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

Surveys, 2022

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)1......................... 134,090 9,620 80,867 35,226 18,976 16,771 3,528 6,366 29,420 14,184 

Consumer unit characteristics:

 Income before taxes

 Mean ............................................. $94,003 $147,179 $111,763 $149,604 $88,233 $77,509 $89,189 $75,253 $48,780 $50,490 

 SE ................................................. 1,231.08 6,192.45 1,480.93 2,491.72 2,283.32 1,647.43 5,060.06 2,864.38 1,147.52 2,508.68 

 RSE............................................... 1.31 4.21 1.33 1.67 2.59 2.13 5.67 3.81 2.35 4.97 

 Income after taxes

 Mean ............................................. 83,195 122,312 97,342 124,795 79,970 72,511 82,283 70,975 47,815 49,389 

 SE ................................................. 960.32 5,043.13 1,101.37 1,845.20 1,818.97 1,380.31 4,171.78 2,399.47 1,030.20 1,973.11 

 RSE............................................... 1.15 4.12 1.13 1.48 2.27 1.90 5.07 3.38 2.15 4.00 

 Age of reference person................................................... 52.1 51.4 44.9 45.1 44.3 45.0 42.6 46.9 73.7 48.7 

 Average number in consumer unit:

 People ........................................................................... 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.7 1.7 2.8 

 Children under 18.......................................................... .6 .7 .7 .7 .6 .7 .8 .7 ( 2 ) .9 

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

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

 Vehicles......................................................................... 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.4 

Percent distribution:

 Reference person:

 Men ............................................................................... 49 60 52 49 48 49 87 74 44 31 

 Women.......................................................................... 51 40 48 51 52 51 13 26 56 69 

 Housing tenure:

 Homeowner................................................................... 65 70 63 70 58 55 58 58 79 46 

 With mortgage............................................................ 38 41 46 55 42 37 33 36 23 23 

 Without mortgage....................................................... 27 29 17 16 16 18 25 22 56 23 

 Renter............................................................................ 35 30 37 30 42 45 42 42 21 54 

 Race of reference person:

 Black or African-American ............................................ 13 10 14 11 14 21 6 16 10 16 

 White, Asian, and all other races, not including

 Black or African-American ......................................... 87 90 86 89 86 79 94 84 90 84 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

 Hispanic or Latino ......................................................... 15 16 16 10 15 23 36 23 7 20 

 Not Hispanic or Latino................................................... 85 84 84 90 85 77 64 77 93 80 

 Education of reference person:

 Elementary (1-8) ........................................................... 3 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 5 2 7 

 High school (9-12)......................................................... 28 24 24 9 28 36 43 50 32 45 

 College .......................................................................... 69 71 74 91 71 60 49 44 65 48 

 Never attended and other ............................................. ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased .............................. 89 90 92 94 90 88 94 90 88 75 

Average annual expenditures

 Mean ............................................. $72,967 $96,511 $80,071 $98,907 $68,589 $63,354 $70,607 $59,032 $54,975 $53,974 

 SE ................................................. 902.42 3,531.33 946.40 1,423.37 1,406.56 1,699.06 3,376.68 1,978.98 1,679.57 1,872.88 

 RSE............................................... 1.24 3.66 1.18 1.44 2.05 2.68 4.78 3.35 3.06 3.47 

 Food

 Mean ............................................. 9,343 11,134 10,035 11,829 8,895 8,428 9,378 7,949 7,350 8,397 

 Share............................................. 12.8 11.5 12.5 12.0 13.0 13.3 13.3 13.5 13.4 15.6 

 SE ................................................. 125.98 477.82 189.94 318.87 324.40 353.10 596.20 546.95 184.52 469.83 

 RSE............................................... 1.35 4.29 1.89 2.70 3.65 4.19 6.36 6.88 2.51 5.59 

 Food at home

 Mean ............................................. 5,703 6,516 5,876 6,610 5,273 5,474 5,405 4,898 4,938 5,779 

 Share............................................. 7.8 6.8 7.3 6.7 7.7 8.6 7.7 8.3 9.0 10.7 

 SE ................................................. 89.92 331.46 123.16 178.25 206.67 266.03 348.47 345.34 114.26 420.77 

 RSE............................................... 1.58 5.09 2.10 2.70 3.92 4.86 6.45 7.05 2.31 7.28 

 Cereals and bakery products

 Mean ............................................. 712 804 731 815 674 698 631 580 623 725 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.30 43.91 19.83 25.70 31.76 42.29 56.16 52.98 17.59 55.48 

 RSE............................................... 2.15 5.46 2.71 3.15 4.72 6.05 8.90 9.13 2.82 7.65 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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 ............................................. 215 249 227 255 202 214 206 186 161 237 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.08 17.67 8.17 10.74 12.55 16.89 29.39 23.39 5.54 23.92 

 RSE............................................... 2.83 7.10 3.60 4.20 6.21 7.88 14.30 12.60 3.44 10.08 

 Bakery products

 Mean ............................................. 497 555 505 560 471 484 426 394 463 488 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.16 32.49 14.58 19.40 24.08 29.09 33.98 32.99 14.50 36.00 

 RSE............................................... 2.25 5.85 2.89 3.47 5.11 6.01 7.98 8.36 3.13 7.38 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 Mean ............................................. 1,216 1,324 1,239 1,315 1,104 1,299 1,173 1,116 1,077 1,297 

 Share............................................. 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.4 

 SE ................................................. 25.95 112.07 32.05 55.77 57.93 76.27 96.91 104.14 43.60 118.87 

 RSE............................................... 2.13 8.46 2.59 4.24 5.25 5.87 8.26 9.33 4.05 9.16 

 Beef

 Mean ............................................. 317 302 327 321 296 365 358 341 283 347 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.70 33.27 13.77 19.15 23.41 43.70 52.75 77.25 24.75 54.91 

 RSE............................................... 4.00 11.01 4.22 5.97 7.92 11.98 14.74 22.68 8.76 15.83 

 Pork

 Mean ............................................. 246 ( 3 ) 243 258 228 241 226 218 229 267 

 Share............................................. .3 ( 3 ) .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .5 

 SE ................................................. 8.85 ( 3 ) 10.30 17.84 17.82 23.21 27.49 30.17 16.88 31.17 

 RSE............................................... 3.59 ( 3 ) 4.24 6.92 7.81 9.62 12.18 13.81 7.38 11.68 

 Other meats

 Mean ............................................. 167 173 168 190 149 158 148 134 147 204 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.49 15.94 6.00 11.64 11.12 15.03 20.68 20.75 9.19 28.72 

 RSE............................................... 3.87 9.19 3.58 6.11 7.47 9.54 13.99 15.48 6.25 14.11 

 Poultry

 Mean ............................................. 215 233 228 244 214 238 169 200 164 229 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.35 17.56 8.27 10.22 18.89 18.25 27.74 22.60 6.20 19.18 

 RSE............................................... 2.49 7.52 3.62 4.19 8.82 7.68 16.41 11.31 3.79 8.38 

 Fish and seafood

 Mean ............................................. 183 204 184 205 140 209 186 143 180 166 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.84 26.90 15.42 32.35 14.48 25.43 29.98 19.14 12.45 15.02 

 RSE............................................... 5.39 13.21 8.36 15.82 10.34 12.15 16.08 13.39 6.93 9.06 

 Eggs

 Mean ............................................. 87 110 89 97 78 89 86 80 75 85 

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

 SE ................................................. 2.16 9.73 2.97 4.47 5.21 8.34 10.70 11.68 3.51 6.02 

 RSE............................................... 2.48 8.83 3.34 4.59 6.71 9.42 12.50 14.64 4.67 7.08 

 Dairy products

 Mean ............................................. 532 625 536 609 480 492 476 442 491 538 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.17 38.44 11.18 19.02 20.44 27.67 34.62 33.07 17.76 34.32 

 RSE............................................... 1.54 6.15 2.09 3.13 4.26 5.62 7.28 7.49 3.62 6.38 

 Fresh milk and cream

 Mean ............................................. 168 210 172 188 157 170 162 144 142 172 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.50 16.00 4.65 7.40 7.73 13.18 14.75 15.94 4.75 12.07 

 RSE............................................... 2.08 7.60 2.70 3.93 4.93 7.77 9.13 11.10 3.35 7.04 

 Other dairy products

 Mean ............................................. 364 415 363 420 323 322 314 298 349 366 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.64 28.64 8.23 14.24 16.34 17.55 28.44 22.43 15.61 25.72 

 RSE............................................... 1.83 6.91 2.27 3.39 5.05 5.45 9.05 7.53 4.48 7.02 

 Fruits and vegetables

 Mean ............................................. 1,099 1,277 1,141 1,302 1,010 1,052 1,044 915 936 1,089 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.03 74.90 33.16 50.01 42.59 64.91 145.64 84.25 25.48 92.81 

 RSE............................................... 2.10 5.87 2.91 3.84 4.22 6.17 13.95 9.20 2.72 8.52 

 Fresh fruits

 Mean ............................................. 406 499 417 468 371 380 403 368 349 407 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.39 35.01 12.93 18.06 20.93 23.78 64.31 38.56 12.94 34.08 

 RSE............................................... 2.06 7.01 3.10 3.86 5.65 6.25 15.96 10.48 3.71 8.38 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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 ............................................. 352 411 369 443 307 321 367 273 301 324 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.67 30.95 14.35 29.46 14.30 24.21 86.96 29.07 11.23 25.89 

 RSE............................................... 2.46 7.53 3.88 6.65 4.66 7.54 23.68 10.66 3.72 8.00 

 Processed fruits

 Mean ............................................. 144 156 148 163 139 147 103 115 125 155 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.82 13.75 5.47 7.66 11.03 12.60 10.95 17.12 6.25 16.35 

 RSE............................................... 3.35 8.79 3.71 4.69 7.95 8.56 10.60 14.95 5.02 10.55 

 Processed vegetables

 Mean ............................................. 197 210 207 228 194 203 170 160 161 203 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.62 19.37 7.22 10.61 10.50 17.71 20.33 20.81 7.17 26.34 

 RSE............................................... 3.36 9.21 3.49 4.65 5.41 8.71 11.93 12.97 4.46 12.95 

 Other food at home

 Mean ............................................. 2,144 2,485 2,229 2,569 2,005 1,933 2,081 1,845 1,811 2,129 

 Share............................................. 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.9 

 SE ................................................. 32.56 146.24 47.54 60.70 92.34 106.82 167.67 124.44 46.92 149.46 

 RSE............................................... 1.52 5.88 2.13 2.36 4.61 5.53 8.06 6.75 2.59 7.02 

 Sugar and other sweets

 Mean ............................................. 197 244 197 227 164 180 180 186 182 201 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.14 26.24 5.96 8.13 9.86 14.49 27.66 23.02 9.07 14.01 

 RSE............................................... 2.61 10.77 3.03 3.59 6.03 8.07 15.40 12.38 4.97 6.97 

 Fats and oils

 Mean ............................................. 157 184 160 179 157 144 137 123 131 172 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.89 20.86 5.97 9.36 11.20 11.67 20.56 16.36 4.37 19.82 

 RSE............................................... 3.12 11.32 3.72 5.23 7.14 8.11 15.03 13.26 3.33 11.52 

 Miscellaneous foods

 Mean ............................................. 1,117 1,276 1,171 1,383 1,042 986 988 953 933 1,091 

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

 SE ................................................. 19.29 93.33 28.23 37.17 43.95 59.15 81.25 82.04 30.29 78.49 

 RSE............................................... 1.73 7.32 2.41 2.69 4.22 6.00 8.22 8.61 3.25 7.19 

 Nonalcoholic beverages

 Mean ............................................. 584 639 609 657 570 553 711 530 484 614 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.30 50.32 17.37 21.62 41.34 32.56 117.50 44.91 18.77 54.98 

 RSE............................................... 2.11 7.88 2.85 3.29 7.26 5.89 16.52 8.48 3.88 8.95 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town

 trips

 Mean ............................................. 89 143 92 124 72 71 66 53 81 51 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.94 16.03 5.01 8.22 8.71 8.86 15.41 10.65 8.28 6.68 

 RSE............................................... 4.42 11.22 5.42 6.65 12.04 12.57 23.46 20.27 10.28 13.10 

 Food away from home

 Mean ............................................. 3,639 4,617 4,159 5,219 3,622 2,954 3,973 3,051 2,412 2,619 

 Share............................................. 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 4.9 

 SE ................................................. 77.88 290.09 109.77 192.29 161.81 166.93 416.04 360.30 112.79 154.65 

 RSE............................................... 2.14 6.28 2.64 3.68 4.47 5.65 10.47 11.81 4.68 5.91 

 Alcoholic beverages

 Mean ............................................. 583 803 658 862 590 401 506 492 455 278 

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

 SE ................................................. 17.02 66.97 20.11 31.10 41.86 28.46 57.81 109.93 40.62 29.90 

 RSE............................................... 2.92 8.34 3.05 3.61 7.09 7.09 11.42 22.34 8.93 10.75 

 Housing

 Mean ............................................. 24,298 28,468 26,338 31,760 23,130 21,745 23,050 19,736 19,792 19,199 

 Share............................................. 33.3 29.5 32.9 32.1 33.7 34.3 32.6 33.4 36.0 35.6 

 SE ................................................. 307.36 739.96 343.93 477.40 556.67 546.61 1,060.22 497.71 493.53 727.13 

 RSE............................................... 1.26 2.60 1.31 1.50 2.41 2.51 4.60 2.52 2.49 3.79 

 Shelter

 Mean ............................................. 14,507 17,229 15,989 19,507 13,943 13,178 13,565 11,364 11,186 11,102 

 Share............................................. 19.9 17.9 20.0 19.7 20.3 20.8 19.2 19.3 20.3 20.6 

 SE ................................................. 247.67 545.15 283.65 390.81 346.40 420.85 781.60 393.88 400.51 504.93 

 RSE............................................... 1.71 3.16 1.77 2.00 2.48 3.19 5.76 3.47 3.58 4.55 

 Owned dwellings

 Mean ............................................. 8,230 10,346 9,004 11,950 7,444 6,455 6,225 5,611 7,180 4,557 

 Share............................................. 11.3 10.7 11.2 12.1 10.9 10.2 8.8 9.5 13.1 8.4 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 SE ................................................. 176.09 453.95 224.17 337.51 344.54 305.96 712.96 381.39 303.77 399.09 

 RSE............................................... 2.14 4.39 2.49 2.82 4.63 4.74 11.45 6.80 4.23 8.76 

 Mortgage interest and charges

 Mean ............................................. 3,101 3,846 3,803 5,064 3,123 2,771 2,342 2,377 1,495 1,926 

 Share............................................. 4.2 4.0 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.3 4.0 2.7 3.6 

 SE ................................................. 72.73 214.65 89.01 126.44 166.21 164.51 274.40 193.09 132.03 214.00 

 RSE............................................... 2.35 5.58 2.34 2.50 5.32 5.94 11.72 8.12 8.83 11.11 

 Property taxes

 Mean ............................................. 2,570 3,338 2,677 3,604 2,142 1,889 1,651 1,785 2,589 1,395 

 Share............................................. 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.3 3.0 4.7 2.6 

 SE ................................................. 57.72 188.73 65.05 102.77 89.68 106.45 158.03 127.98 88.83 114.54 

 RSE............................................... 2.25 5.65 2.43 2.85 4.19 5.64 9.57 7.17 3.43 8.21 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other

 expenses

 Mean ............................................. 2,559 3,162 2,525 3,282 2,180 1,795 2,232 1,449 3,095 1,236 

 Share............................................. 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.2 2.5 5.6 2.3 

 SE ................................................. 89.16 272.12 131.89 231.12 194.04 168.86 503.57 198.15 167.11 170.57 

 RSE............................................... 3.48 8.61 5.22 7.04 8.90 9.41 22.57 13.68 5.40 13.81 

 Rented dwellings

 Mean ............................................. 4,990 4,760 5,647 5,486 5,628 6,002 6,507 5,177 2,860 5,825 

 Share............................................. 6.8 4.9 7.1 5.5 8.2 9.5 9.2 8.8 5.2 10.8 

 SE ................................................. 79.41 392.44 120.41 211.99 199.47 264.25 544.04 385.83 185.31 316.02 

 RSE............................................... 1.59 8.24 2.13 3.86 3.54 4.40 8.36 7.45 6.48 5.43 

 Other lodging

 Mean ............................................. 1,287 2,123 1,338 2,071 871 721 834 576 1,146 ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 2.1 ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 55.70 226.48 55.63 104.64 91.12 76.10 129.70 86.94 83.94 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 4.33 10.67 4.16 5.05 10.46 10.56 15.56 15.10 7.32 ( 3 ) 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services

 Mean ............................................. 4,549 5,098 4,693 4,941 4,396 4,604 4,595 4,498 4,228 4,023 

 Share............................................. 6.2 5.3 5.9 5.0 6.4 7.3 6.5 7.6 7.7 7.5 

 SE ................................................. 42.57 116.79 50.59 65.76 83.91 104.38 156.17 125.45 67.21 114.82 

 RSE............................................... .94 2.29 1.08 1.33 1.91 2.27 3.40 2.79 1.59 2.85 

 Natural gas

 Mean ............................................. 535 603 545 628 502 477 425 461 542 417 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.13 41.12 14.63 19.02 27.51 25.08 36.32 36.80 27.61 23.92 

 RSE............................................... 2.83 6.82 2.68 3.03 5.48 5.26 8.54 7.97 5.09 5.74 

 Electricity

 Mean ............................................. 1,683 1,940 1,705 1,742 1,626 1,717 1,786 1,656 1,577 1,608 

 Share............................................. 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.0 

 SE ................................................. 23.08 56.02 25.79 30.89 38.01 37.42 70.37 64.93 25.61 50.56 

 RSE............................................... 1.37 2.89 1.51 1.77 2.34 2.18 3.94 3.92 1.62 3.15 

 Fuel oil and other fuels

 Mean ............................................. 160 184 148 152 115 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 203 125 

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

 SE ................................................. 14.19 32.74 18.91 24.68 17.07 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 23.41 23.39 

 RSE............................................... 8.85 17.79 12.75 16.24 14.88 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 11.55 18.71 

 Telephone services

 Mean ............................................. 1,431 1,500 1,553 1,617 1,460 1,536 1,564 1,511 1,159 1,258 

 Share............................................. 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.3 

 SE ................................................. 16.02 50.90 19.61 25.75 37.36 39.43 76.47 65.88 26.93 49.16 

 RSE............................................... 1.12 3.39 1.26 1.59 2.56 2.57 4.89 4.36 2.32 3.91 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone

 cards

 Mean ............................................. 147 146 101 106 90 108 91 84 287 122 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.30 12.55 5.15 6.56 6.14 11.82 13.62 15.59 12.62 11.74 

 RSE............................................... 4.28 8.57 5.12 6.16 6.80 10.93 14.97 18.46 4.40 9.66 

 Cellular phone service

 Mean ............................................. 1,284 1,353 1,452 1,511 1,370 1,427 1,473 1,427 872 1,136 

 Share............................................. 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.6 2.1 

 SE ................................................. 14.99 49.97 18.97 25.49 37.69 38.77 75.35 62.45 22.19 47.37 

 RSE............................................... 1.17 3.69 1.31 1.69 2.75 2.72 5.12 4.38 2.55 4.17 

 Water and other public services

 Mean ............................................. 739 871 742 802 693 707 678 686 747 616 

 Share............................................. 1.0 .9 .9 .8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 

 SE ................................................. 17.00 36.57 18.03 22.50 31.72 23.51 48.34 36.21 24.48 28.18 

 RSE............................................... 2.30 4.20 2.43 2.80 4.58 3.32 7.13 5.28 3.28 4.58 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 Household operations

 Mean ............................................. 1,849 2,087 2,007 2,742 1,561 1,349 1,534 1,250 1,572 1,367 

 Share............................................. 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.9 2.5 

 SE ................................................. 54.87 132.54 65.38 98.21 99.79 85.55 206.73 96.45 67.43 158.76 

 RSE............................................... 2.97 6.35 3.26 3.58 6.39 6.34 13.48 7.72 4.29 11.61 

 Personal services

 Mean ............................................. 488 325 667 1,045 466 304 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. .7 .3 .8 1.1 .7 .5 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 34.27 62.90 44.15 74.90 75.44 54.87 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 7.02 19.37 6.62 7.17 16.19 18.04 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Other household expenses

 Mean ............................................. 1,361 1,762 1,339 1,697 1,095 1,045 1,063 1,007 1,456 1,020 

 Share............................................. 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 2.6 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 31.35 105.71 32.67 48.90 41.65 49.87 156.46 59.43 54.82 55.29 

 RSE............................................... 2.30 6.00 2.44 2.88 3.80 4.77 14.72 5.90 3.77 5.42 

 Housekeeping supplies

 Mean ............................................. 787 966 786 906 744 685 618 595 811 632 

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

 SE ................................................. 18.24 120.28 21.55 47.74 52.33 61.82 141.51 81.92 45.73 48.47 

 RSE............................................... 2.32 12.46 2.74 5.27 7.03 9.02 22.88 13.78 5.64 7.67 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies

 Mean ............................................. 170 159 171 161 196 169 144 168 173 167 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.65 19.63 6.06 9.40 15.69 21.42 21.14 29.06 11.31 16.34 

 RSE............................................... 2.74 12.37 3.55 5.85 8.01 12.71 14.67 17.28 6.54 9.81 

 Other household products

 Mean ............................................. 489 643 501 612 438 419 ( 3 ) 345 477 357 

 Share............................................. .7 .7 .6 .6 .6 .7 ( 3 ) .6 .9 .7 

 SE ................................................. 16.95 108.18 20.34 38.11 44.92 47.51 ( 3 ) 65.12 25.47 35.96 

 RSE............................................... 3.47 16.82 4.06 6.22 10.27 11.33 ( 3 ) 18.88 5.34 10.07 

 Postage and stationery

 Mean ............................................. 128 164 115 133 111 98 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 162 109 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.42 27.48 7.55 15.06 23.15 19.27 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 30.71 19.33 

 RSE............................................... 6.58 16.79 6.55 11.29 20.89 19.74 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 19.01 17.79 

 Household furnishings and equipment

 Mean ............................................. 2,606 3,088 2,864 3,664 2,486 1,929 2,739 2,030 1,995 2,075 

 Share............................................. 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.0 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8 

 SE ................................................. 71.83 241.82 92.44 150.26 169.85 109.12 524.58 157.77 116.13 281.11 

 RSE............................................... 2.76 7.83 3.23 4.10 6.83 5.66 19.16 7.77 5.82 13.55 

 Household textiles

 Mean ............................................. 138 ( 3 ) 146 209 112 82 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 115 93 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.34 ( 3 ) 14.26 27.58 26.31 15.07 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 19.48 19.64 

 RSE............................................... 8.93 ( 3 ) 9.77 13.19 23.46 18.46 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 16.88 21.17 

 Furniture

 Mean ............................................. 746 962 884 1,175 747 554 ( 3 ) 603 438 455 

 Share............................................. 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 .9 ( 3 ) 1.0 .8 .8 

 SE ................................................. 54.77 156.17 84.38 133.40 147.34 73.83 ( 3 ) 109.73 37.35 64.62 

 RSE............................................... 7.34 16.23 9.55 11.35 19.72 13.33 ( 3 ) 18.21 8.53 14.19 

 Floor coverings

 Mean ............................................. 34 ( 3 ) 39 56 31 20 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 20 ( 3 ) 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.54 ( 3 ) 5.12 10.85 5.66 4.52 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 2.73 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 10.54 ( 3 ) 13.25 19.25 18.23 22.98 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 13.35 ( 3 ) 

 Major appliances

 Mean ............................................. 408 497 430 511 374 346 ( 3 ) 371 340 361 

 Share............................................. .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 ( 3 ) .6 .6 .7 

 SE ................................................. 17.51 102.44 19.13 29.54 39.18 41.01 ( 3 ) 62.46 30.42 54.50 

 RSE............................................... 4.29 20.63 4.45 5.78 10.47 11.86 ( 3 ) 16.83 8.94 15.10 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous

 housewares

 Mean ............................................. 142 148 147 175 145 114 74 127 134 128 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.83 21.53 6.59 12.31 15.82 12.57 11.57 21.89 14.57 24.59 

 RSE............................................... 3.40 14.53 4.48 7.05 10.91 11.01 15.58 17.22 10.88 19.24 

 Miscellaneous household equipment

 Mean ............................................. 1,138 1,218 1,219 1,538 1,076 813 1,361 805 947 1,016 

 Share............................................. 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 40.42 93.85 28.01 55.63 54.74 55.02 229.04 92.89 99.27 240.92 

 RSE............................................... 3.55 7.70 2.30 3.62 5.09 6.76 16.83 11.54 10.48 23.71 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 Apparel and services

 Mean ............................................. 1,945 2,291 2,278 2,697 1,970 2,122 1,845 1,512 1,129 1,522 

 Share............................................. 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.8 

 SE ................................................. 77.12 315.82 112.53 124.72 153.43 377.44 325.71 231.53 65.72 176.63 

 RSE............................................... 3.97 13.78 4.94 4.62 7.79 17.79 17.66 15.32 5.82 11.60 

 Men and boys

 Mean ............................................. 454 528 526 648 475 353 386 ( 3 ) 247 426 

 Share............................................. .6 .5 .7 .7 .7 .6 .5 ( 3 ) .4 .8 

 SE ................................................. 22.97 54.87 32.80 60.54 60.43 52.30 71.98 ( 3 ) 26.23 73.62 

 RSE............................................... 5.06 10.39 6.24 9.34 12.73 14.82 18.64 ( 3 ) 10.63 17.27 

 Men, 16 and over

 Mean ............................................. 347 392 386 461 363 252 290 ( 3 ) 232 334 

 Share............................................. .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4 ( 3 ) .4 .6 

 SE ................................................. 18.59 57.44 25.53 40.94 41.47 40.82 63.87 ( 3 ) 24.76 70.95 

 RSE............................................... 5.36 14.64 6.62 8.88 11.42 16.21 22.02 ( 3 ) 10.68 21.22 

 Boys, 2 to 15

 Mean ............................................. 107 ( 3 ) 140 187 111 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 92 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.95 ( 3 ) 18.43 37.28 27.73 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 20.03 

 RSE............................................... 11.16 ( 3 ) 13.15 19.93 24.90 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 21.81 

 Women and girls

 Mean ............................................. 735 836 839 937 700 ( 3 ) 713 339 504 565 

 Share............................................. 1.0 .9 1.0 .9 1.0 ( 3 ) 1.0 .6 .9 1.0 

 SE ................................................. 46.49 161.52 72.81 74.13 68.01 ( 3 ) 164.41 66.58 49.48 87.07 

 RSE............................................... 6.32 19.32 8.68 7.91 9.72 ( 3 ) 23.06 19.63 9.82 15.42 

 Women, 16 and over

 Mean ............................................. 644 764 718 811 581 ( 3 ) 498 266 484 482 

 Share............................................. .9 .8 .9 .8 .8 ( 3 ) .7 .5 .9 .9 

 SE ................................................. 44.30 160.67 70.90 72.92 56.77 ( 3 ) 123.11 61.49 49.55 81.60 

 RSE............................................... 6.88 21.04 9.88 9.00 9.78 ( 3 ) 24.73 23.08 10.23 16.93 

 Girls, 2 to 15

 Mean ............................................. 91 72 121 126 119 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.26 17.69 14.07 18.66 25.62 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 10.13 24.49 11.59 14.79 21.49 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Children under 2

 Mean ............................................. 74 ( 3 ) 96 108 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 94 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.43 ( 3 ) 12.90 21.79 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 22.33 

 RSE............................................... 11.40 ( 3 ) 13.38 20.24 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 23.81 

 Footwear

 Mean ............................................. 399 409 491 561 427 468 ( 3 ) 362 234 214 

 Share............................................. .5 .4 .6 .6 .6 .7 ( 3 ) .6 .4 .4 

 SE ................................................. 25.21 78.06 36.33 70.13 59.48 70.45 ( 3 ) 74.38 24.34 32.51 

 RSE............................................... 6.32 19.10 7.40 12.51 13.92 15.04 ( 3 ) 20.57 10.38 15.21 

 Other apparel products and services

 Mean ............................................. 283 ( 3 ) 325 444 267 212 166 ( 3 ) 134 224 

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

 SE ................................................. 25.20 ( 3 ) 31.36 66.38 49.69 27.81 23.33 ( 3 ) 15.50 38.54 

 RSE............................................... 8.91 ( 3 ) 9.64 14.94 18.61 13.15 14.03 ( 3 ) 11.60 17.23 

 Transportation

 Mean ............................................. 12,295 18,189 13,751 15,700 12,164 11,925 15,491 11,551 8,065 8,772 

 Share............................................. 16.8 18.8 17.2 15.9 17.7 18.8 21.9 19.6 14.7 16.3 

 SE ................................................. 241.92 1,520.10 323.66 489.45 629.72 692.43 1,956.28 941.89 405.45 506.22 

 RSE............................................... 1.97 8.36 2.35 3.12 5.18 5.81 12.63 8.15 5.03 5.77 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

 Mean ............................................. 4,496 7,629 5,035 5,792 4,587 4,243 ( 3 ) 3,590 2,729 2,963 

 Share............................................. 6.2 7.9 6.3 5.9 6.7 6.7 ( 3 ) 6.1 5.0 5.5 

 SE ................................................. 218.69 1,247.45 323.66 498.20 602.44 588.19 ( 3 ) 832.71 333.46 452.37 

 RSE............................................... 4.86 16.35 6.43 8.60 13.13 13.86 ( 3 ) 23.19 12.22 15.27 

 Cars and trucks, new

 Mean ............................................. 2,195 4,987 2,286 2,929 2,003 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1,528 ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 3.0 5.2 2.9 3.0 2.9 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 2.8 ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 174.02 1,172.25 241.23 443.19 419.56 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 206.47 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 7.93 23.50 10.55 15.13 20.94 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 13.51 ( 3 ) 

 Cars and trucks, used

 Mean ............................................. 2,239 ( 3 ) 2,671 2,820 2,461 2,368 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1,189 1,720 

 Share............................................. 3.1 ( 3 ) 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.7 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 2.2 3.2 

 SE ................................................. 145.19 ( 3 ) 190.71 267.47 348.09 431.72 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 194.86 263.81 

 RSE............................................... 6.48 ( 3 ) 7.14 9.49 14.14 18.23 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 16.39 15.33 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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 vehicles

 Mean ............................................. 62 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

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

 SE ................................................. 13.63 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 22.10 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil

 Mean ............................................. 3,120 4,245 3,501 3,637 3,134 3,338 4,561 3,677 1,982 2,545 

 Share............................................. 4.3 4.4 4.4 3.7 4.6 5.3 6.5 6.2 3.6 4.7 

 SE ................................................. 43.06 231.95 47.47 70.73 67.57 97.04 207.22 155.47 53.35 105.16 

 RSE............................................... 1.38 5.46 1.36 1.94 2.16 2.91 4.54 4.23 2.69 4.13 

 Other vehicle expenses

 Mean ............................................. 3,834 5,133 4,250 4,812 3,866 3,690 4,168 3,809 2,789 2,754 

 Share............................................. 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.5 5.1 5.1 

 SE ................................................. 61.56 269.79 78.36 112.05 124.04 132.38 272.57 151.10 95.41 132.19 

 RSE............................................... 1.61 5.26 1.84 2.33 3.21 3.59 6.54 3.97 3.42 4.80 

 Vehicle finance charges

 Mean ............................................. 295 345 368 390 350 327 424 371 133 178 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.95 33.95 12.20 19.62 20.83 28.11 57.88 39.07 12.54 19.39 

 RSE............................................... 3.04 9.83 3.32 5.03 5.95 8.60 13.64 10.54 9.43 10.87 

 Maintenance and repairs

 Mean ............................................. 1,160 1,792 1,235 1,445 1,042 1,019 1,114 1,287 905 839 

 Share............................................. 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.2 1.6 1.6 

 SE ................................................. 33.83 133.22 47.24 68.64 58.85 70.05 123.25 130.65 46.98 71.25 

 RSE............................................... 2.92 7.43 3.83 4.75 5.65 6.87 11.06 10.15 5.19 8.49 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

 charges

 Mean ............................................. 787 1,161 875 1,156 748 643 656 428 569 487 

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

 SE ................................................. 38.26 164.42 47.77 78.99 99.46 63.59 156.23 40.26 46.23 67.61 

 RSE............................................... 4.86 14.17 5.46 6.83 13.29 9.89 23.83 9.41 8.12 13.89 

 Vehicle insurance

 Mean ............................................. 1,592 1,835 1,773 1,820 1,726 1,701 1,973 1,723 1,182 1,250 

 Share............................................. 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.2 2.3 

 SE ................................................. 25.72 76.69 33.28 39.79 54.25 73.05 140.75 68.11 31.68 63.74 

 RSE............................................... 1.62 4.18 1.88 2.19 3.14 4.29 7.13 3.95 2.68 5.10 

 Public and other transportation

 Mean ............................................. 845 1,183 966 1,459 577 654 ( 3 ) 474 564 510 

 Share............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 .8 1.0 ( 3 ) .8 1.0 .9 

 SE ................................................. 35.20 140.63 43.69 67.25 50.00 76.39 ( 3 ) 77.24 55.71 64.08 

 RSE............................................... 4.17 11.89 4.52 4.61 8.67 11.69 ( 3 ) 16.28 9.87 12.56 

 Healthcare

 Mean ............................................. 5,850 6,699 5,471 6,679 4,660 4,665 4,009 4,129 7,505 4,012 

 Share............................................. 8.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.4 5.7 7.0 13.7 7.4 

 SE ................................................. 100.44 447.39 133.73 128.99 138.66 483.26 412.39 275.10 183.93 229.89 

 RSE............................................... 1.72 6.68 2.44 1.93 2.98 10.36 10.29 6.66 2.45 5.73 

 Health insurance

 Mean ............................................. 3,843 4,072 3,575 4,286 3,134 2,917 3,038 2,985 5,165 2,477 

 Share............................................. 5.3 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.3 5.1 9.4 4.6 

 SE ................................................. 44.97 166.98 59.25 88.90 96.91 106.35 372.30 216.96 90.66 154.36 

 RSE............................................... 1.17 4.10 1.66 2.07 3.09 3.65 12.25 7.27 1.76 6.23 

 Medical services

 Mean ............................................. 1,184 1,800 1,138 1,534 960 836 ( 3 ) 589 1,219 951 

 Share............................................. 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.3 ( 3 ) 1.0 2.2 1.8 

 SE ................................................. 61.66 414.54 54.28 90.64 67.93 99.17 ( 3 ) 102.74 143.51 128.24 

 RSE............................................... 5.21 23.03 4.77 5.91 7.08 11.87 ( 3 ) 17.43 11.77 13.48 

 Drugs

 Mean ............................................. 615 597 562 598 399 ( 3 ) 279 396 838 467 

 Share............................................. .8 .6 .7 .6 .6 ( 3 ) .4 .7 1.5 .9 

 SE ................................................. 58.51 53.36 93.60 37.66 33.50 ( 3 ) 42.60 46.76 59.58 44.27 

 RSE............................................... 9.52 8.93 16.66 6.30 8.40 ( 3 ) 15.29 11.81 7.11 9.48 

 Medical supplies

 Mean ............................................. 209 229 196 261 167 120 128 158 283 118 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.77 28.00 8.50 18.13 13.73 14.13 29.48 29.15 30.72 16.36 

 RSE............................................... 4.20 12.23 4.33 6.94 8.22 11.80 22.96 18.42 10.87 13.90 

 Entertainment

 Mean ............................................. 3,458 4,609 3,826 5,027 3,478 2,460 2,729 2,401 2,589 2,395 

 Share............................................. 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.1 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.4 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 Entertainment

 SE ................................................. 109.09 389.61 137.12 189.16 270.43 153.56 396.36 226.22 154.04 162.71 

 RSE............................................... 3.15 8.45 3.58 3.76 7.78 6.24 14.52 9.42 5.95 6.79 

 Fees and admissions

 Mean ............................................. 833 1,099 972 1,510 643 527 515 411 501 542 

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

 SE ................................................. 37.45 119.00 48.24 79.28 52.78 59.82 87.64 77.64 46.91 71.04 

 RSE............................................... 4.50 10.82 4.96 5.25 8.21 11.36 17.01 18.89 9.36 13.12 

 Audio and visual equipment and services

 Mean ............................................. 1,020 1,073 1,056 1,248 943 882 826 919 1,040 741 

 Share............................................. 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.4 

 SE ................................................. 20.99 50.66 32.33 67.91 33.75 39.72 95.46 63.95 28.10 39.83 

 RSE............................................... 2.06 4.72 3.06 5.44 3.58 4.50 11.56 6.96 2.70 5.38 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean ............................................. 908 1,182 967 1,193 945 683 737 611 703 820 

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

 SE ................................................. 32.84 152.63 40.60 66.95 116.77 66.79 143.43 76.59 52.90 105.93 

 RSE............................................... 3.62 12.91 4.20 5.61 12.36 9.78 19.47 12.53 7.53 12.92 

 Pets

 Mean ............................................. 741 965 794 987 777 542 599 510 574 638 

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

 SE ................................................. 31.12 145.31 36.09 59.68 112.95 62.98 138.56 78.61 47.80 92.45 

 RSE............................................... 4.20 15.05 4.55 6.05 14.53 11.62 23.13 15.42 8.32 14.50 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean ............................................. 167 ( 3 ) 173 206 167 141 ( 3 ) 102 129 ( 3 ) 

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

 SE ................................................. 14.45 ( 3 ) 15.80 22.05 27.88 28.76 ( 3 ) 22.72 21.29 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 8.65 ( 3 ) 9.15 10.70 16.67 20.44 ( 3 ) 22.38 16.57 ( 3 ) 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

 services

 Mean ............................................. 698 ( 3 ) 831 1,076 947 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 293 

 Share............................................. 1.0 ( 3 ) 1.0 1.1 1.4 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) .5 

 SE ................................................. 79.49 ( 3 ) 105.76 175.30 230.24 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 58.75 

 RSE............................................... 11.40 ( 3 ) 12.72 16.30 24.31 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 20.03 

 Personal care products and services

 Mean ............................................. 866 993 957 1,155 945 743 741 552 695 620 

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

 SE ................................................. 18.16 50.61 29.96 41.36 64.92 59.39 81.33 38.89 27.15 53.08 

 RSE............................................... 2.10 5.10 3.13 3.58 6.87 8.00 10.98 7.04 3.91 8.56 

 Reading

 Mean ............................................. 117 149 114 156 91 79 24 ( 3 ) 134 77 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.85 22.37 9.65 16.43 13.67 14.21 5.36 ( 3 ) 14.94 16.50 

 RSE............................................... 6.72 15.00 8.49 10.53 15.00 18.08 22.11 ( 3 ) 11.13 21.35 

 Education

 Mean ............................................. 1,335 1,707 1,576 2,224 1,197 1,049 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1,734 

 Share............................................. 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.7 1.7 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 3.2 

 SE ................................................. 72.10 254.91 92.50 170.67 190.86 183.29 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 323.60 

 RSE............................................... 5.40 14.93 5.87 7.67 15.94 17.47 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 18.66 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies

 Mean ............................................. 371 330 376 248 400 501 519 606 269 584 

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

 SE ................................................. 20.33 32.20 23.81 26.94 41.86 47.18 89.70 81.77 23.72 62.35 

 RSE............................................... 5.47 9.76 6.33 10.87 10.45 9.43 17.29 13.49 8.83 10.67 

 Miscellaneous

 Mean ............................................. 1,009 1,604 1,052 1,341 838 839 992 687 881 623 

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

 SE ................................................. 37.14 185.57 43.31 94.53 78.51 72.07 191.79 109.21 67.57 103.57 

 RSE............................................... 3.68 11.57 4.12 7.05 9.36 8.59 19.34 15.90 7.67 16.64 

 Cash contributions

 Mean ............................................. 2,755 ( 3 ) 2,268 3,372 1,371 1,431 1,581 1,421 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 3.8 ( 3 ) 2.8 3.4 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.4 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 368.44 ( 3 ) 191.42 367.62 156.68 177.98 180.51 329.02 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 13.38 ( 3 ) 8.44 10.90 11.43 12.44 11.42 23.15 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 Personal insurance and pensions

 Mean ............................................. 8,742 15,372 11,369 15,855 8,858 6,967 8,480 7,222 1,776 3,719 

 Share............................................. 12.0 15.9 14.2 16.0 12.9 11.0 12.0 12.2 3.2 6.9 

 SE ................................................. 169.70 662.03 205.38 355.91 263.61 193.00 562.65 492.38 221.51 231.81 

 RSE............................................... 1.94 4.31 1.81 2.24 2.98 2.77 6.63 6.82 12.47 6.23 

 Life and other personal insurance

 Mean ............................................. 519 699 545 767 439 313 420 310 451 392 

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

 SE ................................................. 28.48 90.24 37.56 76.38 40.37 26.59 91.64 45.60 28.34 64.00 

 RSE............................................... 5.49 12.91 6.89 9.96 9.20 8.48 21.82 14.71 6.28 16.32 

 Pensions and Social Security

 Mean ............................................. 8,223 14,673 10,824 15,089 8,419 6,654 8,060 6,912 1,325 3,326 

 Share............................................. 11.3 15.2 13.5 15.3 12.3 10.5 11.4 11.7 2.4 6.2 

 SE ................................................. 157.21 657.27 195.04 338.70 247.83 186.79 525.28 491.85 210.45 199.73 

 RSE............................................... 1.91 4.48 1.80 2.24 2.94 2.81 6.52 7.12 15.89 6.00 

Sources of income and personal taxes:

 Income before taxes

 Mean ............................................. $94,003 $147,179 $111,763 $149,604 $88,233 $77,509 $89,189 $75,253 $48,780 $50,490 

 SE ................................................. 1,231.08 6,192.45 1,480.93 2,491.72 2,283.32 1,647.43 5,060.06 2,864.38 1,147.52 2,508.68 

 RSE............................................... 1.31 4.21 1.33 1.67 2.59 2.13 5.67 3.81 2.35 4.97 

 Wages and salaries

 Mean ............................................. 73,220 78,778 102,127 138,725 79,153 68,314 82,584 68,000 10,284 35,187 

 Share............................................. 77.9 53.5 91.4 92.7 89.7 88.1 92.6 90.4 21.1 69.7 

 SE ................................................. 1,028.62 4,783.43 1,320.77 2,325.83 2,083.50 1,450.07 4,537.52 2,603.87 743.63 2,482.08 

 RSE............................................... 1.40 6.07 1.29 1.68 2.63 2.12 5.49 3.83 7.23 7.05 

 Self-employment income

 Mean ............................................. 6,442 55,879 3,163 3,940 2,674 2,651 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1,006 ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 6.9 38.0 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.4 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 2.1 ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 399.58 3,895.34 278.23 510.12 369.83 512.61 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 229.03 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 6.20 6.97 8.80 12.95 13.83 19.34 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 22.78 ( 3 ) 

 Social Security, private and government

 retirement

 Mean ............................................. 10,412 6,801 3,566 3,412 4,055 3,721 2,119 3,352 32,168 6,771 

 Share............................................. 11.1 4.6 3.2 2.3 4.6 4.8 2.4 4.5 65.9 13.4 

 SE ................................................. 177.81 573.05 192.63 248.00 390.75 415.98 478.42 485.86 670.46 653.12 

 RSE............................................... 1.71 8.43 5.40 7.27 9.64 11.18 22.57 14.50 2.08 9.65 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other

 property income

 Mean ............................................. 2,294 4,235 1,686 2,497 1,070 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 3,947 ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 2.4 2.9 1.5 1.7 1.2 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 8.1 ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 175.53 620.40 166.73 294.27 205.03 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 437.48 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 7.65 14.65 9.89 11.78 19.17 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 11.08 ( 3 ) 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income,

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program

 (SNAP)

 Mean ............................................. 621 ( 3 ) 374 125 502 725 ( 3 ) 473 413 2,491 

 Share............................................. .7 ( 3 ) .3 .1 .6 .9 ( 3 ) .6 .8 4.9 

 SE ................................................. 29.96 ( 3 ) 29.39 17.90 64.65 85.38 ( 3 ) 106.11 30.98 152.20 

 RSE............................................... 4.82 ( 3 ) 7.87 14.33 12.87 11.77 ( 3 ) 22.45 7.51 6.11 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation,

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for

 support

 Mean ............................................. 668 ( 3 ) 553 534 512 687 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 773 ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. .7 ( 3 ) .5 .4 .6 .9 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1.6 ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 52.36 ( 3 ) 53.83 71.24 92.06 155.78 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 96.95 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 7.84 ( 3 ) 9.73 13.33 17.99 22.66 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 12.55 ( 3 ) 

 Other income

 Mean ............................................. 346 ( 3 ) 295 370 267 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 976 

 Share............................................. .4 ( 3 ) .3 .2 .3 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 42.08 ( 3 ) 49.29 89.77 57.59 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 197.70 

 RSE............................................... 12.16 ( 3 ) 16.72 24.23 21.56 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 20.27 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values)

 Mean ............................................. 10,809 24,867 14,420 24,809 8,263 4,998 6,906 4,278 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Share............................................. 11.5 16.9 12.9 16.6 9.4 6.4 7.7 5.7 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 329.26 1,561.82 465.61 863.53 575.80 422.49 1,079.78 605.34 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 3.05 6.28 3.23 3.48 6.97 8.45 15.64 14.15 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Federal income taxes

 Mean ............................................. 7,968 19,593 10,698 19,117 5,875 3,018 4,537 2,137 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

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

Surveys, 2022 — 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

 Federal income taxes

 Share............................................. 8.5 13.3 9.6 12.8 6.7 3.9 5.1 2.8 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 283.92 1,283.28 396.00 730.39 494.14 362.13 914.23 486.20 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 3.56 6.55 3.70 3.82 8.41 12.00 20.15 22.75 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Stimulus payment (through Q20221)

 Mean ............................................. ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 Share............................................. ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 SE ................................................. ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 RSE............................................... ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 State and local income taxes

 Mean ............................................. 2,757 5,107 3,642 5,576 2,328 1,931 2,319 2,094 409 991 

 Share............................................. 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.7 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 .8 2.0 

 SE ................................................. 98.69 353.17 132.90 204.29 145.47 106.95 255.79 148.57 70.82 120.07 

 RSE............................................... 3.58 6.92 3.65 3.66 6.25 5.54 11.03 7.10 17.31 12.11 

 Other taxes

 Mean ............................................. 84 ( 3 ) 81 116 ( 3 ) 49 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 93 ( 3 ) 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.06 ( 3 ) 12.68 18.59 ( 3 ) 11.45 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 17.78 ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 14.42 ( 3 ) 15.75 15.98 ( 3 ) 23.58 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 19.22 ( 3 ) 

 Income after taxes

 Mean ............................................. 83,195 122,312 97,342 124,795 79,970 72,511 82,283 70,975 47,815 49,389 

 Share............................................. 88.5 83.1 87.1 83.4 90.6 93.6 92.3 94.3 98.0 97.8 

 SE ................................................. 960.32 5,043.13 1,101.37 1,845.20 1,818.97 1,380.31 4,171.78 2,399.47 1,030.20 1,973.11 

 RSE............................................... 1.15 4.12 1.13 1.48 2.27 1.90 5.07 3.38 2.15 4.00 

Addenda:

 Net change in total assets and liabilities

 Mean ............................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Net change in total assets

 Mean ............................................. 13,078 ( 3 ) 22,945 34,800 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 2,895.88 ( 3 ) 3,613.39 6,304.32 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 22.14 ( 3 ) 15.75 18.12 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Net change in total liabilities

 Mean ............................................. 14,525 ( 3 ) 19,646 26,032 14,821 16,420 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. 1,477.14 ( 3 ) 2,083.20 4,282.23 3,695.65 3,901.56 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... 10.17 ( 3 ) 10.60 16.45 24.94 23.76 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Other financial information:

 Other money receipts

 Mean ............................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 SE ................................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 RSE............................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property

 Mean ............................................. -2,843 -4,327 -3,267 -4,337 -2,794 -2,287 -1,973 -2,061 -1,815 -1,546 

 SE ................................................. 75.11 409.14 95.00 136.01 227.36 158.30 192.70 264.39 182.71 119.38 

 RSE............................................... -2.64 -9.46 -2.91 -3.14 -8.14 -6.92 -9.77 -12.83 -10.07 -7.72 

 Estimated market value of owned home

 Mean ............................................. 279,189 391,293 272,234 363,157 219,557 193,345 190,632 179,180 312,999 172,679 

 SE ................................................. 6,184.13 15,920.62 5,307.74 8,000.00 8,124.33 8,751.23 18,263.43 12,978.10 11,380.84 13,923.32 

 RSE............................................... 2.22 4.07 1.95 2.20 3.70 4.53 9.58 7.24 3.64 8.06 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home

 Mean ............................................. 1,401 1,835 1,382 1,772 1,172 1,032 1,029 967 1,564 882 

 SE ................................................. 16.87 64.87 18.93 31.04 35.96 30.66 82.13 62.46 31.57 47.48 

 RSE............................................... 1.20 3.54 1.37 1.75 3.07 2.97 7.98 6.46 2.02 5.39 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands.

2

 Value is too small to display.

3

 Data are suppressed due to the Relative Standard Error (RSE) being equal to or greater than 25 percent. See www.bls.gov/cex/tables-getting-started-guide.htm for more information.

4

 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2023