 402 196 371

Share .............................................. 1.0 .8 .8 .8 .7 1.2 1.0 .5 .9

SE .................................................. 142.15 19.84 34.76 30.90 40.43 85.70 61.43 18.86 32.08

CV(%) ............................................. 23.38 4.26 6.31 7.36 12.55 14.89 15.28 9.60 8.64

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 492 364 439 318 233 471 325 168 274

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

SE .................................................. 135.48 19.14 31.53 28.80 40.85 83.93 60.19 17.52 26.64

CV(%) ............................................. 27.52 5.26 7.18 9.07 17.55 17.81 18.49 10.42 9.73

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 116 101 111 102 89 104 77 28 98

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

SE .................................................. 29.38 4.50 7.81 10.96 12.03 17.63 9.89 5.44 9.62

CV(%) ............................................. 25.36 4.44 7.02 10.73 13.47 16.90 12.90 19.24 9.85

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 684 788 984 804 491 738 470 485 540

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.4

SE .................................................. 115.25 31.90 59.70 51.12 44.51 142.40 55.54 48.79 53.59

CV(%) ............................................. 16.84 4.05 6.07 6.35 9.07 19.29 11.82 10.07 9.93

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 577 647 810 681 399 566 350 448 426

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

SE .................................................. 102.26 29.00 56.13 50.92 42.35 141.74 48.80 47.88 51.09

CV(%) ............................................. 17.71 4.48 6.93 7.47 10.61 25.05 13.94 10.69 11.99

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 107 141 174 123 91 172 120 37 113

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

SE .................................................. 27.09 10.28 17.51 11.92 10.02 49.15 18.62 6.83 10.77

CV(%) ............................................. 25.34 7.29 10.09 9.68 10.97 28.53 15.56 18.58 9.50

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 78 73 73 70 92 53 64 21 71

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

SE .................................................. 32.79 5.50 7.56 8.03 21.72 14.92 16.52 4.51 8.61

CV(%) ............................................. 42.08 7.54 10.31 11.47 23.72 28.33 25.74 21.23 12.11

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 396 400 474 367 272 481 352 173 327

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .6 .7 .6 1.0 .8 .4 .8

SE .................................................. 83.63 20.43 30.34 33.69 41.93 133.75 64.83 24.36 36.10

CV(%) ............................................. 21.10 5.10 6.41 9.19 15.42 27.83 18.44 14.09 11.03

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 283 268 376 212 195 153 174 130 173

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

SE .................................................. 46.07 13.11 28.02 21.43 21.04 28.00 21.67 11.20 14.65

CV(%) ............................................. 16.27 4.88 7.46 10.12 10.78 18.35 12.43 8.59 8.48

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,540 10,470 12,010 9,660 9,221 10,524 8,593 6,082 6,340

Share .............................................. 15.5 18.2 16.4 19.5 20.8 21.0 20.7 15.7 16.2

SE .................................................. 489.23 223.34 233.50 430.92 824.47 819.40 568.76 287.75 293.47

CV(%) ............................................. 5.13 2.13 1.94 4.46 8.94 7.79 6.62 4.73 4.63

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 2,848 3,894 4,346 3,751 3,599 3,637 3,129 1,942 2,059

Share .............................................. 4.6 6.8 5.9 7.6 8.1 7.3 7.5 5.0 5.3

SE .................................................. 357.21 166.96 162.09 378.75 695.87 730.10 472.36 231.04 241.33

CV(%) ............................................. 12.54 4.29 3.73 10.10 19.34 20.08 15.09 11.90 11.72

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,501 1,957 2,276 1,964 1,776 1,036 1,483 1,208 896

Share .............................................. 2.4 3.4 3.1 4.0 4.0 2.1 3.6 3.1 2.3

SE .................................................. 339.01 155.23 164.88 296.08 465.76 357.21 355.75 186.20 178.70

CV(%) ............................................. 22.58 7.93 7.25 15.08 26.23 34.48 23.98 15.41 19.94

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,332 1,851 2,000 1,713 1,677 2,461 1,590 729 1,158

Share .............................................. 2.2 3.2 2.7 3.5 3.8 4.9 3.8 1.9 3.0

SE .................................................. 244.86 86.45 123.03 217.80 283.61 540.14 244.26 117.51 179.37

CV(%) ............................................. 18.38 4.67 6.15 12.71 16.91 21.95 15.36 16.12 15.49

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 15 87 70 74 146 140 56 5 5

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

SE .................................................. 10.11 23.08 31.25 21.63 92.56 121.13 28.02 5.07 2.51

CV(%) ............................................. 66.76 26.69 44.37 29.30 63.44 86.60 49.96 101.57 52.82

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 3,076 3,166 3,416 2,937 2,793 3,838 3,035 1,731 2,210

Share .............................................. 5.0 5.5 4.7 5.9 6.3 7.7 7.3 4.5 5.6

SE .................................................. 105.32 31.52 48.40 57.19 60.04 129.18 66.69 40.81 59.29

CV(%) ............................................. 3.42 1.00 1.42 1.95 2.15 3.37 2.20 2.36 2.68

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 3,051 2,789 3,264 2,550 2,449 2,741 2,158 1,977 1,727

Share .............................................. 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.4

SE .................................................. 273.03 62.26 100.45 98.83 175.45 356.70 141.82 132.77 89.33

CV(%) ............................................. 8.95 2.23 3.08 3.88 7.16 13.01 6.57 6.71 5.17

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 181 282 320 266 256 255 232 97 150

Share .............................................. .3 .5 .4 .5 .6 .5 .6 .2 .4

SE .................................................. 16.38 8.40 13.16 16.61 14.48 29.89 21.55 10.49 12.07

CV(%) ............................................. 9.05 2.98 4.12 6.24 5.66 11.72 9.30 10.85 8.03

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 1,010 921 1,142 813 741 907 650 613 556

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.4

SE .................................................. 59.02 23.44 45.21 35.07 40.30 82.34 47.36 29.64 25.33

CV(%) ............................................. 5.84 2.54 3.96 4.32 5.44 9.07 7.29 4.83 4.55

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,352 1,090 1,130 1,054 1,095 1,215 976 942 728

Share .............................................. 2.2 1.9 1.5 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.9

SE .................................................. 246.54 47.96 75.95 93.27 156.94 328.46 132.15 114.42 89.81

CV(%) ............................................. 18.24 4.40 6.72 8.85 14.34 27.04 13.54 12.15 12.33

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 508 495 671 417 357 364 300 325 292

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

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

SE .................................................. 51.81 17.35 29.00 25.36 28.88 40.85 31.52 23.08 23.00

CV(%) ............................................. 10.21 3.51 4.32 6.08 8.09 11.21 10.50 7.09 7.88

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 565 621 983 422 381 308 270 431 344

Share .............................................. .9 1.1 1.3 .9 .9 .6 .7 1.1 .9

SE .................................................. 70.02 22.62 42.77 28.24 34.20 56.48 37.87 41.28 32.94

CV(%) ............................................. 12.40 3.64 4.35 6.69 8.98 18.36 14.03 9.57 9.58

Health care

Mean .............................................. 4,084 3,280 4,169 2,889 2,464 2,811 2,393 5,029 2,726

Share .............................................. 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8 13.0 7.0

SE .................................................. 218.72 58.72 92.87 89.73 150.37 210.75 164.20 156.58 120.66

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 1.79 2.23 3.11 6.10 7.50 6.86 3.11 4.43

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,412 1,871 2,328 1,722 1,358 1,522 1,499 3,079 1,482

Share .............................................. 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.6 8.0 3.8

SE .................................................. 162.70 41.57 47.98 63.55 79.75 114.54 135.44 77.46 75.80

CV(%) ............................................. 6.74 2.22 2.06 3.69 5.87 7.52 9.04 2.52 5.12

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 993 829 1,106 636 709 778 465 958 680

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.1 2.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 89.00 35.99 62.30 33.39 93.03 175.60 44.24 101.89 58.82

CV(%) ............................................. 8.97 4.34 5.63 5.25 13.12 22.58 9.50 10.64 8.65

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 516 448 555 411 314 424 356 791 452

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .8 .7 .8 .9 2.0 1.2

SE .................................................. 42.32 16.49 29.43 19.63 17.06 40.18 28.49 39.12 24.64

CV(%) ............................................. 8.20 3.68 5.30 4.78 5.43 9.47 8.01 4.94 5.45

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 163 131 179 121 82 87 73 200 112

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

SE .................................................. 25.45 6.65 15.06 10.59 7.19 11.59 9.86 18.61 11.93

CV(%) ............................................. 15.63 5.06 8.40 8.77 8.73 13.32 13.47 9.29 10.63

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 3,796 2,871 3,852 2,408 1,992 2,689 1,749 1,960 1,935

Share .............................................. 6.2 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.5 5.4 4.2 5.1 4.9

SE .................................................. 402.36 60.45 117.58 74.80 87.00 209.11 106.44 91.61 92.95

CV(%) ............................................. 10.60 2.11 3.05 3.11 4.37 7.78 6.09 4.67 4.80

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 929 717 1,133 528 399 435 244 376 380

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.1 .9 .9 .6 1.0 1.0

SE .................................................. 166.68 22.51 44.16 29.68 31.04 71.67 25.71 34.50 38.88

CV(%) ............................................. 17.94 3.14 3.90 5.62 7.78 16.46 10.53 9.16 10.22

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,174 1,045 1,210 972 862 1,149 829 870 780

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.0

SE .................................................. 167.62 18.66 26.99 34.10 27.82 118.39 32.51 20.20 21.78

CV(%) ............................................. 14.28 1.79 2.23 3.51 3.23 10.31 3.92 2.32 2.79

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,288 680 839 613 521 673 490 492 518

Share .............................................. 2.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3

SE .................................................. 296.51 32.82 60.36 46.15 70.93 77.70 77.25 48.71 46.79

CV(%) ............................................. 23.02 4.83 7.19 7.53 13.60 11.54 15.77 9.90 9.04

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 405 429 670 295 209 432 185 221 257

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .9 .6 .5 .9 .4 .6 .7

SE .................................................. 141.48 30.14 71.36 28.51 30.18 129.65 40.98 62.29 44.41

CV(%) ............................................. 34.96 7.03 10.66 9.67 14.43 30.02 22.10 28.16 17.26

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 821 685 882 607 541 562 424 541 446

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

SE .................................................. 114.94 13.47 26.20 16.69 36.26 48.49 27.51 25.95 20.71

CV(%) ............................................. 14.01 1.97 2.97 2.75 6.70 8.63 6.49 4.80 4.64

Reading

Mean .............................................. 122 110 161 86 75 76 46 136 71

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

SE .................................................. 9.13 2.70 4.54 4.06 5.97 9.24 4.77 6.57 5.76

CV(%) ............................................. 7.48 2.46 2.83 4.73 7.98 12.23 10.31 4.82 8.10

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,304 1,478 2,284 1,017 970 669 739 214 1,277

Share .............................................. 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.0 2.2 1.3 1.8 .6 3.3

SE .................................................. 254.23 75.18 151.04 91.18 130.30 121.04 129.29 35.52 165.67

CV(%) ............................................. 19.50 5.09 6.61 8.97 13.43 18.10 17.48 16.63 12.97

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 341 339 234 371 368 589 489 199 460

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

SE .................................................. 27.46 14.15 15.02 27.45 28.02 51.11 38.27 17.85 28.79

CV(%) ............................................. 8.05 4.17 6.42 7.39 7.61 8.67 7.82 8.98 6.25

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 1,071 858 1,172 694 606 757 519 958 474

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 2.5 1.2

SE .................................................. 133.92 42.18 76.39 56.21 54.15 266.43 69.93 142.32 39.62

CV(%) ............................................. 12.50 4.91 6.52 8.09 8.94 35.20 13.47 14.86 8.36

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 2,108 1,916 2,949 1,230 1,216 1,163 1,139 2,467 1,155

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.3 4.0 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.7 6.4 2.9

SE .................................................. 232.97 124.41 257.10 77.21 148.43 111.70 102.85 219.57 90.75

CV(%) ............................................. 11.05 6.49 8.72 6.28 12.20 9.61 9.03 8.90 7.86

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 9,656 7,291 10,545 5,546 4,446 5,326 4,683 1,166 2,667

Share .............................................. 15.7 12.7 14.4 11.2 10.0 10.6 11.3 3.0 6.8

SE .................................................. 657.98 133.74 261.10 165.31 141.26 220.94 273.84 88.90 146.33

CV(%) ............................................. 6.81 1.83 2.48 2.98 3.18 4.15 5.85 7.63 5.49

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 627 370 536 271 218 209 304 316 235

Share .............................................. 1.0 .6 .7 .5 .5 .4 .7 .8 .6

SE .................................................. 131.35 20.05 31.41 37.95 22.32 29.77 113.49 32.63 45.80

CV(%) ............................................. 20.94 5.41 5.86 13.99 10.25 14.26 37.28 10.32 19.50

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 9,029 6,920 10,009 5,275 4,228 5,118 4,379 849 2,432

Share .............................................. 14.6 12.0 13.7 10.6 9.6 10.2 10.5 2.2 6.2

SE .................................................. 607.39 127.02 252.40 149.56 129.47 209.76 196.43 81.23 131.90

CV(%) ............................................. 6.73 1.84 2.52 2.84 3.06 4.10 4.49 9.56 5.42

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $86,024 $78,173 $107,270 $63,123 $52,945 $60,792 $53,151 $38,015 $40,778

SE .................................................. 5,642.13 1,168.02 2,251.52 1,466.51 1,735.19 1,947.91 1,667.47 889.74 1,701.25

CV(%) ............................................. 6.56 1.49 2.10 2.32 3.28 3.20 3.14 2.34 4.17

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 46,025 71,142 98,457 56,984 46,613 56,100 48,446 7,311 27,804

Share .............................................. 53.5 91.0 91.8 90.3 88.0 92.3 91.1 19.2 68.2

SE .................................................. 4,027.72 1,047.56 2,104.96 1,156.40 1,588.44 1,775.71 1,565.05 564.49 1,569.67

CV(%) ............................................. 8.75 1.47 2.14 2.03 3.41 3.17 3.23 7.72 5.65

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 31,909 1,740 2,656 1,269 1,087 1,108 761 433 1,390

Share .............................................. 37.1 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.1 3.4

SE .................................................. 3,879.84 348.26 811.36 529.43 260.00 321.39 216.23 177.03 379.71

CV(%) ............................................. 12.16 20.02 30.55 41.72 23.92 29.01 28.42 40.89 27.31

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 5,096 3,083 3,294 3,045 3,344 1,683 2,649 26,512 6,724

Share .............................................. 5.9 3.9 3.1 4.8 6.3 2.8 5.0 69.7 16.5

SE .................................................. 611.02 162.24 186.20 235.85 435.39 333.90 378.50 597.63 321.66

CV(%) ............................................. 11.99 5.26 5.65 7.75 13.02 19.84 14.29 2.25 4.78

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 2,054 1,027 1,811 625 493 419 177 2,827 700

Share .............................................. 2.4 1.3 1.7 1.0 .9 .7 .3 7.4 1.7

SE .................................................. 369.66 132.44 304.48 145.68 138.22 183.05 117.00 371.44 151.48

CV(%) ............................................. 17.99 12.90 16.81 23.32 28.01 43.73 66.06 13.14 21.65

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

Mean .............................................. 158 399 364 358 409 707 462 233 876

Share .............................................. .2 .5 .3 .6 .8 1.2 .9 .6 2.1

SE .................................................. 41.83 31.87 53.46 43.29 52.72 153.61 60.19 37.44 99.43

CV(%) ............................................. 26.56 7.99 14.68 12.10 12.90 21.74 13.03 16.06 11.35

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 278 286 143 297 548 299 368 320 1,902

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

SE .................................................. 57.48 20.74 26.05 43.58 58.89 85.38 58.74 42.63 123.30

CV(%) ............................................. 20.64 7.26 18.23 14.66 10.75 28.58 15.96 13.30 6.48

Regular contributions for support

Mean .............................................. 333 291 330 379 230 142 108 275 889

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .3 .6 .4 .2 .2 .7 2.2

SE .................................................. 104.52 26.67 43.64 53.70 49.42 57.44 43.20 73.06 104.68

CV(%) ............................................. 31.41 9.16 13.22 14.16 21.50 40.59 39.86 26.60 11.78

Other income

Mean .............................................. 171 206 215 165 222 336 179 103 493

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .3 .4 .6 .3 .3 1.2

SE .................................................. 79.64 24.81 36.62 24.22 35.24 236.81 49.23 13.71 57.01

CV(%) ............................................. 46.53 12.03 17.00 14.65 15.91 70.45 27.44 13.27 11.56

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed)

Mean .............................................. 3,600 3,096 5,694 1,571 813 2,015 1,107 365 466

Share .............................................. 4.2 4.0 5.3 2.5 1.5 3.3 2.1 1.0 1.1

SE .................................................. 1,058.65 356.61 860.32 169.87 138.71 336.47 248.91 80.41 175.41

CV(%) ............................................. 29.40 11.52 15.11 10.81 17.06 16.70 22.49 22.00 37.68

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,682 2,222 4,245 1,035 470 1,360 641 133 263

Share .............................................. 3.1 2.8 4.0 1.6 .9 2.2 1.2 .3 .6

SE .................................................. 846.85 300.41 728.42 145.66 112.26 270.80 195.96 59.49 142.27

CV(%) ............................................. 31.58 13.52 17.16 14.08 23.87 19.91 30.58 44.72 54.10

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 751 745 1,258 429 275 602 377 64 116

Share .............................................. .9 1.0 1.2 .7 .5 1.0 .7 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 209.33 63.58 145.88 41.52 45.01 83.43 63.00 19.27 40.18

CV(%) ............................................. 27.89 8.54 11.59 9.67 16.34 13.87 16.69 30.00 34.77

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 168 129 190 107 67 53 88 168 87

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

SE .................................................. 47.79 12.49 19.74 13.71 13.81 23.48 17.11 25.51 21.87

CV(%) ............................................. 28.44 9.67 10.38 12.82 20.49 43.90 19.35 15.16 25.13

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 82,424 75,077 101,576 61,552 52,132 58,777 52,044 37,649 40,313

Share .............................................. 95.8 96.0 94.7 97.5 98.5 96.7 97.9 99.0 98.9

SE .................................................. 5,019.91 984.26 1,707.77 1,393.18 1,695.78 1,935.22 1,534.38 848.93 1,690.38

CV(%) ............................................. 6.09 1.31 1.68 2.26 3.25 3.29 2.95 2.25 4.19

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. - $4,191 - $7,864 - $9,819 - $7,656 - $4,452 - $15,608 - $2,675 - $284 $176

SE .................................................. 6,636.88 1,282.99 2,270.31 2,339.88 1,512.76 4,970.79 2,640.99 1,176.53 2,225.45

CV(%) ............................................. -158.36 -16.31 -23.12 -30.56 -33.98 -31.85 -98.74 -413.81 1,262.13

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 4,244 6,139 9,802 3,718 4,660 1,814 2,571 2,893 3,612

SE .................................................. 5,119.72 994.54 1,636.39 1,682.86 1,576.93 1,512.03 1,422.48 884.49 1,857.25

CV(%) ............................................. 120.65 16.20 16.69 45.27 33.84 83.35 55.32 30.58 51.43

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 8,434 14,003 19,621 11,374 9,112 17,422 5,246 3,177 3,435

SE .................................................. 3,401.05 1,221.84 2,006.38 1,783.63 1,734.88 4,937.75 2,137.43 1,115.56 1,614.75

CV(%) ............................................. 40.32 8.73 10.23 15.68 19.04 28.34 40.75 35.11 47.01

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 709 818 1,454 393 464 385 215 666 331

SE .................................................. 289.22 248.62 519.26 125.44 246.79 242.54 86.82 154.95 97.92

CV(%) ............................................. 40.80 30.38 35.72 31.95 53.17 63.01 40.30 23.27 29.58

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -2,719 -2,271 -3,291 -1,760 -1,351 -1,923 -1,283 -1,116 -1,294

SE .................................................. 219.50 57.90 105.59 59.25 106.95 256.87 80.15 98.21 107.63

CV(%) ............................................. -8.07 -2.55 -3.21 -3.37 -7.92 -13.36 -6.25 -8.80 -8.32

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 195,984 147,544 210,748 117,460 89,956 114,961 88,995 182,063 103,047

SE .................................................. 10,383.92 2,457.38 4,466.60 4,014.12 4,469.76 7,103.41 4,801.58 7,883.84 5,346.88

CV(%) ............................................. 5.30 1.67 2.12 3.42 4.97 6.18 5.40 4.33 5.19

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 1,106 875 1,185 729 583 715 603 996 607

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

SE .................................................. 85.05 11.76 21.21 16.02 20.81 31.48 27.83 20.48 21.50

CV(%) ............................................. 7.69 1.34 1.79 2.20 3.57 4.40 4.61 2.06 3.54

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,399 1,211 1,809 947 627 778 724 900 907

SE .................................................. 178.43 53.59 102.62 115.74 65.04 138.32 118.64 93.66 150.18

CV(%) ............................................. 12.75 4.42 5.67 12.22 10.38 17.78 16.39 10.40 16.56

Food

Mean .............................................. 163 120 180 111 53 49 54 82 51

SE .................................................. 43.84 15.61 21.47 47.24 11.35 20.76 18.67 14.69 11.70

CV(%) ............................................. 26.89 13.02 11.90 42.48 21.45 41.98 34.34 17.90 22.94

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 11 15 27 8 10 2 4 10 3

SE .................................................. 5.96 2.32 4.78 2.89 3.82 1.32 1.62 3.13 1.21

CV(%) ............................................. 56.28 15.38 17.76 38.23 37.12 75.39 44.90 32.88 38.36

Housing

Mean .............................................. 334 207 289 171 120 117 158 140 142

SE .................................................. 53.20 12.21 22.09 19.66 19.70 28.55 39.24 34.69 15.71

CV(%) ............................................. 15.92 5.91 7.65 11.46 16.36 24.31 24.80 24.83 11.03

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 35 30 39 17 26 21 38 33 16

SE .................................................. 8.17 3.76 5.02 3.13 12.11 8.55 22.72 6.63 3.39

CV(%) ............................................. 23.25 12.52 12.80 18.38 46.80 41.04 60.37 20.21 21.58

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 8 12 16 14 3 1 6 7 7

SE .................................................. 4.36 2.35 5.17 4.25 1.61 .51 3.89 2.25 1.99

CV(%) ............................................. 56.54 20.15 31.54 29.95 52.32 68.68 67.31 32.67 28.90

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 29 22 34 19 9 6 8 14 7

SE .................................................. 15.57 2.61 5.22 5.14 1.81 2.72 3.75 5.14 1.90

CV(%) ............................................. 54.48 12.08 15.14 27.14 20.46 48.90 48.22 36.93 28.22

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 6 8 11 10 3 1 3 7 1

SE .................................................. 3.44 1.98 3.29 4.79 1.29 1.18 1.64 2.39 .62

CV(%) ............................................. 60.94 25.14 30.13 49.02 43.47 85.36 52.79 36.41 64.18

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 23 14 24 9 6 4 5 7 6

SE .................................................. 15.26 1.78 4.23 1.86 1.98 2.35 2.53 4.42 1.70

CV(%) ............................................. 66.52 12.95 17.96 20.30 33.66 56.21 54.11 60.09 29.57

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 66 49 67 48 22 14 42 47 39

SE .................................................. 17.21 5.71 8.37 9.93 7.60 4.82 17.35 15.78 8.38

CV(%) ............................................. 26.05 11.60 12.44 20.60 34.78 34.26 41.22 33.75 21.45

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 197 94 131 73 61 76 65 39 74

SE .................................................. 46.04 7.35 13.24 12.31 12.21 23.99 18.69 25.36 11.38

CV(%) ............................................. 23.40 7.82 10.09 16.84 20.08 31.47 28.78 64.56 15.37

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 260 228 279 206 169 242 168 216 149

SE .................................................. 76.51 12.82 24.86 22.23 25.00 52.78 33.75 32.19 18.42

CV(%) ............................................. 29.41 5.63 8.92 10.80 14.77 21.83 20.05 14.94 12.39

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 103 52 68 40 37 40 45 56 39

SE .................................................. 33.65 5.06 10.03 8.59 9.26 19.23 17.45 10.36 8.29

CV(%) ............................................. 32.57 9.83 14.82 21.54 24.93 47.78 38.43 18.54 21.40

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 101 87 112 79 51 134 46 115 44

SE .................................................. 51.19 7.29 13.60 9.50 15.19 43.54 13.83 29.15 8.54

CV(%) ............................................. 50.78 8.37 12.18 12.09 29.58 32.44 30.23 25.27 19.26

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 10 22 18 19 33 16 27 16 22

SE .................................................. 2.95 3.50 3.09 4.57 14.82 8.19 13.09 3.64 5.16

CV(%) ............................................. 30.89 16.29 16.71 24.14 45.59 51.75 48.86 22.90 23.13

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 46 68 81 68 48 51 50 28 43

SE .................................................. 16.05 8.74 16.40 14.01 16.53 20.68 12.03 8.21 10.69

CV(%) ............................................. 34.53 12.92 20.29 20.49 34.25 40.22 23.88 28.85 24.66

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 17 31 48 19 23 18 15 11 12

SE .................................................. 8.88 7.04 15.13 8.50 14.39 13.71 6.48 4.81 5.40

CV(%) ............................................. 52.97 22.69 31.57 45.63 61.89 75.65 42.97 42.99 44.28

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1902. Occupation of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

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

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 30 37 33 50 25 33 35 17 31

SE .................................................. 12.15 4.15 5.30 10.79 8.44 16.61 10.26 5.08 9.45

CV(%) ............................................. 40.89 11.34 16.11 21.67 33.77 49.89 29.08 29.43 30.32

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 68 112 188 62 67 56 46 109 126

SE .................................................. 12.69 18.21 37.22 18.43 29.58 14.70 20.03 39.22 57.11

CV(%) ............................................. 18.72 16.21 19.76 29.83 44.40 26.38 43.48 36.12 45.49

Health care

Mean .............................................. 18 49 93 29 9 9 12 86 41

SE .................................................. 6.29 17.52 39.52 11.70 3.35 7.95 5.67 32.97 22.79

CV(%) ............................................. 34.09 36.03 42.62 39.72 38.45 89.77 49.17 38.39 56.19

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 84 93 114 91 62 177 29 69 52

SE .................................................. 15.29 8.18 14.06 15.80 12.76 68.96 6.29 12.14 8.51

CV(%) ............................................. 18.27 8.82 12.37 17.41 20.59 38.96 21.96 17.49 16.50

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 32 28 36 22 31 47 4 36 19

SE .................................................. 9.77 3.98 8.17 6.42 10.51 31.57 1.75 11.36 4.00

CV(%) ............................................. 30.57 14.13 22.89 28.93 34.07 67.03 45.76 31.69 21.62

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 52 65 78 69 31 130 25 34 33

SE .................................................. 11.06 6.85 11.10 14.61 5.53 62.04 6.47 5.10 7.44

CV(%) ............................................. 21.40 10.61 14.24 21.30 17.78 47.75 26.08 15.20 22.52

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 34 17 30 12 6 2 ( ) 4 14 10

SE .................................................. 21.58 3.12 8.05 3.19 2.49 2 ( ) 2.36 4.61 5.62

CV(%) ............................................. 63.37 18.50 27.13 25.93 40.79 2 ( ) 57.28 33.91 57.34

Reading

Mean .............................................. 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 1

SE .................................................. 1.82 .27 .56 .64 .46 1.30 .63 .44 .30

CV(%) ............................................. 77.01 12.98 21.38 24.23 50.03 69.80 53.85 24.73 44.46

Education

Mean .............................................. 339 300 512 205 82 80 181 99 268

SE .................................................. 82.99 31.59 59.95 64.93 21.47 27.13 70.83 31.14 84.12

CV(%) ............................................. 24.47 10.54 11.71 31.67 26.12 33.80 39.15 31.37 31.38

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 86 70 96 49 47 44 67 75 65

SE .................................................. 21.30 7.32 13.63 7.65 14.52 24.67 32.35 14.40 33.42

CV(%) ............................................. 24.78 10.51 14.25 15.51 30.57 56.37 48.23 19.15 51.09

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2013