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

Survey, 2019 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................. 132,242 8,326 80,630 33,153 20,641 15,896 4,024 6,915 27,917 15,370 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean .................................... $82,852 $134,345 $98,796 $137,660 $75,394 $65,516 $76,247 $71,950 $42,252 $45,060 

 SE......................................... 1,973.48 6,954.15 2,749.08 5,827.17 1,578.75 2,162.13 4,331.89 2,349.14 1,291.34 2,457.23 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.38 5.18 2.78 4.23 2.09 3.30 5.68 3.26 3.06 5.45 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean .................................... 71,487 110,448 84,254 112,402 67,267 59,681 68,234 65,820 39,591 41,344 

 SE......................................... 1,312.27 5,211.70 1,739.83 3,618.75 1,276.97 1,592.76 3,459.45 1,844.68 1,035.37 2,002.02 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.84 4.72 2.06 3.22 1.90 2.67 5.07 2.80 2.62 4.84 

 Age of reference person .......................................... 51.6 50.8 44.3 45.2 42.9 44.7 41.6 45.6 74.3 48.5 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People .................................................................. 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.9 1.7 2.7 

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

 Adults 65 and older .............................................. .4 .3 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 1.3 .2 

 Earners ................................................................. 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 .2 .6 

 Vehicles ................................................................ 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.3 1.7 1.5 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ....................................................................... 48 58 52 50 45 47 92 77 43 31 

 Women ................................................................. 52 42 48 50 55 53 8 23 57 69 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner .......................................................... 64 71 61 70 54 50 57 63 80 46 

 With mortgage ................................................... 37 43 44 54 39 32 36 42 23 25 

 Without mortgage .............................................. 27 28 17 16 15 17 21 21 57 22 

 Renter ................................................................... 36 29 39 30 46 50 43 37 20 54 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American.................................... 13 8 14 10 16 21 8 16 10 17 

 White, Asian, and all other races ......................... 87 92 86 90 84 79 92 84 90 83 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ................................................ 14 14 15 9 14 22 27 26 7 18 

 Not Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 86 86 85 91 86 78 73 74 93 82 

 Education of reference person: 

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

 High school (9-12) ................................................ 30 23 24 9 28 37 46 47 39 45 

 College ................................................................. 67 73 73 91 71 59 46 47 58 49 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ..................... 89 92 92 95 91 87 93 93 87 75 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean .................................... $63,036 $86,662 $69,099 $86,702 $60,179 $53,462 $57,906 $54,107 $47,259 $46,939 

 SE......................................... 578.05 2,450.62 736.65 1,447.71 1,015.45 1,093.54 2,131.18 1,927.56 818.80 1,662.26 

 CV(%) ................................... .92 2.83 1.07 1.67 1.69 2.05 3.68 3.56 1.73 3.54 

 Food 

 Mean .................................... 8,169 11,015 8,693 10,032 8,111 7,447 8,591 6,938 6,492 6,827 

 Share .................................... 13.0 12.7 12.6 11.6 13.5 13.9 14.8 12.8 13.7 14.5 

 SE......................................... 118.61 503.50 166.62 275.91 235.36 299.37 709.62 584.16 165.46 297.95 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.45 4.57 1.92 2.75 2.90 4.02 8.26 8.42 2.55 4.36 

 Food at home 

 Mean .................................... 4,643 5,589 4,802 5,297 4,500 4,370 5,096 4,127 4,057 4,315 

 Share .................................... 7.4 6.4 7.0 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.8 7.6 8.6 9.2 

 SE......................................... 79.34 405.54 109.97 198.56 151.34 208.54 447.73 349.52 116.66 187.43 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.71 7.26 2.29 3.75 3.36 4.77 8.79 8.47 2.88 4.34 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean .................................... 583 688 594 650 549 556 612 536 526 569 

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

 SE......................................... 9.87 33.91 13.40 28.56 22.47 33.89 63.21 42.90 20.16 30.18 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.69 4.93 2.26 4.40 4.10 6.09 10.33 8.00 3.83 5.31 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Cereals and cereal products 

 Mean .................................... 184 218 194 209 180 194 200 159 142 182 

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

 SE......................................... 4.00 18.07 5.19 10.82 9.83 18.14 24.97 19.58 9.13 12.11 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.18 8.28 2.68 5.18 5.45 9.34 12.46 12.35 6.42 6.66 

 Bakery products 

 Mean .................................... 400 470 400 441 368 362 411 378 384 387 

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

 SE......................................... 7.87 23.52 11.20 24.39 16.23 22.52 43.36 31.87 13.46 20.80 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.97 5.00 2.80 5.54 4.41 6.22 10.54 8.44 3.51 5.38 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean .................................... 980 1,278 996 1,027 951 956 1,130 974 867 931 

 Share .................................... 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 

 SE......................................... 29.01 272.50 32.31 48.43 43.76 60.39 130.49 128.58 39.04 54.79 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.96 21.33 3.24 4.71 4.60 6.32 11.55 13.20 4.51 5.88 

 Beef 

 Mean .................................... 270 473 263 256 269 248 314 268 237 253 

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

 SE......................................... 18.61 239.33 12.15 19.57 18.37 19.84 42.79 38.63 18.52 22.49 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.89 50.65 4.62 7.63 6.83 8.01 13.61 14.39 7.80 8.88 

 Pork 

 Mean .................................... 187 229 184 181 169 183 214 222 173 201 

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

 SE......................................... 6.76 31.57 9.43 14.08 11.09 17.09 34.61 42.46 10.43 17.51 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.62 13.81 5.13 7.78 6.57 9.33 16.16 19.15 6.03 8.71 

 Other meats 

 Mean .................................... 129 136 134 135 125 136 157 131 114 126 

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

 SE......................................... 4.51 15.32 6.44 7.58 10.90 17.02 29.21 27.59 7.86 13.19 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.49 11.30 4.81 5.60 8.69 12.52 18.64 21.08 6.87 10.48 

 Poultry 

 Mean .................................... 189 200 205 225 198 177 238 169 143 180 

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

 SE......................................... 3.99 25.74 5.87 9.92 11.95 13.80 29.54 24.94 8.61 15.70 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.11 12.88 2.86 4.41 6.02 7.78 12.42 14.73 6.03 8.71 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean .................................... 147 172 151 167 134 152 145 134 147 111 

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

 SE......................................... 5.94 23.94 8.56 15.67 9.85 14.99 25.97 27.50 12.12 12.44 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.05 13.94 5.66 9.38 7.37 9.83 17.86 20.59 8.27 11.16 

 Eggs 

 Mean .................................... 58 69 59 63 56 60 61 50 52 59 

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

 SE......................................... 1.85 6.09 2.13 3.73 3.02 4.88 10.32 5.48 3.03 4.33 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.17 8.79 3.61 5.94 5.43 8.19 16.92 10.91 5.80 7.29 

 Dairy products 

 Mean .................................... 455 520 463 533 437 391 462 371 416 444 

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

 SE......................................... 7.20 24.83 9.84 17.16 18.68 22.06 48.43 51.20 13.67 22.28 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.58 4.77 2.13 3.22 4.27 5.64 10.49 13.81 3.28 5.01 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean .................................... 140 157 143 155 136 129 157 126 125 144 

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

 SE......................................... 3.07 8.56 3.65 7.29 5.88 6.68 20.16 15.74 5.30 8.19 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.19 5.45 2.56 4.71 4.32 5.17 12.81 12.51 4.23 5.68 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean .................................... 315 363 320 378 301 262 304 245 291 300 

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

 SE......................................... 5.41 19.79 7.70 13.13 14.30 17.53 32.17 38.56 10.95 15.89 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.72 5.45 2.41 3.47 4.75 6.69 10.57 15.73 3.76 5.29 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 876 1,108 903 1,005 847 822 952 736 774 790 

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

 SE......................................... 19.96 64.27 25.18 35.88 41.70 42.77 108.81 79.47 29.53 45.09 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.28 5.80 2.79 3.57 4.93 5.21 11.43 10.80 3.82 5.71 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean .................................... 322 431 331 380 302 296 324 270 285 278 

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

 SE......................................... 8.07 28.70 10.21 16.43 15.76 15.98 36.74 40.78 10.71 21.76 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.51 6.66 3.08 4.32 5.22 5.39 11.33 15.13 3.76 7.82 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Fresh vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 295 371 308 344 288 273 338 254 262 248 

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

 SE......................................... 8.67 27.76 10.60 12.64 19.97 17.60 42.95 25.44 12.90 16.88 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.93 7.49 3.44 3.67 6.93 6.44 12.71 10.02 4.92 6.81 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean .................................... 112 136 114 124 109 108 117 92 101 110 

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

 SE......................................... 3.37 14.00 4.91 9.46 7.21 7.66 20.89 13.36 5.27 7.85 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.00 10.28 4.31 7.62 6.61 7.12 17.92 14.56 5.21 7.14 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 147 170 150 156 148 145 173 120 126 153 

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

 SE......................................... 4.49 15.95 5.93 8.13 8.89 12.71 26.22 14.56 7.25 9.13 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.06 9.40 3.96 5.22 6.02 8.78 15.12 12.09 5.76 5.95 

 Other food at home 

 Mean .................................... 1,749 1,995 1,847 2,082 1,717 1,645 1,941 1,511 1,474 1,581 

 Share .................................... 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.1 3.4 

 SE......................................... 30.05 117.09 44.45 93.20 58.94 79.20 167.56 124.42 45.50 67.08 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.72 5.87 2.41 4.48 3.43 4.81 8.63 8.24 3.09 4.24 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean .................................... 165 157 171 198 160 144 168 136 159 150 

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

 SE......................................... 4.21 17.50 5.86 11.58 14.49 10.68 24.97 21.65 9.50 10.79 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.55 11.11 3.43 5.84 9.04 7.41 14.84 15.91 5.97 7.20 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean .................................... 115 130 121 131 109 116 140 105 103 95 

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

 SE......................................... 3.71 11.76 5.44 10.61 7.96 10.22 14.90 15.39 5.79 6.52 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.23 9.03 4.50 8.09 7.28 8.84 10.61 14.68 5.62 6.84 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean .................................... 952 1,079 1,016 1,172 959 877 992 777 783 845 

 Share .................................... 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.8 

 SE......................................... 17.32 74.25 24.92 48.12 32.46 47.40 98.66 69.94 25.36 43.05 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.82 6.88 2.45 4.10 3.39 5.40 9.95 9.00 3.24 5.09 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 455 526 476 495 441 450 600 449 373 450 

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

 SE......................................... 12.19 33.81 16.59 35.96 21.14 25.29 57.83 39.77 16.33 26.89 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.68 6.43 3.49 7.26 4.79 5.61 9.64 8.85 4.37 5.97 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips 

 Mean .................................... 62 102 64 85 48 58 40 44 55 40 

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

 SE......................................... 2.60 11.66 3.01 4.89 4.25 6.62 8.15 7.39 5.48 6.16 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.19 11.38 4.69 5.75 8.94 11.46 20.43 16.89 9.90 15.45 

 Food away from home 

 Mean .................................... 3,526 5,426 3,890 4,735 3,611 3,077 3,494 2,810 2,435 2,513 

 Share .................................... 5.6 6.3 5.6 5.5 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.2 5.2 5.4 

 SE......................................... 66.85 414.13 87.27 128.83 150.35 170.97 359.32 285.15 117.90 163.12 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.90 7.63 2.24 2.72 4.16 5.56 10.28 10.15 4.84 6.49 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 579 877 647 877 550 423 586 393 480 249 

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

 SE......................................... 22.67 84.76 32.27 57.69 52.22 62.20 101.37 65.25 45.37 39.94 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.91 9.67 4.99 6.58 9.50 14.72 17.29 16.61 9.46 16.03 

 Housing 

 Mean .................................... 20,679 26,116 22,304 27,325 19,427 18,638 18,497 17,560 16,635 16,536 

 Share .................................... 32.8 30.1 32.3 31.5 32.3 34.9 31.9 32.5 35.2 35.2 

 SE......................................... 195.28 775.60 211.41 392.26 290.95 464.35 726.22 1,004.83 358.20 618.62 

 CV(%) ................................... .94 2.97 .95 1.44 1.50 2.49 3.93 5.72 2.15 3.74 

 Shelter 

 Mean .................................... 12,190 15,396 13,376 16,512 11,749 11,186 10,664 9,810 9,149 9,757 

 Share .................................... 19.3 17.8 19.4 19.0 19.5 20.9 18.4 18.1 19.4 20.8 

 SE......................................... 143.71 499.67 153.19 270.52 215.74 368.80 502.85 394.24 273.33 422.04 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.18 3.25 1.15 1.64 1.84 3.30 4.72 4.02 2.99 4.33 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean .................................... 6,797 9,141 7,398 10,157 5,697 5,081 5,496 5,676 5,791 4,206 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Owned dwellings 

 Share .................................... 10.8 10.5 10.7 11.7 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.5 12.3 9.0 

 SE......................................... 100.15 433.48 125.33 255.40 200.18 285.73 527.05 463.31 199.68 336.36 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.47 4.74 1.69 2.51 3.51 5.62 9.59 8.16 3.45 8.00 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean .................................... 2,760 3,727 3,356 4,595 2,695 2,225 2,410 2,539 1,287 1,782 

 Share .................................... 4.4 4.3 4.9 5.3 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.7 2.7 3.8 

 SE......................................... 48.36 261.92 65.95 106.80 91.63 117.54 251.14 273.40 72.34 162.75 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.75 7.03 1.97 2.32 3.40 5.28 10.42 10.77 5.62 9.13 

 Property taxes 

 Mean .................................... 2,159 3,288 2,184 3,071 1,586 1,532 1,575 1,564 2,257 1,241 

 Share .................................... 3.4 3.8 3.2 3.5 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.9 4.8 2.6 

 SE......................................... 41.20 188.65 50.04 93.47 54.74 73.23 151.35 116.19 83.07 95.48 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.91 5.74 2.29 3.04 3.45 4.78 9.61 7.43 3.68 7.70 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses 

 Mean .................................... 1,879 2,126 1,858 2,491 1,416 1,324 1,511 1,574 2,247 1,183 

 Share .................................... 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9 4.8 2.5 

 SE......................................... 65.13 178.95 87.51 169.92 120.40 191.48 251.38 193.13 103.99 216.24 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.47 8.42 4.71 6.82 8.50 14.46 16.64 12.27 4.63 18.27 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean .................................... 4,432 4,388 5,001 4,838 5,370 5,474 4,792 3,716 2,523 4,937 

 Share .................................... 7.0 5.1 7.2 5.6 8.9 10.2 8.3 6.9 5.3 10.5 

 SE......................................... 89.41 394.14 128.85 160.96 185.15 237.54 342.15 261.73 182.71 214.83 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.02 8.98 2.58 3.33 3.45 4.34 7.14 7.04 7.24 4.35 

 Other lodging 

 Mean .................................... 961 1,867 978 1,518 682 631 376 418 835 614 

 Share .................................... 1.5 2.2 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.2 .6 .8 1.8 1.3 

 SE......................................... 38.93 206.99 36.46 76.70 54.71 77.54 63.12 52.67 69.71 102.55 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.05 11.08 3.73 5.05 8.02 12.29 16.77 12.59 8.35 16.71 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean .................................... 4,055 4,872 4,159 4,566 3,811 3,832 3,881 4,158 3,766 3,593 

 Share .................................... 6.4 5.6 6.0 5.3 6.3 7.2 6.7 7.7 8.0 7.7 

 SE......................................... 32.23 133.04 38.30 65.10 52.52 81.90 128.02 137.27 54.16 80.07 

 CV(%) ................................... .79 2.73 .92 1.43 1.38 2.14 3.30 3.30 1.44 2.23 

 Natural gas 

 Mean .................................... 416 551 413 477 370 358 349 391 430 336 

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

 SE......................................... 10.72 30.20 11.27 11.02 17.98 18.29 36.61 38.49 17.16 18.46 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.58 5.48 2.73 2.31 4.86 5.10 10.48 9.85 3.99 5.50 

 Electricity 

 Mean .................................... 1,472 1,749 1,470 1,568 1,348 1,437 1,416 1,469 1,406 1,452 

 Share .................................... 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.1 

 SE......................................... 17.96 60.35 21.84 30.42 31.37 31.74 62.10 49.83 22.91 39.35 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.22 3.45 1.49 1.94 2.33 2.21 4.39 3.39 1.63 2.71 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean .................................... 113 174 97 122 74 71 108 99 163 74 

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

 SE......................................... 6.57 24.17 8.39 11.87 11.02 10.79 17.63 24.39 14.06 8.90 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.81 13.90 8.65 9.74 14.82 15.18 16.30 24.65 8.64 12.02 

 Telephone services 

 Mean .................................... 1,409 1,610 1,540 1,672 1,448 1,407 1,452 1,542 1,095 1,182 

 Share .................................... 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.3 2.5 

 SE......................................... 13.37 57.68 14.15 24.67 22.58 42.18 81.73 58.12 21.25 37.84 

 CV(%) ................................... .95 3.58 .92 1.48 1.56 3.00 5.63 3.77 1.94 3.20 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and 

 phone cards 

 Mean .................................... 191 221 139 150 137 125 126 126 351 159 

 Share .................................... .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .7 .3 

 SE......................................... 6.01 12.22 5.91 6.00 8.58 10.57 14.65 17.69 8.25 14.59 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.15 5.54 4.26 4.00 6.25 8.47 11.63 13.99 2.35 9.17 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean .................................... 1,218 1,390 1,402 1,522 1,311 1,282 1,326 1,415 745 1,022 

 Share .................................... 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.6 1.6 2.2 

 SE......................................... 15.53 57.52 14.73 24.78 24.41 40.73 83.84 60.27 21.49 43.60 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.28 4.14 1.05 1.63 1.86 3.18 6.32 4.26 2.89 4.26 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean .................................... 645 788 640 728 570 559 556 658 672 550 

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

 SE......................................... 16.30 32.80 16.01 23.38 19.25 24.93 38.75 36.01 21.95 31.42 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Water and other public services 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.53 4.16 2.50 3.21 3.38 4.46 6.97 5.47 3.27 5.71 

 Household operations 

 Mean .................................... 1,570 2,006 1,719 2,454 1,316 1,136 1,317 979 1,401 855 

 Share .................................... 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.3 1.8 3.0 1.8 

 SE......................................... 35.31 152.16 46.92 86.09 51.22 65.46 147.64 71.24 77.19 71.31 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.25 7.59 2.73 3.51 3.89 5.76 11.21 7.28 5.51 8.34 

 Personal services 

 Mean .................................... 489 465 640 1,038 407 329 491 228 260 121 

 Share .................................... .8 .5 .9 1.2 .7 .6 .8 .4 .6 .3 

 SE......................................... 27.62 102.63 37.71 69.73 46.06 53.04 115.47 47.72 65.20 31.77 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.65 22.09 5.89 6.72 11.32 16.14 23.53 20.94 25.05 26.16 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean .................................... 1,081 1,541 1,079 1,416 909 808 826 751 1,141 734 

 Share .................................... 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.4 1.6 

 SE......................................... 20.55 99.47 26.07 42.43 23.58 31.59 97.00 63.07 38.05 51.16 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.90 6.45 2.41 3.00 2.59 3.91 11.75 8.40 3.34 6.97 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean .................................... 766 1,078 744 896 691 634 652 501 777 686 

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

 SE......................................... 18.22 117.20 27.00 54.19 48.14 59.74 78.56 63.28 30.10 51.79 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.38 10.87 3.63 6.05 6.96 9.43 12.05 12.63 3.87 7.55 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean .................................... 185 219 190 214 173 179 185 156 169 171 

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

 SE......................................... 7.37 45.13 10.33 17.80 17.69 15.08 31.75 26.36 12.16 17.12 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.98 20.61 5.44 8.32 10.23 8.41 17.18 16.91 7.19 10.02 

 Other household products 

 Mean .................................... 458 720 443 551 397 364 409 280 473 363 

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

 SE......................................... 16.59 115.35 21.67 45.12 36.38 43.20 50.82 35.45 23.46 28.82 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.62 16.02 4.89 8.19 9.17 11.88 12.43 12.64 4.96 7.93 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean .................................... 122 139 111 131 122 91 58 65 135 151 

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

 SE......................................... 6.49 20.95 8.75 13.51 14.57 22.08 17.70 13.00 10.15 31.75 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.30 15.08 7.91 10.31 11.98 24.35 30.40 20.14 7.51 20.97 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean .................................... 2,098 2,764 2,306 2,897 1,861 1,849 1,983 2,112 1,542 1,646 

 Share .................................... 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.3 3.5 

 SE......................................... 68.52 195.48 104.69 122.63 93.08 169.75 243.79 840.22 96.69 161.41 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.27 7.07 4.54 4.23 5.00 9.18 12.29 39.79 6.27 9.81 

 Household textiles 

 Mean .................................... 131 160 141 180 118 136 109 60 100 118 

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

 SE......................................... 9.98 45.65 12.38 24.94 19.10 24.97 31.66 20.33 16.70 31.32 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.62 28.52 8.78 13.88 16.17 18.40 29.04 33.66 16.72 26.60 

 Furniture 

 Mean .................................... 521 637 600 748 438 524 623 537 328 393 

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

 SE......................................... 22.45 90.48 27.93 48.59 37.92 62.44 102.78 92.57 30.25 83.59 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.31 14.20 4.65 6.50 8.65 11.93 16.50 17.23 9.23 21.25 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean .................................... 25 43 26 35 15 25 12 20 22 19 

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

 SE......................................... 2.61 18.43 3.12 6.37 2.21 6.44 3.18 8.07 5.07 6.45 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.40 42.60 12.20 18.16 14.47 25.42 27.01 40.91 23.59 34.22 

 Major appliances 

 Mean .................................... 322 460 341 393 300 300 406 266 263 253 

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

 SE......................................... 14.92 52.71 18.45 27.60 33.77 34.90 125.44 34.53 20.75 44.73 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.64 11.47 5.41 7.02 11.24 11.65 30.88 13.00 7.89 17.67 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 119 121 133 161 136 75 141 111 88 99 

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

 SE......................................... 6.43 22.60 8.15 14.68 23.15 8.36 32.00 22.98 8.44 14.89 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.42 18.65 6.14 9.13 16.98 11.12 22.76 20.74 9.57 15.07 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean .................................... 981 1,343 1,066 1,380 852 790 693 1,118 742 764 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Share .................................... 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.2 2.1 1.6 1.6 

 SE......................................... 60.07 158.06 96.37 110.85 62.61 146.42 110.54 838.67 74.05 82.51 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.12 11.77 9.04 8.03 7.35 18.54 15.95 75.03 9.98 10.80 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean .................................... 1,883 2,578 2,050 2,478 1,967 1,651 1,589 1,502 1,342 1,590 

 Share .................................... 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.4 

 SE......................................... 68.55 255.55 86.72 130.31 176.88 206.94 209.85 255.92 118.69 132.01 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.64 9.91 4.23 5.26 8.99 12.53 13.21 17.04 8.85 8.30 

 Men and boys 

 Mean .................................... 447 565 504 581 465 456 430 420 287 373 

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

 SE......................................... 26.11 106.94 33.03 56.05 44.43 86.15 75.98 116.16 61.21 49.29 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.84 18.94 6.55 9.65 9.55 18.89 17.69 27.68 21.31 13.21 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean .................................... 348 446 382 447 365 338 294 297 257 273 

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

 SE......................................... 26.26 102.61 32.88 54.01 42.64 83.07 63.17 116.28 60.05 55.94 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.56 23.03 8.60 12.09 11.69 24.59 21.51 39.12 23.36 20.51 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean .................................... 100 119 122 134 101 118 136 122 30 100 

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

 SE......................................... 4.60 18.98 7.15 11.71 12.12 17.94 19.87 25.01 8.68 13.42 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.61 15.94 5.88 8.72 12.06 15.17 14.63 20.42 28.68 13.37 

 Women and girls 

 Mean .................................... 704 907 734 946 720 520 494 427 623 585 

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

 SE......................................... 30.41 109.55 38.67 62.06 124.31 66.87 91.41 124.17 59.23 94.90 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.32 12.08 5.27 6.56 17.27 12.87 18.52 29.07 9.51 16.22 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean .................................... 602 779 622 802 633 439 368 334 581 443 

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

 SE......................................... 27.85 95.76 37.76 56.31 118.97 67.78 74.74 120.22 59.94 67.47 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.63 12.29 6.07 7.03 18.80 15.43 20.30 36.01 10.31 15.24 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean .................................... 102 128 112 145 87 80 125 93 41 142 

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

 SE......................................... 7.34 33.81 7.25 13.28 13.59 12.16 40.41 19.54 8.41 43.59 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.17 26.49 6.46 9.17 15.62 15.16 32.20 20.95 20.30 30.64 

 Children under 2 

 Mean .................................... 75 45 91 97 96 96 88 43 39 76 

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

 SE......................................... 6.98 14.34 9.31 13.27 16.59 17.87 32.16 18.05 12.37 11.32 

 CV(%) ................................... 9.25 31.65 10.22 13.75 17.29 18.68 36.61 42.42 32.04 14.97 

 Footwear 

 Mean .................................... 419 640 458 551 391 392 429 385 248 390 

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

 SE......................................... 26.70 113.08 37.96 57.68 45.81 87.63 102.48 106.91 40.47 79.62 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.38 17.68 8.30 10.46 11.70 22.35 23.89 27.78 16.31 20.44 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 237 422 264 302 294 188 149 228 145 167 

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

 SE......................................... 15.94 123.65 20.11 26.09 50.32 16.75 43.65 54.43 17.52 32.20 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.72 29.29 7.63 8.63 17.10 8.93 29.30 23.88 12.10 19.33 

 Transportation 

 Mean .................................... 10,742 12,022 12,367 14,726 11,262 9,767 10,790 11,270 7,255 7,860 

 Share .................................... 17.0 13.9 17.9 17.0 18.7 18.3 18.6 20.8 15.4 16.7 

 SE......................................... 194.05 651.59 287.87 476.40 520.90 445.02 901.37 816.06 256.37 500.06 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.81 5.42 2.33 3.24 4.63 4.56 8.35 7.24 3.53 6.36 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean .................................... 4,394 3,923 5,236 6,483 4,699 3,779 4,302 4,755 2,779 3,161 

 Share .................................... 7.0 4.5 7.6 7.5 7.8 7.1 7.4 8.8 5.9 6.7 

 SE......................................... 187.79 583.83 280.10 470.07 473.51 416.25 894.03 744.54 218.10 415.20 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.27 14.88 5.35 7.25 10.08 11.01 20.78 15.66 7.85 13.14 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean .................................... 1,960 1,253 2,309 3,036 1,742 1,814 2,054 1,808 1,603 1,155 

 Share .................................... 3.1 1.4 3.3 3.5 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 2.5 

 SE......................................... 108.02 385.84 173.14 321.22 276.00 321.04 691.43 575.48 194.63 266.48 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.51 30.78 7.50 10.58 15.84 17.70 33.67 31.84 12.14 23.08 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean .................................... 2,375 2,641 2,857 3,369 2,871 1,919 2,162 2,922 1,122 1,980 

 Share .................................... 3.8 3.0 4.1 3.9 4.8 3.6 3.7 5.4 2.4 4.2 

 SE......................................... 130.12 569.24 198.95 281.82 371.79 241.24 529.25 451.34 131.81 329.12 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.48 21.55 6.96 8.37 12.95 12.57 24.48 15.45 11.75 16.63 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean .................................... 59 28 70 78 86 46 87 26 54 27 

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

 SE......................................... 14.52 21.76 17.93 32.42 32.40 41.58 67.12 17.42 48.24 17.47 

 CV(%) ................................... 24.68 77.75 25.66 41.45 37.73 89.67 77.15 66.57 89.52 65.81 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean .................................... 2,094 2,502 2,379 2,491 2,227 2,148 2,768 2,600 1,359 1,714 

 Share .................................... 3.3 2.9 3.4 2.9 3.7 4.0 4.8 4.8 2.9 3.7 

 SE......................................... 21.44 82.05 25.02 38.59 42.41 45.96 95.93 100.35 25.83 63.70 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.02 3.28 1.05 1.55 1.90 2.14 3.47 3.86 1.90 3.72 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean .................................... 3,474 4,306 3,917 4,523 3,676 3,225 3,478 3,587 2,496 2,474 

 Share .................................... 5.5 5.0 5.7 5.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.6 5.3 5.3 

 SE......................................... 40.91 190.91 51.37 80.50 95.01 119.61 163.10 123.27 66.43 108.44 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.18 4.43 1.31 1.78 2.58 3.71 4.69 3.44 2.66 4.38 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean .................................... 252 283 314 340 307 261 345 317 127 134 

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

 SE......................................... 6.87 30.17 8.40 14.96 14.78 19.73 43.60 25.65 10.47 12.95 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.73 10.67 2.68 4.40 4.81 7.56 12.65 8.10 8.24 9.69 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean .................................... 887 1,082 971 1,114 939 760 845 943 701 677 

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

 SE......................................... 19.09 74.24 26.42 40.19 58.23 44.14 73.51 63.29 31.15 39.17 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.15 6.86 2.72 3.61 6.20 5.81 8.70 6.71 4.44 5.79 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges 

 Mean .................................... 790 1,194 900 1,209 747 626 654 644 539 456 

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

 SE......................................... 25.51 139.88 29.25 51.64 49.53 56.85 95.18 56.68 44.20 56.57 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.23 11.71 3.25 4.27 6.63 9.08 14.55 8.80 8.20 12.41 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean .................................... 1,545 1,747 1,733 1,860 1,683 1,578 1,634 1,684 1,129 1,208 

 Share .................................... 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.6 

 SE......................................... 18.67 65.44 25.94 36.05 45.94 52.67 74.32 63.05 23.38 49.63 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.21 3.75 1.50 1.94 2.73 3.34 4.55 3.74 2.07 4.11 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean .................................... 781 1,291 835 1,229 660 615 243 328 621 510 

 Share .................................... 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.1 .4 .6 1.3 1.1 

 SE......................................... 29.43 114.56 29.58 65.35 48.35 58.59 47.40 49.00 63.82 72.53 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.77 8.87 3.54 5.32 7.33 9.53 19.52 14.95 10.28 14.22 

 Healthcare 

 Mean .................................... 5,193 6,858 4,795 6,099 4,180 3,604 3,569 3,844 6,670 3,699 

 Share .................................... 8.2 7.9 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.2 7.1 14.1 7.9 

 SE......................................... 69.98 309.46 72.41 135.73 139.65 144.54 279.34 166.64 152.63 194.66 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.35 4.51 1.51 2.23 3.34 4.01 7.83 4.33 2.29 5.26 

 Health insurance 

 Mean .................................... 3,529 4,660 3,261 3,981 2,957 2,521 2,515 2,846 4,648 2,295 

 Share .................................... 5.6 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.3 5.3 9.8 4.9 

 SE......................................... 46.74 207.14 57.36 92.03 94.59 107.39 194.10 144.99 79.28 116.11 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.32 4.44 1.76 2.31 3.20 4.26 7.72 5.09 1.71 5.06 

 Medical services 

 Mean .................................... 984 1,402 966 1,371 720 682 665 581 1,015 797 

 Share .................................... 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.7 

 SE......................................... 36.70 147.36 40.72 74.55 62.49 90.71 154.86 66.77 82.34 114.77 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.73 10.51 4.22 5.44 8.68 13.30 23.30 11.49 8.11 14.40 

 Drugs 

 Mean .................................... 486 576 402 520 356 294 305 287 710 473 

 Share .................................... .8 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .5 1.5 1.0 

 SE......................................... 13.92 79.21 14.48 22.52 20.77 27.00 35.98 40.66 30.72 48.89 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.86 13.76 3.60 4.33 5.83 9.17 11.81 14.19 4.33 10.33 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean .................................... 194 220 167 227 146 106 85 130 297 134 

 Share .................................... .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 .1 .2 .6 .3 

 SE......................................... 12.17 40.52 9.92 22.06 12.69 12.41 13.44 26.06 48.69 19.89 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.28 18.43 5.95 9.73 8.70 11.65 15.84 20.00 16.38 14.81 

 Entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 3,090 4,868 3,321 4,547 2,780 2,213 2,485 2,159 2,297 2,333 

 Share .................................... 4.9 5.6 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.0 4.9 5.0 

 SE......................................... 129.46 616.04 213.15 543.82 105.54 117.25 313.06 186.01 84.95 218.27 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.19 12.66 6.42 11.96 3.80 5.30 12.60 8.62 3.70 9.36 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean .................................... 880 1,221 1,092 1,909 678 441 349 431 423 412 

 Share .................................... 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.2 1.1 .8 .6 .8 .9 .9 

 SE......................................... 124.68 201.36 203.92 524.44 52.11 41.98 48.42 47.88 35.92 41.03 

 CV(%) ................................... 14.17 16.49 18.67 27.47 7.69 9.52 13.89 11.11 8.49 9.96 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean .................................... 1,000 1,180 1,024 1,180 947 847 1,005 908 993 784 

 Share .................................... 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 2.1 1.7 

 SE......................................... 16.12 72.89 20.83 33.53 31.20 33.79 120.47 45.99 25.04 49.50 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.61 6.18 2.03 2.84 3.30 3.99 11.98 5.06 2.52 6.31 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground 

 equipment 

 Mean .................................... 821 1,221 853 1,019 829 629 838 633 653 729 

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

 SE......................................... 40.20 296.37 45.65 74.15 78.16 54.32 270.78 148.40 48.64 88.75 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.90 24.28 5.35 7.28 9.43 8.64 32.31 23.46 7.45 12.17 

 Pets 

 Mean .................................... 681 1,094 706 818 726 503 745 517 537 576 

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

 SE......................................... 40.29 294.40 44.61 72.59 75.07 46.96 262.70 112.65 40.60 88.01 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.92 26.92 6.32 8.87 10.34 9.34 35.26 21.80 7.56 15.27 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean .................................... 140 127 147 201 103 126 93 116 115 153 

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

 SE......................................... 11.00 20.57 12.12 23.29 14.94 28.94 30.94 51.33 20.40 37.90 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.85 16.17 8.24 11.60 14.54 22.98 33.24 44.28 17.67 24.75 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, 

 and services 

 Mean .................................... 389 1,246 352 438 326 295 293 187 228 407 

 Share .................................... .6 1.4 .5 .5 .5 .6 .5 .3 .5 .9 

 SE......................................... 34.23 469.88 28.43 38.64 54.35 73.36 102.00 50.67 50.24 168.19 

 CV(%) ................................... 8.80 37.72 8.07 8.82 16.65 24.83 34.82 27.06 22.04 41.30 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean .................................... 786 1,008 836 1,062 744 663 655 541 700 563 

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

 SE......................................... 13.84 71.71 20.02 47.02 29.27 39.56 62.17 38.08 24.37 51.13 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.76 7.11 2.40 4.43 3.93 5.97 9.49 7.04 3.48 9.07 

 Reading 

 Mean .................................... 92 123 80 108 70 55 56 50 139 57 

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

 SE......................................... 6.47 23.40 6.28 8.72 6.97 9.60 24.92 20.02 18.84 9.27 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.03 19.04 7.84 8.07 10.02 17.39 44.48 40.03 13.54 16.24 

 Education 

 Mean .................................... 1,443 2,477 1,667 2,329 1,423 1,213 904 724 371 1,653 

 Share .................................... 2.3 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.3 .8 3.5 

 SE......................................... 85.62 429.03 132.72 197.68 238.73 204.32 311.25 172.12 101.57 284.66 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.93 17.32 7.96 8.49 16.78 16.84 34.43 23.78 27.35 17.22 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean .................................... 320 283 336 216 370 376 633 539 200 474 

 Share .................................... .5 .3 .5 .2 .6 .7 1.1 1.0 .4 1.0 

 SE......................................... 11.43 39.67 14.93 14.11 27.58 30.67 88.52 75.93 15.46 32.06 

 CV(%) ................................... 3.57 13.99 4.45 6.52 7.45 8.16 13.99 14.08 7.71 6.77 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean .................................... 899 1,501 937 1,249 826 541 770 800 740 663 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Miscellaneous 

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

 SE......................................... 42.52 199.93 50.70 107.43 81.96 68.65 192.10 114.33 57.00 105.41 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.73 13.32 5.41 8.60 9.93 12.69 24.93 14.29 7.71 15.89 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean .................................... 1,995 3,046 1,921 2,783 1,407 1,083 1,803 1,321 2,341 1,186 

 Share .................................... 3.2 3.5 2.8 3.2 2.3 2.0 3.1 2.4 5.0 2.5 

 SE......................................... 109.43 364.08 135.76 246.63 241.95 145.77 338.14 155.37 180.23 184.46 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.48 11.95 7.07 8.86 17.20 13.46 18.76 11.76 7.70 15.55 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean .................................... 7,165 13,889 9,145 12,872 7,064 5,789 6,978 6,466 1,597 3,247 

 Share .................................... 11.4 16.0 13.2 14.8 11.7 10.8 12.1 11.9 3.4 6.9 

 SE......................................... 131.08 531.59 173.92 281.55 174.35 186.32 482.88 281.96 104.32 214.96 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.83 3.83 1.90 2.19 2.47 3.22 6.92 4.36 6.53 6.62 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean .................................... 520 874 520 757 411 331 251 298 500 364 

 Share .................................... .8 1.0 .8 .9 .7 .6 .4 .5 1.1 .8 

 SE......................................... 21.59 105.60 24.61 50.45 38.02 29.17 44.49 36.01 41.61 56.05 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.16 12.09 4.74 6.66 9.26 8.82 17.75 12.10 8.33 15.42 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean .................................... 6,645 13,015 8,625 12,114 6,653 5,459 6,727 6,168 1,097 2,884 

 Share .................................... 10.5 15.0 12.5 14.0 11.1 10.2 11.6 11.4 2.3 6.1 

 SE......................................... 124.80 506.24 164.86 264.76 167.23 189.45 454.62 258.49 92.85 187.67 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.88 3.89 1.91 2.19 2.51 3.47 6.76 4.19 8.46 6.51 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Money income before taxes 

 Mean .................................... $82,852 $134,345 $98,796 $137,660 $75,394 $65,516 $76,247 $71,950 $42,252 $45,060 

 SE......................................... 1,973.48 6,954.15 2,749.08 5,827.17 1,578.75 2,162.13 4,331.89 2,349.14 1,291.34 2,457.23 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.38 5.18 2.78 4.23 2.09 3.30 5.68 3.26 3.06 5.45 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean .................................... 64,708 72,055 89,605 125,181 68,820 57,534 70,545 65,902 8,841 31,596 

 Share .................................... 78.1 53.6 90.7 90.9 91.3 87.8 92.5 91.6 20.9 70.1 

 SE......................................... 1,803.94 4,677.52 2,594.83 5,358.03 1,559.53 1,571.90 3,428.51 2,195.92 996.68 2,137.58 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.79 6.49 2.90 4.28 2.27 2.73 4.86 3.33 11.27 6.77 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean .................................... 5,947 49,626 3,763 6,417 1,776 2,060 2,724 1,488 736 3,210 

 Share .................................... 7.2 36.9 3.8 4.7 2.4 3.1 3.6 2.1 1.7 7.1 

 SE......................................... 640.92 3,240.02 967.22 2,367.06 269.84 640.67 925.10 427.46 145.64 833.45 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.78 6.53 25.70 36.89 15.19 31.11 33.96 28.73 19.79 25.97 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement 

 Mean .................................... 8,902 5,458 3,092 3,157 3,224 3,253 1,206 3,116 28,113 6,350 

 Share .................................... 10.7 4.1 3.1 2.3 4.3 5.0 1.6 4.3 66.5 14.1 

 SE......................................... 208.14 585.66 149.45 289.56 270.04 329.66 275.19 484.08 704.78 341.52 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.34 10.73 4.83 9.17 8.38 10.13 22.82 15.54 2.51 5.38 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other 

 property income 

 Mean .................................... 1,962 6,190 1,238 1,653 640 1,527 948 541 3,506 662 

 Share .................................... 2.4 4.6 1.3 1.2 .8 2.3 1.2 .8 8.3 1.5 

 SE......................................... 199.07 1,849.42 195.85 198.07 89.91 819.78 566.67 138.82 412.36 184.56 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.15 29.88 15.82 11.98 14.04 53.70 59.81 25.68 11.76 27.89 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security 

 Income, Supplementary Nutrition 

 Assistance Program (SNAP) 

 Mean .................................... 426 204 257 129 300 461 188 316 259 1,739 

 Share .................................... .5 .2 .3 .1 .4 .7 .2 .4 .6 3.9 

 SE......................................... 25.76 45.60 26.42 32.45 45.94 59.10 72.50 64.48 32.01 127.96 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.04 22.33 10.27 25.14 15.33 12.81 38.48 20.41 12.37 7.36 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular 

 contributions for support 

 Mean .................................... 562 585 522 767 393 328 339 282 540 800 

 Share .................................... .7 .4 .5 .6 .5 .5 .4 .4 1.3 1.8 

 SE......................................... 77.21 212.83 117.63 270.91 70.91 66.54 131.99 54.35 88.78 177.09 

 CV(%) ................................... 13.74 36.40 22.54 35.30 18.05 20.30 38.90 19.31 16.43 22.14 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Other income 

 Mean .................................... 345 226 319 356 241 354 297 306 256 704 

 Share .................................... .4 .2 .3 .3 .3 .5 .4 .4 .6 1.6 

 SE......................................... 35.68 107.15 24.46 47.83 35.24 58.53 97.89 92.75 79.36 185.50 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.35 47.48 7.67 13.43 14.61 16.54 33.01 30.27 30.98 26.36 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed 

 values) 

 Mean .................................... 11,364 23,897 14,542 25,258 8,127 5,834 8,013 6,130 2,661 3,716 

 Share .................................... 13.7 17.8 14.7 18.3 10.8 8.9 10.5 8.5 6.3 8.2 

 SE......................................... 730.24 2,193.20 1,080.49 2,361.25 369.75 688.83 1,013.87 624.71 342.03 536.37 

 CV(%) ................................... 6.43 9.18 7.43 9.35 4.55 11.81 12.65 10.19 12.86 14.43 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean .................................... 8,831 18,962 11,260 19,980 5,974 4,336 5,782 4,341 2,142 2,752 

 Share .................................... 10.7 14.1 11.4 14.5 7.9 6.6 7.6 6.0 5.1 6.1 

 SE......................................... 627.45 1,760.61 935.60 2,098.92 299.47 595.05 767.39 477.30 270.68 448.38 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.10 9.28 8.31 10.51 5.01 13.72 13.27 10.99 12.64 16.29 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean .................................... 2,470 4,883 3,203 5,136 2,111 1,479 2,189 1,752 477 934 

 Share .................................... 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.9 2.4 1.1 2.1 

 SE......................................... 132.55 469.66 184.96 326.79 96.48 135.79 279.91 171.20 79.51 113.80 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.37 9.62 5.77 6.36 4.57 9.18 12.79 9.77 16.66 12.19 

 Other taxes 

 Mean .................................... 63 51 78 141 42 20 43 37 42 31 

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

 SE......................................... 14.43 15.65 20.27 43.00 10.61 6.41 13.47 12.59 9.38 9.59 

 CV(%) ................................... 22.80 30.52 25.92 30.45 25.18 31.45 31.40 33.62 22.57 30.86 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean .................................... 71,487 110,448 84,254 112,402 67,267 59,681 68,234 65,820 39,591 41,344 

 Share .................................... 86.3 82.2 85.3 81.7 89.2 91.1 89.5 91.5 93.7 91.8 

 SE......................................... 1,312.27 5,211.70 1,739.83 3,618.75 1,276.97 1,592.76 3,459.45 1,844.68 1,035.37 2,002.02 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.84 4.72 2.06 3.22 1.90 2.67 5.07 2.80 2.62 4.84 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean .................................... $10,971 $33,765 $10,468 $17,124 $10,548 $1,194 $5,913 $2,284 $10,946 $1,307 

 SE......................................... 2,278.11 13,184.82 2,941.54 5,531.82 5,247.96 4,337.13 7,346.62 4,072.09 4,083.94 2,230.14 

 CV(%) ................................... 20.77 39.05 28.10 32.30 49.75 363.26 124.24 178.31 37.31 170.57 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean .................................... 23,320 36,883 28,168 40,185 24,128 15,171 22,576 15,752 14,031 7,414 

 SE......................................... 2,064.38 13,207.82 2,685.82 5,165.28 5,312.96 3,407.64 7,668.72 3,812.48 3,918.10 2,166.14 

 CV(%) ................................... 8.85 35.81 9.53 12.85 22.02 22.46 33.97 24.20 27.92 29.22 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean .................................... 12,350 3,118 17,701 23,060 13,580 13,977 16,663 13,468 3,085 6,106 

 SE......................................... 1,381.57 3,676.01 2,039.37 3,130.87 2,496.59 3,312.58 6,481.47 5,186.72 1,075.47 2,215.26 

 CV(%) ................................... 11.19 117.90 11.52 13.58 18.38 23.70 38.90 38.51 34.86 36.28 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean .................................... 1,201 1,508 1,312 2,451 498 398 746 715 1,106 627 

 SE......................................... 391.13 565.91 559.21 1,203.69 231.27 175.38 312.26 396.39 356.33 190.80 

 CV(%) ................................... 32.56 37.53 42.61 49.12 46.39 44.05 41.85 55.46 32.23 30.44 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean .................................... -2,288 -3,815 -2,612 -3,751 -1,937 -1,626 -1,532 -2,059 -1,428 -1,323 

 SE......................................... 54.74 569.07 63.69 114.71 75.84 67.31 150.15 338.90 135.92 111.81 

 CV(%) ................................... -2.39 -14.92 -2.44 -3.06 -3.92 -4.14 -9.80 -16.46 -9.52 -8.45 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean .................................... 204,174 319,144 195,493 277,443 144,624 131,466 132,443 138,323 241,862 118,979 

 SE......................................... 4,271.93 19,502.66 5,727.82 9,872.97 5,758.94 6,660.80 10,750.83 10,787.91 8,737.35 7,884.25 

 CV(%) ................................... 2.09 6.11 2.93 3.56 3.98 5.07 8.12 7.80 3.61 6.63 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned 

 home 

 Mean .................................... 1,097 1,508 1,067 1,422 854 763 809 850 1,280 695 

 SE......................................... 11.77 46.76 15.84 27.09 24.09 27.38 48.58 53.57 30.78 38.84 

 CV(%) ................................... 1.07 3.10 1.48 1.90 2.82 3.59 6.00 6.30 2.40 5.59 

 Gifts of goods and services, total 

 Mean .................................... 1,310 2,027 1,370 1,783 1,245 947 1,536 634 1,170 867 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Gifts of goods and services, total 

 SE......................................... 61.97 354.61 81.98 109.31 201.30 119.23 481.16 130.01 135.06 142.39 

 CV(%) ................................... 4.73 17.49 5.98 6.13 16.17 12.60 31.33 20.51 11.54 16.43 

 Food 

 Mean .................................... 98 202 100 141 74 62 141 51 80 66 

 SE......................................... 10.44 80.04 13.64 19.96 17.22 19.00 95.31 19.36 11.97 17.21 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.62 39.70 13.62 14.11 23.37 30.59 67.71 37.96 14.90 25.95 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 13 25 14 23 8 14 1 2 13 2 

 SE......................................... 2.05 11.07 2.82 5.87 2.11 6.28 .54 1.51 4.06 1.02 

 CV(%) ................................... 15.50 43.87 19.96 25.85 26.18 44.13 49.34 89.72 30.11 49.53 

 Housing 

 Mean .................................... 248 403 251 379 167 152 204 142 232 183 

 SE......................................... 14.84 72.70 20.60 45.06 21.22 22.30 37.97 48.33 32.88 42.94 

 CV(%) ................................... 5.98 18.05 8.22 11.89 12.70 14.67 18.64 34.03 14.15 23.44 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean .................................... 28 23 26 38 23 20 6 11 37 23 

 SE......................................... 3.16 5.72 3.09 7.68 6.05 4.89 3.10 4.27 7.01 8.77 

 CV(%) ................................... 11.31 24.88 11.72 20.14 26.39 24.16 47.78 40.07 19.04 37.52 

 Household textiles 

 Mean .................................... 15 5 17 27 4 11 33 8 13 18 

 SE......................................... 3.21 3.26 4.62 10.62 2.06 4.26 19.62 7.77 4.95 14.06 

 CV(%) ................................... 20.91 66.09 28.01 39.90 54.07 39.28 59.52 101.10 36.77 76.79 

 Appliances and miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 23 32 24 34 20 12 24 14 27 10 

 SE......................................... 2.00 13.79 3.30 6.89 6.27 3.84 12.53 9.33 5.67 3.08 

 CV(%) ................................... 8.68 42.84 14.03 20.54 32.02 32.79 52.54 65.54 21.40 32.11 

 Major appliances 

 Mean .................................... 9 28 7 12 4 2 7 ( 2 ) 12 3 

 SE......................................... 1.63 14.45 1.87 3.66 2.63 1.18 7.74 ( 2 ) 2.94 1.50 

 CV(%) ................................... 18.64 52.16 27.68 30.62 62.00 61.01 104.54 ( 2 ) 23.99 56.04 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 14 4 17 22 15 10 16 14 14 7 

 SE......................................... 1.87 2.34 3.13 6.61 5.12 3.71 9.26 9.33 4.87 2.77 

 CV(%) ................................... 13.10 52.28 18.69 30.56 33.41 37.91 56.30 65.54 34.24 40.07 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean .................................... 47 44 48 59 44 43 42 26 54 32 

 SE......................................... 5.07 10.88 5.26 9.80 9.80 14.71 20.50 9.38 17.62 8.96 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.77 24.73 10.89 16.52 22.44 34.15 48.87 35.80 32.75 28.19 

 Other housing 

 Mean .................................... 135 299 136 221 77 66 98 83 102 100 

 SE......................................... 12.44 68.53 17.17 40.09 16.53 13.73 25.91 43.89 24.89 31.71 

 CV(%) ................................... 9.23 22.94 12.63 18.10 21.43 20.77 26.31 52.73 24.47 31.67 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean .................................... 247 191 282 265 350 255 375 141 194 186 

 SE......................................... 23.40 45.41 41.03 37.54 132.03 46.84 107.75 43.51 23.49 38.44 

 CV(%) ................................... 9.49 23.74 14.54 14.15 37.71 18.34 28.70 30.85 12.08 20.70 

 Males, 2 and over 

 Mean .................................... 57 32 63 76 47 71 78 21 67 25 

 SE......................................... 4.86 13.96 8.94 15.50 13.10 22.27 36.82 11.36 12.29 8.96 

 CV(%) ................................... 8.47 43.63 14.12 20.31 27.64 31.23 47.44 53.04 18.36 35.87 

 Females, 2 and over 

 Mean .................................... 88 47 109 79 204 65 114 54 67 43 

 SE......................................... 17.32 15.43 28.59 17.39 112.95 13.97 43.32 29.00 12.01 13.28 

 CV(%) ................................... 19.63 32.89 26.26 22.12 55.46 21.36 38.14 53.54 17.85 31.07 

 Children under 2 

 Mean .................................... 37 22 41 39 32 64 47 20 30 36 

 SE......................................... 4.42 8.52 5.97 8.35 8.65 16.81 22.61 11.98 8.67 9.47 

 CV(%) ................................... 12.02 39.05 14.59 21.28 27.26 26.11 48.41 59.64 29.26 26.21 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 64 91 69 71 67 54 138 45 31 82 

 SE......................................... 8.43 39.96 12.01 14.00 25.32 21.58 66.70 23.18 6.63 27.25 

 CV(%) ................................... 13.12 44.15 17.39 19.71 37.60 39.75 48.48 51.09 21.65 33.26 

 Jewelry and watches 

 Mean .................................... 8 6 9 9 19 2 1 ( 1 ) 8 2 

 SE......................................... 2.40 2.44 3.71 2.09 13.85 .62 .42 .44 2.30 1.46 

 CV(%) ................................... 31.43 39.54 42.07 24.30 72.45 37.17 68.71 101.57 30.08 66.75 

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, 2019 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 All other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 57 84 60 62 48 53 137 45 23 80 

 SE......................................... 7.59 39.91 10.95 14.05 20.98 21.59 66.73 23.17 6.64 27.33 

 CV(%) ................................... 13.41 47.33 18.20 22.50 43.52 41.03 48.72 51.56 28.94 34.27 

 Transportation 

 Mean .................................... 133 124 150 183 180 77 235 27 129 50 

 SE......................................... 16.24 33.75 21.66 31.29 54.86 40.21 202.50 7.42 43.63 25.15 

 CV(%) ................................... 12.25 27.11 14.42 17.10 30.53 52.52 86.34 27.16 33.75 50.36 

 Healthcare 

 Mean .................................... 38 54 38 49 14 64 9 11 51 10 

 SE......................................... 10.56 45.75 13.97 18.02 6.29 56.07 3.97 4.73 30.17 4.71 

 CV(%) ................................... 27.65 85.39 37.16 37.07 44.66 87.26 46.65 44.27 59.30 48.05 

 Entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 100 124 104 145 100 64 69 40 95 75 

 SE......................................... 7.78 27.59 11.79 20.65 30.60 16.00 23.40 17.06 16.86 17.42 

 CV(%) ................................... 7.78 22.23 11.30 14.21 30.66 25.10 33.82 42.82 17.77 23.28 

 Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles 

 Mean .................................... 30 35 31 47 22 18 34 15 31 22 

 SE......................................... 2.93 13.38 3.79 7.61 7.21 6.01 21.83 9.76 6.92 7.71 

 CV(%) ................................... 9.63 38.78 12.05 16.34 32.36 32.58 64.06 64.89 22.43 34.68 

 Other entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 70 90 73 99 78 45 35 25 64 53 

 SE......................................... 7.32 25.26 10.78 18.22 28.67 14.35 12.40 12.39 14.87 16.04 

 CV(%) ................................... 10.51 28.19 14.80 18.45 36.98 31.66 35.31 49.96 23.20 30.50 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean .................................... 21 22 21 28 16 8 54 5 29 6 

 SE......................................... 5.31 8.98 7.45 14.29 8.27 2.72 32.68 2.43 11.84 3.99 

 CV(%) ................................... 25.47 41.49 35.70 51.00 52.60 32.07 60.64 44.29 40.44 62.55 

 Reading 

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

 SE......................................... .75 3.01 .69 1.47 1.06 .71 .43 .13 1.46 2.15 

 CV(%) ................................... 23.69 76.26 26.53 32.64 48.93 77.15 115.33 31.53 33.67 59.55 

 Education 

 Mean .................................... 296 708 296 400 237 205 345 152 221 211 

 SE......................................... 36.64 255.11 43.37 56.73 111.97 73.74 291.48 80.28 84.33 77.57 

 CV(%) ................................... 12.38 36.06 14.67 14.17 47.33 36.06 84.52 52.86 38.10 36.79 

 All other gifts 

 Mean .................................... 113 171 112 164 98 44 104 62 120 74 

 SE......................................... 16.25 47.47 15.39 35.52 20.62 14.96 61.84 34.09 51.78 21.19 

 CV(%) ................................... 14.40 27.73 13.75 21.60 21.12 33.73 59.68 54.59 43.32 28.55 

1

 Value is too small to display. 

2

 No data reported. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2020