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

Expenditure Survey, 2015

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 128,437 7,953 77,591 31,036 20,214 15,256 3,455 7,630 24,986 17,908

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $69,627 $110,918 $82,008 $111,909 $67,902 $53,779 $63,869 $62,406 $38,947 $40,449

SE .................................................. 871.92 4,758.58 1,003.82 1,939.71 1,253.30 1,575.97 2,402.63 2,792.11 904.95 1,736.07

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 4.29 1.22 1.73 1.85 2.93 3.76 4.47 2.32 4.29

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 60,448 89,622 70,312 92,371 59,765 49,413 57,436 56,149 37,048 37,401

SE .................................................. 634.35 3,299.89 706.30 1,347.94 958.56 1,310.95 1,953.11 2,085.75 786.81 1,384.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 3.68 1.00 1.46 1.60 2.65 3.40 3.71 2.12 3.70

Age of reference person ................................... 50.5 50.5 43.9 44.4 42.9 43.7 44.5 44.7 73.5 47.3

Average number in consumer unit:

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

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

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

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

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

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 60 50 48 43 44 90 74 46 29

Women ........................................................... 53 40 50 52 57 56 10 26 54 71

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 72 59 69 55 47 60 57 79 48

With mortgage .............................................. 35 44 42 53 39 29 39 37 19 24

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 29 17 16 16 19 21 20 59 24

Renter ............................................................ 38 28 41 31 45 53 40 43 21 52

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 6 14 11 15 20 8 12 9 17

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 94 86 89 85 80 92 88 91 83

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 14 15 8 13 23 29 23 6 15

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 86 85 92 87 77 71 77 94 85

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 26 26 10 29 40 53 49 41 47

College ........................................................... 64 69 71 90 71 57 40 45 54 47

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 92 91 95 90 84 89 90 86 73

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $55,978 $78,132 $61,634 $78,813 $54,270 $46,337 $49,941 $48,287 $42,478 $40,759

SE .................................................. 594.00 3,509.10 678.81 1,180.43 907.01 1,012.53 2,404.58 1,703.55 693.15 962.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.06 4.49 1.10 1.50 1.67 2.19 4.81 3.53 1.63 2.36

Food

Mean .............................................. 7,023 8,382 7,645 9,502 6,999 5,989 6,547 6,142 5,265 6,301

Share .............................................. 12.5 10.7 12.4 12.1 12.9 12.9 13.1 12.7 12.4 15.5

SE .................................................. 77.17 420.07 111.13 198.09 191.73 233.34 572.66 264.94 132.60 181.00

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 5.01 1.45 2.08 2.74 3.90 8.75 4.31 2.52 2.87

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 4,015 4,648 4,155 4,873 3,989 3,446 3,863 3,454 3,334 4,094

Share .............................................. 7.2 5.9 6.7 6.2 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.2 7.8 10.0

SE .................................................. 50.10 201.84 77.75 129.42 130.11 137.73 351.27 196.90 84.92 119.40

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 4.34 1.87 2.66 3.26 4.00 9.09 5.70 2.55 2.92

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 518 609 526 609 511 474 453 393 452 534

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

SE .................................................. 6.93 30.90 10.14 16.66 20.48 20.23 45.00 27.55 14.22 21.40

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 5.08 1.93 2.74 4.01 4.27 9.94 7.00 3.14 4.00

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 172 213 180 212 171 170 142 124 127 183

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

SE .................................................. 3.32 18.88 4.72 8.12 7.81 10.41 17.63 13.27 5.56 8.85

CV(%) ............................................. 1.93 8.84 2.62 3.84 4.56 6.14 12.42 10.70 4.37 4.84

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 346 395 346 397 340 305 311 269 325 352

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

SE .................................................. 5.11 20.59 7.31 11.65 17.65 13.81 29.72 18.01 11.62 15.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 5.21 2.11 2.93 5.19 4.53 9.57 6.69 3.57 4.30

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 896 1,051 918 981 931 789 988 873 711 990

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.4

SE .................................................. 16.91 65.33 24.27 32.15 43.41 55.08 97.70 68.69 26.22 53.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 6.22 2.65 3.28 4.66 6.98 9.89 7.87 3.69 5.44

Beef

Mean .............................................. 245 262 248 261 255 191 308 265 183 309

Share .............................................. .4 .3 .4 .3 .5 .4 .6 .5 .4 .8

SE .................................................. 9.40 24.16 10.24 19.41 16.85 16.63 38.49 38.32 11.01 43.02

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 9.21 4.13 7.43 6.60 8.71 12.48 14.47 6.00 13.93

Pork

Mean .............................................. 165 187 162 160 167 146 204 173 146 192

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

SE .................................................. 4.76 18.23 6.87 7.04 14.08 14.13 26.83 20.69 6.82 10.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.88 9.76 4.23 4.41 8.43 9.66 13.16 11.95 4.68 5.45

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 124 157 131 140 123 122 129 137 93 125

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

SE .................................................. 3.73 27.73 5.86 7.05 9.24 20.18 15.31 18.71 4.92 6.56

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 17.69 4.47 5.04 7.53 16.61 11.84 13.62 5.27 5.23

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 201 181 201 189 156 156 151 124 190

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

SE .................................................. 3.51 17.47 6.28 9.63 11.66 11.72 20.01 17.34 6.52 9.16

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 8.67 3.47 4.79 6.17 7.54 12.84 11.45 5.26 4.82

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 126 171 131 151 135 109 122 91 111 108

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

SE .................................................. 4.68 22.08 6.25 10.46 13.96 12.91 22.52 11.96 8.15 8.83

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 12.88 4.79 6.94 10.33 11.89 18.41 13.10 7.36 8.20

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 63 72 65 68 62 66 68 55 54 66

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

SE .................................................. 1.40 6.13 2.12 3.02 4.00 4.11 7.29 6.06 2.38 2.73

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 8.53 3.26 4.43 6.43 6.24 10.73 10.97 4.43 4.12

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 413 502 420 515 386 338 365 346 357 419

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

SE .................................................. 6.57 24.67 9.25 15.16 15.83 16.81 34.91 20.43 12.21 15.80

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 4.91 2.20 2.95 4.10 4.97 9.56 5.90 3.42 3.77

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 140 175 142 163 136 123 127 124 116 148

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

SE .................................................. 2.40 11.24 2.99 4.99 6.02 7.27 10.27 10.12 3.68 6.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.72 6.42 2.11 3.06 4.41 5.91 8.08 8.18 3.17 4.24

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 273 327 278 352 250 215 238 223 241 271

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

SE .................................................. 5.23 21.82 7.34 12.31 11.64 11.47 28.07 16.75 10.40 13.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.92 6.67 2.64 3.50 4.67 5.33 11.79 7.52 4.31 4.84

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 769 892 801 969 755 665 753 578 655 742

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.8

SE .................................................. 12.06 54.89 18.24 28.90 29.99 32.46 88.20 38.93 22.01 29.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 6.15 2.28 2.98 3.97 4.88 11.72 6.73 3.36 4.00

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 284 336 296 371 273 242 252 198 248 263

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

SE .................................................. 5.11 26.97 7.91 11.36 14.16 15.46 29.27 17.70 11.66 11.44

CV(%) ............................................. 1.80 8.03 2.68 3.06 5.18 6.40 11.63 8.92 4.71 4.35

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 247 287 262 314 257 223 228 169 203 232

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

SE .................................................. 4.50 20.77 5.97 11.69 10.70 14.33 25.38 15.31 7.62 11.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 7.24 2.28 3.72 4.16 6.44 11.14 9.05 3.75 4.87

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 108 117 111 135 98 96 106 90 94 106

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

SE .................................................. 2.73 12.00 3.77 6.38 6.95 6.35 19.26 7.74 4.20 6.24

CV(%) ............................................. 2.53 10.23 3.38 4.73 7.06 6.60 18.10 8.65 4.46 5.86

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 130 152 132 149 126 104 167 121 110 140

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

SE .................................................. 3.64 12.01 4.99 6.65 7.83 6.46 30.06 10.87 6.17 9.39

CV(%) ............................................. 2.80 7.91 3.78 4.46 6.20 6.20 18.00 8.97 5.58 6.70

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,419 1,595 1,491 1,800 1,405 1,181 1,305 1,263 1,158 1,409

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.5

SE .................................................. 22.77 84.68 33.30 72.47 49.75 42.29 125.92 89.38 38.48 49.57

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 5.31 2.23 4.03 3.54 3.58 9.65 7.08 3.32 3.52

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 155 155 163 234 125 110 102 128 134 154

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

SE .................................................. 10.26 13.31 17.59 46.05 8.26 6.91 13.88 10.60 7.35 12.61

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 8.58 10.81 19.70 6.59 6.31 13.62 8.26 5.48 8.20

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 111 133 111 131 106 91 118 91 101 115

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

SE .................................................. 2.70 12.12 3.03 5.81 6.32 5.02 15.29 10.44 4.75 6.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.42 9.14 2.72 4.45 5.94 5.53 12.91 11.50 4.68 5.63

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 726 817 773 929 754 599 679 632 567 715

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.8

SE .................................................. 11.98 48.88 19.13 32.48 31.79 25.38 76.84 52.58 24.58 26.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 5.98 2.48 3.50 4.21 4.24 11.32 8.32 4.33 3.68

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 374 406 389 432 372 339 371 379 306 394

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

SE .................................................. 7.60 28.12 10.24 16.41 14.83 15.01 42.78 36.56 11.68 18.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 6.92 2.63 3.80 3.98 4.43 11.54 9.64 3.82 4.69

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 52 83 55 74 47 42 35 33 50 30

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

SE .................................................. 2.69 13.25 3.71 6.40 4.37 4.81 6.14 5.69 4.46 4.34

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 15.91 6.73 8.62 9.26 11.31 17.48 17.38 8.89 14.33

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 3,008 3,734 3,490 4,629 3,009 2,543 2,684 2,687 1,930 2,207

Share .............................................. 5.4 4.8 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 4.5 5.4

SE .................................................. 46.82 281.66 61.77 113.32 109.60 148.66 288.98 148.33 81.89 94.08

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 7.54 1.77 2.45 3.64 5.85 10.77 5.52 4.24 4.26

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 515 725 603 840 474 408 567 437 367 274

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

SE .................................................. 21.77 111.25 26.37 55.56 41.11 49.16 76.53 62.49 41.07 25.14

CV(%) ............................................. 4.23 15.35 4.37 6.61 8.67 12.06 13.51 14.31 11.18 9.19

Housing

Mean .............................................. 18,409 23,419 19,960 24,919 18,047 15,918 15,403 15,189 14,947 14,318

Share .............................................. 32.9 30.0 32.4 31.6 33.3 34.4 30.8 31.5 35.2 35.1

SE .................................................. 196.17 758.83 214.89 452.69 270.34 380.15 430.09 300.00 295.35 361.89

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 3.24 1.08 1.82 1.50 2.39 2.79 1.98 1.98 2.53

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 10,742 14,233 11,800 14,760 10,715 9,525 8,902 8,492 8,169 8,200

Share .............................................. 19.2 18.2 19.1 18.7 19.7 20.6 17.8 17.6 19.2 20.1

SE .................................................. 126.16 560.11 140.17 278.33 222.31 312.43 301.66 206.12 233.96 264.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 3.94 1.19 1.89 2.07 3.28 3.39 2.43 2.86 3.22

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,210 9,396 6,764 9,528 5,689 4,112 4,897 4,519 5,146 3,878

Share .............................................. 11.1 12.0 11.0 12.1 10.5 8.9 9.8 9.4 12.1 9.5

SE .................................................. 85.72 469.00 95.66 220.05 217.31 199.87 364.39 182.45 167.84 206.54

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 4.99 1.41 2.31 3.82 4.86 7.44 4.04 3.26 5.33

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,859 4,353 3,461 4,944 2,868 1,994 2,432 2,397 1,226 1,865

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.3 5.3 4.3 4.9 5.0 2.9 4.6

SE .................................................. 57.41 293.26 76.17 143.24 108.87 108.71 264.88 120.99 76.55 113.00

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 6.74 2.20 2.90 3.80 5.45 10.89 5.05 6.24 6.06

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,913 3,030 1,946 2,769 1,521 1,236 1,550 1,324 2,014 1,135

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.9 3.2 3.5 2.8 2.7 3.1 2.7 4.7 2.8

SE .................................................. 37.37 179.70 38.34 64.03 56.74 73.39 103.72 62.01 78.35 70.56

CV(%) ............................................. 1.95 5.93 1.97 2.31 3.73 5.94 6.69 4.68 3.89 6.22

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,438 2,014 1,358 1,815 1,300 882 915 798 1,905 877

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 4.5 2.2

SE .................................................. 39.44 181.24 43.66 101.14 126.53 82.42 135.94 70.79 92.94 77.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.74 9.00 3.22 5.57 9.73 9.35 14.86 8.87 4.88 8.78

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,802 3,565 4,284 4,000 4,491 5,046 3,619 3,675 2,265 3,962

Share .............................................. 6.8 4.6 7.0 5.1 8.3 10.9 7.2 7.6 5.3 9.7

SE .................................................. 60.96 305.08 89.17 141.73 149.85 245.26 314.41 183.02 142.17 145.24

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 8.56 2.08 3.54 3.34 4.86 8.69 4.98 6.28 3.67

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 730 1,272 751 1,232 535 367 385 297 758 360

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.0 .8 .8 .6 1.8 .9

SE .................................................. 41.89 212.45 45.53 100.97 53.76 62.21 83.62 33.61 97.90 45.70

CV(%) ............................................. 5.74 16.70 6.06 8.19 10.05 16.96 21.72 11.30 12.91 12.69

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,885 4,388 4,034 4,469 3,837 3,573 3,843 3,796 3,551 3,481

Share .............................................. 6.9 5.6 6.5 5.7 7.1 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.4 8.5

SE .................................................. 32.01 96.97 31.45 60.89 44.31 64.20 133.34 85.85 58.87 79.39

CV(%) ............................................. .82 2.21 .78 1.36 1.15 1.80 3.47 2.26 1.66 2.28

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 421 508 430 511 399 351 374 370 427 336

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

SE .................................................. 13.47 39.58 13.71 18.30 17.65 15.51 32.79 26.17 22.29 17.69

CV(%) ............................................. 3.20 7.79 3.19 3.58 4.42 4.42 8.77 7.08 5.22 5.26

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,460 1,625 1,473 1,567 1,434 1,367 1,455 1,419 1,390 1,426

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.5

SE .................................................. 14.83 41.91 15.79 22.22 28.28 29.42 50.53 39.90 23.32 39.71

CV(%) ............................................. 1.02 2.58 1.07 1.42 1.97 2.15 3.47 2.81 1.68 2.78

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 116 190 102 121 86 74 94 122 157 90

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

SE .................................................. 8.36 25.58 8.12 16.62 9.86 16.63 30.74 30.09 21.98 13.89

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 13.43 8.00 13.71 11.49 22.46 32.58 24.72 13.96 15.41

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,347 1,416 1,483 1,643 1,417 1,311 1,421 1,384 1,047 1,145

Share .............................................. 2.4 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.8

SE .................................................. 12.96 42.21 14.54 27.43 21.99 29.09 60.64 36.49 20.95 29.78

CV(%) ............................................. .96 2.98 .98 1.67 1.55 2.22 4.27 2.64 2.00 2.60

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 324 352 279 320 260 247 248 243 487 280

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 1.1 .7

SE .................................................. 6.05 17.01 6.74 9.20 10.33 11.71 27.91 17.54 11.75 14.33

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 4.83 2.42 2.87 3.98 4.75 11.25 7.23 2.41 5.12

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 1,023 1,063 1,204 1,323 1,157 1,064 1,173 1,141 559 866

Share .............................................. 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 1.3 2.1

SE .................................................. 11.96 37.23 14.51 27.19 21.34 26.19 47.24 32.35 17.80 25.79

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 3.50 1.20 2.06 1.84 2.46 4.03 2.83 3.18 2.98

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 540 650 546 628 501 470 499 502 531 482

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

SE .................................................. 12.19 25.59 12.15 18.75 14.77 20.28 26.77 20.48 17.59 21.24

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 3.94 2.23 2.99 2.95 4.31 5.37 4.08 3.31 4.40

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,309 1,591 1,509 2,210 1,207 947 871 876 1,052 676

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 41.75 99.90 57.96 113.87 61.10 56.98 97.26 82.78 76.40 42.18

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 6.28 3.84 5.15 5.06 6.02 11.16 9.45 7.27 6.24

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 427 349 592 926 465 304 350 254 169 106

Share .............................................. .8 .4 1.0 1.2 .9 .7 .7 .5 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 27.29 53.55 41.90 83.69 51.55 41.27 83.85 60.15 68.20 26.62

CV(%) ............................................. 6.39 15.35 7.08 9.04 11.09 13.57 23.98 23.66 40.46 25.07

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 882 1,242 917 1,284 742 642 522 621 883 570

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

SE .................................................. 22.19 77.47 28.48 62.26 28.11 26.44 35.55 49.60 33.54 28.21

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 6.24 3.11 4.85 3.79 4.12 6.81 7.98 3.80 4.95

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 655 779 641 788 552 479 467 735 732 557

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 1.5 1.7 1.4

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

Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Housekeeping supplies

SE .................................................. 16.44 66.86 20.74 33.45 28.19 35.89 58.83 108.87 45.53 35.63

CV(%) ............................................. 2.51 8.59 3.24 4.24 5.11 7.49 12.60 14.81 6.22 6.39

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 156 217 155 177 139 131 116 184 142 151

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

SE .................................................. 5.03 25.58 6.84 10.16 11.88 10.69 17.82 23.34 10.71 10.73

CV(%) ............................................. 3.23 11.76 4.41 5.73 8.55 8.17 15.41 12.67 7.51 7.11

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 368 413 362 431 329 263 254 452 420 302

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .9 1.0 .7

SE .................................................. 12.20 43.45 15.94 24.84 20.64 23.72 35.49 111.28 34.72 22.50

CV(%) ............................................. 3.32 10.53 4.40 5.77 6.28 9.02 13.96 24.63 8.26 7.45

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 131 148 123 181 84 85 97 99 169 105

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

SE .................................................. 4.76 22.96 6.28 13.86 6.91 10.83 31.55 17.12 14.49 16.36

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 15.48 5.09 7.68 8.23 12.68 32.42 17.30 8.57 15.63

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,818 2,428 1,976 2,691 1,736 1,395 1,320 1,290 1,443 1,404

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.4

SE .................................................. 56.24 193.16 68.33 143.80 87.01 79.58 170.93 118.68 63.09 154.48

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 7.95 3.46 5.34 5.01 5.71 12.95 9.20 4.37 11.00

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 115 115 117 161 97 81 115 76 115 105

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

SE .................................................. 7.61 27.35 7.96 23.01 11.56 10.30 65.58 25.87 16.78 17.14

CV(%) ............................................. 6.63 23.86 6.79 14.26 11.89 12.69 57.11 34.13 14.61 16.34

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 502 733 579 787 490 404 386 413 302 345

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

SE .................................................. 26.87 124.37 34.62 63.19 55.51 47.12 66.98 58.90 28.89 41.02

CV(%) ............................................. 5.35 16.96 5.97 8.03 11.33 11.68 17.33 14.26 9.57 11.90

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 18 33 19 26 15 12 12 12 13 13

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

SE .................................................. 1.68 12.11 2.30 4.28 4.10 2.45 5.39 3.97 2.48 4.59

CV(%) ............................................. 9.45 36.67 12.25 16.20 26.50 19.96 43.29 32.10 19.00 35.43

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 268 370 267 294 255 260 235 216 257 243

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

SE .................................................. 11.89 67.71 15.83 26.29 23.58 28.71 42.42 24.47 21.61 21.72

CV(%) ............................................. 4.43 18.28 5.93 8.93 9.25 11.02 18.03 11.33 8.42 8.92

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 118 167 129 167 114 98 75 107 93 84

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

SE .................................................. 6.43 23.70 9.67 12.78 19.56 12.94 13.56 16.39 7.00 10.27

CV(%) ............................................. 5.47 14.20 7.53 7.66 17.18 13.18 18.04 15.37 7.50 12.19

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 798 1,010 865 1,255 765 539 496 466 663 614

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

SE .................................................. 34.52 113.71 42.71 100.67 61.49 36.87 102.04 57.28 49.22 128.16

CV(%) ............................................. 4.33 11.26 4.94 8.02 8.04 6.84 20.59 12.29 7.42 20.88

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,846 3,958 1,979 2,570 1,696 1,675 1,199 1,440 1,031 1,518

Share .............................................. 3.3 5.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.6 2.4 3.0 2.4 3.7

SE .................................................. 98.91 1,347.80 63.56 120.60 112.84 133.24 181.78 171.94 76.94 91.50

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 34.05 3.21 4.69 6.65 7.96 15.16 11.94 7.47 6.03

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 422 639 474 605 396 412 280 396 231 374

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

SE .................................................. 17.50 109.05 24.50 42.96 38.81 43.45 41.95 103.53 23.09 34.79

CV(%) ............................................. 4.15 17.07 5.17 7.10 9.81 10.54 15.01 26.16 9.99 9.30

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 331 508 365 471 291 302 229 338 209 284

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

SE .................................................. 15.29 102.72 21.90 40.00 34.23 41.37 36.44 96.86 21.82 36.48

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 20.21 6.01 8.48 11.76 13.72 15.95 28.70 10.46 12.83

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 91 131 110 134 104 110 51 58 22 90

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

SE .................................................. 4.98 28.90 7.27 12.76 15.06 12.77 13.02 8.81 4.55 12.07

CV(%) ............................................. 5.48 22.14 6.63 9.55 14.42 11.56 25.52 15.11 20.28 13.44

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 697 1,299 762 1,012 669 655 322 489 432 542

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 .6 1.0 1.0 1.3

SE .................................................. 37.37 426.42 30.29 60.39 60.86 70.63 84.09 68.96 58.24 39.23

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 32.84 3.97 5.97 9.09 10.79 26.08 14.09 13.49 7.24

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 596 1,142 645 879 550 562 199 398 411 419

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 .4 .8 1.0 1.0

SE .................................................. 36.53 434.77 29.34 56.15 56.67 70.79 61.19 69.03 57.84 32.88

CV(%) ............................................. 6.13 38.08 4.55 6.39 10.31 12.60 30.76 17.36 14.08 7.84

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 101 157 117 134 120 93 124 92 21 122

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

SE .................................................. 4.94 37.33 7.77 15.01 18.01 9.01 34.60 19.10 4.02 19.10

CV(%) ............................................. 4.87 23.80 6.63 11.23 15.05 9.70 28.00 20.79 19.19 15.60

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 83 88 97 94 126 85 53 87 18 108

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

SE .................................................. 7.12 37.66 8.54 14.82 27.81 14.14 15.79 30.11 6.71 32.31

CV(%) ............................................. 8.59 42.94 8.76 15.80 22.01 16.54 29.65 34.73 36.45 29.97

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 354 594 393 502 304 345 405 295 192 315

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

SE .................................................. 19.33 191.57 21.13 32.88 43.86 41.44 95.31 53.13 25.04 38.48

CV(%) ............................................. 5.46 32.26 5.38 6.55 14.45 12.02 23.52 18.03 13.07 12.22

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 291 1,340 252 357 201 178 139 173 158 179

Share .............................................. .5 1.7 .4 .5 .4 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 46.88 754.74 14.94 32.30 21.84 16.07 21.20 25.94 14.12 31.44

CV(%) ............................................. 16.13 56.34 5.92 9.05 10.85 9.04 15.30 14.95 8.96 17.57

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,503 11,643 10,865 12,860 10,118 8,545 10,818 9,438 6,838 6,401

Share .............................................. 17.0 14.9 17.6 16.3 18.6 18.4 21.7 19.5 16.1 15.7

SE .................................................. 218.03 972.16 312.59 452.19 500.10 502.38 1,433.70 862.55 348.53 400.76

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 8.35 2.88 3.52 4.94 5.88 13.25 9.14 5.10 6.26

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,997 4,302 4,741 5,669 4,445 3,579 5,011 3,956 2,614 2,566

Share .............................................. 7.1 5.5 7.7 7.2 8.2 7.7 10.0 8.2 6.2 6.3

SE .................................................. 187.87 692.68 268.40 389.54 410.45 430.93 1,378.11 776.86 275.40 349.72

CV(%) ............................................. 4.70 16.10 5.66 6.87 9.23 12.04 27.50 19.64 10.54 13.63

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,956 2,884 2,221 2,927 1,916 1,572 2,435 1,355 1,689 773

Share .............................................. 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.9 2.8 4.0 1.9

SE .................................................. 126.00 631.16 179.43 268.45 276.56 326.30 1,004.32 457.68 231.48 161.96

CV(%) ............................................. 6.44 21.88 8.08 9.17 14.43 20.76 41.25 33.78 13.71 20.95

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,982 1,347 2,445 2,692 2,378 1,969 2,545 2,524 899 1,768

Share .............................................. 3.5 1.7 4.0 3.4 4.4 4.2 5.1 5.2 2.1 4.3

SE .................................................. 96.92 251.59 145.26 290.66 245.74 232.72 552.11 428.23 124.94 276.07

CV(%) ............................................. 4.89 18.68 5.94 10.80 10.33 11.82 21.69 16.97 13.89 15.61

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 59 71 76 51 151 38 31 78 26 25

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

SE .................................................. 10.84 47.51 15.97 20.30 45.07 27.09 21.40 46.50 15.32 18.06

CV(%) ............................................. 18.44 66.87 21.00 40.14 29.92 70.48 69.69 59.99 59.66 73.13

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,090 2,497 2,364 2,500 2,271 2,098 2,687 2,445 1,420 1,653

Share .............................................. 3.7 3.2 3.8 3.2 4.2 4.5 5.4 5.1 3.3 4.1

SE .................................................. 24.17 84.93 27.40 35.78 41.52 60.13 109.69 68.39 35.17 46.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.16 3.40 1.16 1.43 1.83 2.87 4.08 2.80 2.48 2.80

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,756 3,788 3,028 3,556 2,875 2,385 2,769 2,732 2,278 1,811

Share .............................................. 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.5 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.4

SE .................................................. 57.92 410.03 77.76 105.57 157.91 157.73 569.29 240.91 149.27 174.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.10 10.82 2.57 2.97 5.49 6.61 20.56 8.82 6.55 9.65

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 216 220 269 308 261 210 262 252 100 148

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

SE .................................................. 5.50 30.02 7.59 12.31 13.33 15.36 32.62 18.59 8.18 11.80

CV(%) ............................................. 2.54 13.67 2.82 3.99 5.11 7.33 12.46 7.36 8.20 7.97

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 837 1,248 925 1,103 848 733 815 860 665 516

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

SE .................................................. 23.03 250.70 24.00 40.77 42.48 42.60 64.78 55.45 41.23 26.40

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Maintenance and repairs

CV(%) ............................................. 2.75 20.09 2.59 3.70 5.01 5.81 7.95 6.45 6.20 5.11

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,079 1,473 1,108 1,166 1,111 916 1,328 1,166 1,064 821

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.0

SE .................................................. 54.06 304.07 68.87 80.84 151.98 135.04 553.50 215.54 151.98 161.87

CV(%) ............................................. 5.01 20.64 6.22 6.93 13.69 14.75 41.68 18.48 14.28 19.71

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 624 848 726 979 655 526 364 453 449 326

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

SE .................................................. 23.68 81.74 31.31 52.69 43.75 52.56 52.31 56.45 49.68 33.30

CV(%) ............................................. 3.79 9.64 4.31 5.38 6.68 9.99 14.37 12.46 11.06 10.21

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 661 1,056 731 1,135 527 484 351 306 526 370

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.0 .7 .6 1.2 .9

SE .................................................. 25.32 129.90 31.02 69.55 35.53 38.26 53.54 56.12 47.14 40.02

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 12.31 4.24 6.13 6.74 7.91 15.25 18.36 8.96 10.81

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,342 5,871 4,001 5,067 3,600 2,955 3,208 3,197 5,811 3,092

Share .............................................. 7.8 7.5 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.6 13.7 7.6

SE .................................................. 58.11 217.66 71.02 84.46 136.56 114.88 253.34 195.28 124.99 170.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 3.71 1.78 1.67 3.79 3.89 7.90 6.11 2.15 5.52

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,977 3,965 2,792 3,495 2,555 2,083 2,180 2,250 3,939 2,002

Share .............................................. 5.3 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.7 9.3 4.9

SE .................................................. 38.63 156.05 47.44 58.24 101.45 85.85 157.20 147.65 84.07 105.21

CV(%) ............................................. 1.30 3.94 1.70 1.67 3.97 4.12 7.21 6.56 2.13 5.26

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 791 1,150 738 966 644 528 601 542 977 603

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 2.3 1.5

SE .................................................. 34.90 121.08 33.08 52.75 43.49 50.86 99.23 79.55 70.80 112.98

CV(%) ............................................. 4.41 10.53 4.48 5.46 6.75 9.64 16.51 14.67 7.24 18.73

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 425 559 341 433 296 255 321 285 676 375

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .6 .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 1.6 .9

SE .................................................. 10.07 51.92 11.08 22.87 14.08 18.62 63.23 20.87 26.76 24.11

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 9.29 3.25 5.28 4.75 7.31 19.69 7.32 3.96 6.43

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 149 197 130 173 105 90 106 119 219 112

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

SE .................................................. 5.79 27.75 6.08 8.84 9.10 8.28 40.95 20.57 21.27 11.64

CV(%) ............................................. 3.89 14.06 4.69 5.12 8.70 9.24 38.75 17.24 9.72 10.39

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,842 3,967 2,998 4,081 2,400 2,173 1,952 2,398 2,525 2,121

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.2 4.4 4.7 3.9 5.0 5.9 5.2

SE .................................................. 65.23 385.63 80.26 145.65 74.44 106.47 178.68 199.61 186.21 91.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.30 9.72 2.68 3.57 3.10 4.90 9.15 8.33 7.37 4.32

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 652 865 754 1,186 572 399 301 413 450 400

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

SE .................................................. 25.16 73.82 32.45 68.86 28.42 27.55 30.21 44.95 41.89 35.18

CV(%) ............................................. 3.86 8.53 4.30 5.80 4.97 6.90 10.05 10.88 9.31 8.80

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,084 1,267 1,117 1,287 1,015 986 937 1,051 993 985

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4

SE .................................................. 12.71 89.00 16.26 25.25 20.35 36.85 59.33 81.07 19.19 46.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 7.02 1.46 1.96 2.00 3.74 6.33 7.71 1.93 4.76

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 653 1,132 654 885 567 453 521 448 604 513

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

SE .................................................. 23.92 225.75 23.95 54.41 43.50 37.77 100.98 44.24 53.16 55.18

CV(%) ............................................. 3.66 19.94 3.66 6.15 7.68 8.34 19.39 9.88 8.80 10.76

Pets

Mean .............................................. 528 950 522 696 462 355 450 368 521 384

Share .............................................. .9 1.2 .8 .9 .9 .8 .9 .8 1.2 .9

SE .................................................. 23.54 217.04 22.12 47.63 41.34 32.12 100.20 42.05 48.26 51.01

CV(%) ............................................. 4.46 22.85 4.24 6.85 8.95 9.04 22.27 11.43 9.27 13.28

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 125 182 132 190 105 98 71 80 84 129

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

SE .................................................. 5.89 40.17 9.92 21.89 12.09 17.45 21.98 18.24 10.66 18.00

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

CV(%) ............................................. 4.71 22.04 7.53 11.53 11.54 17.87 30.94 22.75 12.74 13.97

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 453 703 473 722 246 335 194 485 478 224

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

SE .................................................. 48.87 228.51 62.27 121.61 33.07 83.62 95.65 171.40 153.82 39.10

CV(%) ............................................. 10.79 32.52 13.16 16.83 13.42 24.97 49.43 35.31 32.18 17.44

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 683 856 745 1,010 641 541 460 530 568 503

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

SE .................................................. 10.80 72.18 16.55 32.73 36.24 25.82 41.86 40.35 26.56 32.70

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 8.43 2.22 3.24 5.66 4.77 9.10 7.61 4.67 6.50

Reading

Mean .............................................. 114 113 106 167 66 69 53 70 171 68

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

SE .................................................. 5.22 12.48 5.72 10.51 5.36 9.26 11.27 17.84 18.42 10.50

CV(%) ............................................. 4.57 11.03 5.39 6.31 8.07 13.41 21.38 25.36 10.76 15.37

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,315 1,916 1,639 2,372 1,207 985 1,560 1,150 214 1,180

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.2 2.1 3.1 2.4 .5 2.9

SE .................................................. 79.53 262.69 117.52 196.69 147.45 121.79 1,055.93 400.05 48.78 153.89

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 13.71 7.17 8.29 12.22 12.36 67.70 34.78 22.75 13.05

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 349 353 347 252 392 367 516 492 225 534

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .6 .3 .7 .8 1.0 1.0 .5 1.3

SE .................................................. 11.39 38.62 13.66 16.96 22.60 26.34 66.89 36.86 16.07 38.34

CV(%) ............................................. 3.26 10.95 3.94 6.72 5.77 7.18 12.96 7.49 7.15 7.18

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 871 1,528 914 1,126 765 822 724 706 788 515

Share .............................................. 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.3

SE .................................................. 45.65 195.26 53.36 103.83 99.05 143.74 112.98 98.42 90.58 79.21

CV(%) ............................................. 5.24 12.78 5.84 9.22 12.95 17.49 15.61 13.94 11.49 15.38

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,819 2,948 1,797 2,640 1,361 1,138 1,167 1,129 2,140 961

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.8 2.9 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 5.0 2.4

SE .................................................. 68.39 299.30 72.98 157.93 93.18 97.98 117.24 97.95 162.47 104.02

CV(%) ............................................. 3.76 10.15 4.06 5.98 6.84 8.61 10.05 8.67 7.59 10.82

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 6,349 12,452 8,035 11,407 6,503 4,752 5,769 5,969 1,588 2,972

Share .............................................. 11.3 15.9 13.0 14.5 12.0 10.3 11.6 12.4 3.7 7.3

SE .................................................. 116.57 516.88 137.51 261.73 244.78 165.95 294.52 428.96 168.90 198.79

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 4.15 1.71 2.29 3.76 3.49 5.11 7.19 10.63 6.69

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 333 858 313 464 234 176 204 232 353 157

Share .............................................. .6 1.1 .5 .6 .4 .4 .4 .5 .8 .4

SE .................................................. 24.46 239.80 19.71 37.03 19.89 17.40 43.27 24.40 85.51 17.24

CV(%) ............................................. 7.35 27.96 6.29 7.98 8.50 9.87 21.26 10.52 24.22 11.00

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 6,016 11,595 7,722 10,943 6,269 4,575 5,565 5,737 1,235 2,816

Share .............................................. 10.7 14.8 12.5 13.9 11.6 9.9 11.1 11.9 2.9 6.9

SE .................................................. 113.55 474.87 135.10 262.55 245.53 161.50 283.07 421.10 141.39 189.56

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 4.10 1.75 2.40 3.92 3.53 5.09 7.34 11.45 6.73

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $69,627 $110,918 $82,008 $111,909 $67,902 $53,779 $63,869 $62,406 $38,947 $40,449

SE .................................................. 871.92 4,758.58 1,003.82 1,939.71 1,253.30 1,575.97 2,402.63 2,792.11 904.95 1,736.07

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 4.29 1.22 1.73 1.85 2.93 3.76 4.47 2.32 4.29

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 54,405 59,396 75,111 104,633 61,531 46,826 59,110 54,806 7,629 27,735

Share .............................................. 78.1 53.5 91.6 93.5 90.6 87.1 92.5 87.8 19.6 68.6

SE .................................................. 851.84 2,940.61 1,010.56 1,928.75 1,217.47 1,309.51 2,208.64 1,740.05 417.49 1,488.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 4.95 1.35 1.84 1.98 2.80 3.74 3.17 5.47 5.37

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 4,363 41,577 2,261 2,707 2,197 1,635 1,361 2,275 676 2,091

Share .............................................. 6.3 37.5 2.8 2.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 3.6 1.7 5.2

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Self-employment income

SE .................................................. 231.97 2,341.33 249.24 444.19 411.80 310.11 398.40 1,243.43 164.01 356.97

CV(%) ............................................. 5.32 5.63 11.02 16.41 18.74 18.97 29.26 54.65 24.27 17.07

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 7,801 5,150 2,522 2,540 2,208 2,811 2,188 2,858 26,171 6,221

Share .............................................. 11.2 4.6 3.1 2.3 3.3 5.2 3.4 4.6 67.2 15.4

SE .................................................. 172.97 851.22 127.21 214.90 195.03 248.96 458.32 349.66 639.32 405.73

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 16.53 5.04 8.46 8.83 8.86 20.94 12.24 2.44 6.52

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,737 3,543 1,162 1,313 940 1,160 451 1,458 3,504 965

Share .............................................. 2.5 3.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 2.2 .7 2.3 9.0 2.4

SE .................................................. 140.39 737.99 151.87 178.46 163.86 439.99 239.15 809.56 361.17 271.45

CV(%) ............................................. 8.08 20.83 13.07 13.59 17.44 37.94 52.97 55.52 10.31 28.12

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP)

Mean .............................................. 568 303 358 157 412 672 266 442 328 1,930

Share .............................................. .8 .3 .4 .1 .6 1.3 .4 .7 .8 4.8

SE .................................................. 23.66 49.49 22.74 19.99 52.04 60.10 52.46 60.90 32.23 109.60

CV(%) ............................................. 4.17 16.32 6.36 12.73 12.62 8.94 19.73 13.77 9.84 5.68

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 432 597 317 312 317 328 273 335 458 820

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .4 .3 .5 .6 .4 .5 1.2 2.0

SE .................................................. 30.78 203.86 26.87 36.34 42.85 49.34 96.19 96.62 69.45 91.21

CV(%) ............................................. 7.12 34.15 8.47 11.63 13.51 15.06 35.21 28.80 15.15 11.12

Other income

Mean .............................................. 320 353 277 247 296 348 218 230 181 686

Share .............................................. .5 .3 .3 .2 .4 .6 .3 .4 .5 1.7

SE .................................................. 26.13 110.74 25.57 37.60 51.29 53.25 72.47 49.62 34.38 96.90

CV(%) ............................................. 8.16 31.41 9.24 15.20 17.33 15.31 33.24 21.53 18.95 14.12

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 9,178 21,296 11,695 19,538 8,137 4,366 6,433 6,257 1,899 3,048

Share .............................................. 13.2 19.2 14.3 17.5 12.0 8.1 10.1 10.0 4.9 7.5

SE .................................................. 295.70 2,194.59 351.43 698.50 342.33 320.73 507.41 774.57 160.46 454.94

CV(%) ............................................. 3.22 10.30 3.00 3.58 4.21 7.35 7.89 12.38 8.45 14.93

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 7,111 17,091 9,034 15,420 6,072 3,148 4,677 4,647 1,506 2,167

Share .............................................. 10.2 15.4 11.0 13.8 8.9 5.9 7.3 7.4 3.9 5.4

SE .................................................. 221.98 1,700.95 278.93 566.56 268.10 263.24 381.18 729.86 124.28 352.85

CV(%) ............................................. 3.12 9.95 3.09 3.67 4.42 8.36 8.15 15.71 8.25 16.28

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,997 4,135 2,603 4,062 1,989 1,169 1,714 1,563 342 734

Share .............................................. 2.9 3.7 3.2 3.6 2.9 2.2 2.7 2.5 .9 1.8

SE .................................................. 96.48 530.11 110.63 176.06 103.37 80.14 171.36 117.32 45.19 80.38

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 12.82 4.25 4.33 5.20 6.85 10.00 7.50 13.20 10.96

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 70 71 58 57 75 49 43 47 50 147

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

SE .................................................. 19.68 18.85 12.94 12.62 33.64 14.01 12.16 19.55 14.15 119.15

CV(%) ............................................. 28.14 26.63 22.17 22.31 44.57 28.81 28.43 41.87 28.08 80.97

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 60,448 89,622 70,312 92,371 59,765 49,413 57,436 56,149 37,048 37,401

Share .............................................. 86.8 80.8 85.7 82.5 88.0 91.9 89.9 90.0 95.1 92.5

SE .................................................. 634.35 3,299.89 706.30 1,347.94 958.56 1,310.95 1,953.11 2,085.75 786.81 1,384.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 3.68 1.00 1.46 1.60 2.65 3.40 3.71 2.12 3.70

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $6,937 $20,932 $6,365 $11,352 $3,220 $3,689 - $485 $2,868 $9,097 $187

SE .................................................. 1,479.63 8,850.58 1,955.55 3,752.94 2,139.44 2,279.73 5,459.48 4,256.27 2,932.48 2,191.16

CV(%) ............................................. 21.33 42.28 30.72 33.06 66.45 61.79 -1,125.89 148.42 32.23 1,173.62

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,442 30,918 17,501 27,832 11,685 10,663 6,715 9,446 11,651 4,933

SE .................................................. 1,446.39 8,685.35 1,898.84 3,625.14 1,793.69 2,447.66 6,843.41 3,465.21 2,780.58 1,758.77

CV(%) ............................................. 9.37 28.09 10.85 13.03 15.35 22.95 101.92 36.69 23.87 35.65

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 8,504 9,986 11,136 16,480 8,465 6,974 7,200 6,578 2,553 4,747

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Net change in total liabilities

SE .................................................. 685.63 3,706.79 978.18 1,701.34 1,835.99 1,426.12 3,412.73 2,414.29 957.11 1,061.95

CV(%) ............................................. 8.06 37.12 8.78 10.32 21.69 20.45 47.40 36.70 37.48 22.37

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 766 3,457 567 942 363 407 52 138 572 702

SE .................................................. 181.72 2,201.44 173.59 411.81 100.25 158.65 43.47 63.43 134.04 436.06

CV(%) ............................................. 23.72 63.68 30.59 43.71 27.59 38.97 84.09 46.05 23.42 62.13

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,757 -3,110 -2,003 -2,823 -1,583 -1,325 -1,593 -1,319 -1,115 -983

SE .................................................. 43.10 330.08 45.26 89.76 73.39 96.13 223.98 81.67 74.78 63.87

CV(%) ............................................. -2.45 -10.61 -2.26 -3.18 -4.63 -7.26 -14.06 -6.19 -6.70 -6.50

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 162,749 266,352 157,315 227,903 120,203 99,117 112,436 105,195 186,676 106,896

SE .................................................. 3,202.93 13,615.97 3,427.58 7,855.87 3,944.16 5,253.21 7,682.84 6,858.75 7,038.64 5,576.90

CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 5.11 2.18 3.45 3.28 5.30 6.83 6.52 3.77 5.22

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 930 1,369 915 1,239 756 633 745 660 1,060 617

SE .................................................. 11.23 55.19 12.66 26.69 20.00 26.95 41.17 33.32 23.07 28.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.21 4.03 1.38 2.15 2.65 4.26 5.52 5.05 2.18 4.60

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,249 2,361 1,330 1,893 1,086 740 749 1,196 1,001 763

SE .................................................. 72.43 710.61 75.11 137.85 115.69 65.18 153.22 384.28 107.37 94.19

CV(%) ............................................. 5.80 30.10 5.65 7.28 10.65 8.81 20.45 32.13 10.73 12.35

Food

Mean .............................................. 91 61 110 189 70 46 27 82 62 67

SE .................................................. 10.60 11.97 17.76 43.79 10.50 16.57 9.91 40.35 8.32 17.67

CV(%) ............................................. 11.60 19.57 16.15 23.17 15.09 35.87 36.60 49.40 13.35 26.27

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 15 6 18 25 17 10 34 6 11 6

SE .................................................. 2.38 2.45 3.79 5.21 8.33 5.46 32.54 3.17 3.17 2.21

CV(%) ............................................. 16.44 38.13 20.49 20.68 48.70 54.36 96.04 56.73 27.69 36.67

Housing

Mean .............................................. 244 276 254 366 194 154 217 187 258 172

SE .................................................. 16.51 61.74 20.18 37.17 30.11 23.64 65.49 41.19 37.28 27.00

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 22.34 7.95 10.16 15.53 15.35 30.18 22.05 14.46 15.66

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 30 31 25 33 23 22 13 13 45 30

SE .................................................. 3.75 11.07 2.77 3.38 5.89 7.22 5.83 3.34 11.37 9.85

CV(%) ............................................. 12.38 35.17 10.98 10.17 25.63 32.52 43.90 26.23 25.08 32.88

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 8 1 9 18 7 3 1 1 9 4

SE .................................................. 1.99 1.12 3.09 8.15 2.69 3.26 .78 .41 3.91 1.53

CV(%) ............................................. 25.36 91.76 33.33 46.36 38.32 111.79 101.80 64.98 43.68 43.32

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 22 22 24 38 20 8 10 21 18 17

SE .................................................. 3.33 8.77 3.91 7.15 5.97 2.01 6.49 10.97 3.56 8.41

CV(%) ............................................. 15.44 40.73 16.30 18.91 30.17 25.40 66.22 52.32 20.25 50.38

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 8 4 9 12 10 5 1 5 10 3

SE .................................................. 1.33 2.34 1.97 3.44 5.10 1.79 1.02 2.98 3.04 2.70

CV(%) ............................................. 16.73 59.07 22.37 29.80 49.72 37.17 75.98 57.03 31.24 80.10

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 14 18 15 26 10 3 8 16 8 13

SE .................................................. 2.56 8.54 3.08 6.59 3.22 1.11 6.39 10.44 1.75 7.95

CV(%) ............................................. 18.79 48.61 20.25 25.10 33.79 36.03 75.59 66.27 22.28 59.72

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 48 41 55 74 53 35 52 32 44 25

SE .................................................. 5.88 17.02 8.63 11.97 21.30 11.01 43.40 13.79 8.13 5.71

CV(%) ............................................. 12.34 41.23 15.66 16.24 40.43 31.56 83.22 42.98 18.31 22.78

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 137 181 140 204 91 86 141 120 141 97

SE .................................................. 11.84 53.49 14.63 30.40 14.07 19.91 47.29 37.74 34.22 23.17

CV(%) ............................................. 8.64 29.58 10.43 14.93 15.40 23.11 33.54 31.35 24.20 23.84

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 253 872 240 310 212 203 162 154 169 162

SE .................................................. 41.42 653.61 20.10 41.83 36.49 32.49 45.99 32.70 27.21 37.52

CV(%) ............................................. 16.36 74.94 8.38 13.51 17.24 16.04 28.36 21.24 16.13 23.09

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 59 64 67 99 48 59 18 30 53 33

SE .................................................. 5.17 26.00 7.37 11.51 12.75 18.88 13.52 13.25 12.08 6.53

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, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Selfemployed

workers

Wage and salary earners

Retired

All other,

including

not

reporting

Total

wage and

salary

earners

Managers

and

professionals

Technical,

sales and

clerical

workers

Service

workers

Construction

workers and

mechanics

Operators,

fabricators

and

laborers

Males, 2 and over

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 40.43 11.08 11.63 26.55 32.12 74.49 44.46 22.63 20.06

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 64 75 67 76 51 69 54 74 58 57

SE .................................................. 6.50 42.84 8.28 15.29 12.68 16.39 37.69 22.20 15.12 14.97

CV(%) ............................................. 10.15 57.13 12.40 20.14 25.00 23.75 70.27 30.12 26.10 26.39

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 40 20 47 41 78 35 40 24 11 59

SE .................................................. 6.15 8.21 8.20 12.98 30.88 8.26 15.06 10.69 2.91 29.86

CV(%) ............................................. 15.25 40.69 17.32 31.99 39.40 23.77 37.80 43.89 25.33 50.63

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 90 713 59 94 35 40 51 26 46 14

SE .................................................. 36.86 634.51 9.73 22.77 9.08 12.37 22.82 8.93 12.45 4.32

CV(%) ............................................. 40.90 89.02 16.41 24.17 26.32 30.92 45.13 34.26 27.15 30.35

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 60 682 25 43 18 8 3 14 14 1

SE .................................................. 36.32 633.64 6.84 16.46 7.15 3.72 1.41 7.04 5.18 .41

CV(%) ............................................. 60.72 92.92 27.16 37.94 39.59 44.30 50.19 51.45 36.54 40.24

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 30 31 34 51 16 32 48 12 32 13

SE .................................................. 4.71 10.81 7.13 14.44 5.77 11.98 22.90 6.55 11.05 4.40

CV(%) ............................................. 15.53 35.02 20.89 28.42 35.09 37.90 47.96 52.91 34.90 33.21

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 139 356 135 148 199 62 54 100 122 83

SE .................................................. 19.81 145.14 24.39 32.60 82.32 19.29 21.73 43.95 33.16 37.02

CV(%) ............................................. 14.25 40.78 18.04 22.03 41.40 31.35 40.26 43.88 27.11 44.47

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 34 83 22 36 15 17 4 7 76 6

SE .................................................. 7.46 59.21 2.98 8.87 4.40 9.08 3.00 2.39 33.31 2.01

CV(%) ............................................. 21.84 71.75 13.39 24.65 29.90 54.97 67.28 36.29 43.62 35.24

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 95 123 94 122 87 60 67 85 95 85

SE .................................................. 8.69 38.34 7.95 13.73 18.00 8.79 52.93 24.66 26.48 23.65

CV(%) ............................................. 9.17 31.16 8.47 11.26 20.76 14.71 79.22 28.88 27.73 27.82

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 29 36 27 37 27 17 4 21 33 31

SE .................................................. 3.80 14.44 4.28 8.67 8.28 5.86 2.39 9.36 7.91 9.17

CV(%) ............................................. 12.97 40.34 15.84 23.18 30.89 34.82 61.11 43.72 24.15 29.53

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 66 87 67 85 60 43 63 64 63 54

SE .................................................. 6.83 35.86 7.12 10.45 14.91 7.17 53.00 18.31 21.49 19.72

CV(%) ............................................. 10.42 41.10 10.65 12.36 24.90 16.69 84.27 28.63 34.26 36.54

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 16 24 19 37 6 7 8 19 13 5

SE .................................................. 2.82 10.64 4.09 9.82 3.90 2.71 4.40 13.32 3.68 1.59

CV(%) ............................................. 17.26 44.27 21.04 26.58 63.05 38.74 55.66 71.82 28.61 29.23

Reading

Mean .............................................. 6 12 5 7 6 4 2 2 7 2

SE .................................................. .85 4.01 .97 1.81 2.24 2.02 1.26 .95 2.25 .80

CV(%) ............................................. 14.81 34.63 17.66 25.28 34.94 53.29 52.65 59.44 31.52 37.47

Education

Mean .............................................. 278 444 359 565 226 104 141 485 86 122

SE .................................................. 34.06 131.36 55.73 103.52 61.12 32.51 91.66 364.79 37.20 42.92

CV(%) ............................................. 12.24 29.56 15.52 18.33 27.03 31.40 65.05 75.15 43.09 35.25

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 77 103 73 89 55 75 33 70 100 51

SE .................................................. 5.85 26.02 6.68 11.43 11.79 25.50 13.04 21.83 17.04 11.85

CV(%) ............................................. 7.59 25.14 9.17 12.86 21.59 34.12 39.74 31.06 17.02 23.23

1 Value is too small to display.

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