Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Number of consumer units (in thousands) .......... 128,437 76,988 9,382 25,760 28,263 13,582 51,450 30,405 21,044

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $69,627 $46,470 $26,359 $40,082 $51,118 $62,806 $104,277 $90,594 $124,046

SE ................................................... 871.92 689.50 1,185.18 912.67 1,285.44 1,623.62 1,705.93 2,137.21 2,636.54

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.48 4.50 2.28 2.51 2.59 1.64 2.36 2.13

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 60,448 42,915 26,197 37,842 46,632 56,351 86,684 76,721 101,080

SE ................................................... 634.35 559.44 1,133.30 758.36 1,024.87 1,295.28 1,248.20 1,527.85 1,983.75

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 1.30 4.33 2.00 2.20 2.30 1.44 1.99 1.96

Age of reference person ................................... 50.5 51.4 56.0 53.6 48.8 49.5 49.2 48.0 51.0

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................. 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6

Adults 65 and older ......................................... .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3 .4

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.1 .7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................. 47 44 41 45 44 45 51 51 52

Women ............................................................ 53 56 59 55 56 55 49 49 48

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ..................................................... 62 56 44 56 55 66 71 68 77

With mortgage ............................................... 35 27 13 22 31 39 48 45 51

Without mortgage .......................................... 27 29 31 35 24 27 24 23 25

Renter ............................................................. 38 44 56 44 45 34 29 32 23

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 15 19 15 15 13 10 11 9

White, Asian, and all other races .................... 87 85 81 85 85 87 90 89 91

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 13 17 33 15 15 12 8 9 6

Not Hispanic or Latino ..................................... 87 83 67 85 85 88 92 91 94

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................. 3 5 27 3 2 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

High school (9-12) ........................................... 32 49 70 96 17 13 6 8 3

College ............................................................ 64 45 n.a. n.a. 81 86 93 92 96

Never attended and other ............................... 1 ( ) 1 3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 83 63 82 86 93 94 93 95

Average annual expenditures

Mean ............................................... $55,978 $41,715 $26,766 $36,381 $45,991 $53,144 $76,988 $69,373 $87,927

SE ................................................... 594.00 473.16 1,157.05 623.61 842.12 1,094.76 974.32 1,080.09 1,347.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.06 1.13 4.32 1.71 1.83 2.06 1.27 1.56 1.53

Food

Mean ............................................... 7,023 5,568 4,278 4,959 5,988 6,688 9,051 8,405 9,951

Share .............................................. 12.5 13.3 16.0 13.6 13.0 12.6 11.8 12.1 11.3

SE ................................................... 77.17 98.05 191.71 156.71 190.94 231.50 133.15 167.38 186.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 1.76 4.48 3.16 3.19 3.46 1.47 1.99 1.87

Food at home

Mean ............................................... 4,015 3,422 3,126 3,123 3,590 3,835 4,834 4,564 5,207

Share .............................................. 7.2 8.2 11.7 8.6 7.8 7.2 6.3 6.6 5.9

SE ................................................... 50.10 64.87 153.50 86.28 121.58 167.32 82.78 112.37 119.08

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.90 4.91 2.76 3.39 4.36 1.71 2.46 2.29

Cereals and bakery products

Mean ............................................... 518 448 392 423 463 503 614 576 665

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

SE ................................................... 6.93 9.94 21.07 13.72 17.22 26.28 13.90 19.69 20.56

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 2.22 5.37 3.25 3.72 5.22 2.26 3.42 3.09

Cereals and cereal products

Mean ............................................... 172 146 138 137 151 159 208 190 233

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

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Cereals and cereal products

SE ................................................... 3.32 3.61 11.69 6.46 6.48 9.54 6.03 7.62 11.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.93 2.47 8.49 4.73 4.30 5.99 2.90 4.01 4.94

Bakery products

Mean ............................................... 346 302 254 286 312 344 405 386 432

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

SE ................................................... 5.11 7.97 14.10 9.89 12.89 20.60 10.52 15.31 13.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 2.64 5.54 3.46 4.14 5.99 2.59 3.97 3.22

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean ............................................... 896 813 770 747 862 868 1,009 987 1,040

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.9 2.9 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2

SE ................................................... 16.91 20.22 48.91 25.85 38.47 55.80 26.87 31.14 45.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.49 6.35 3.46 4.46 6.43 2.66 3.15 4.42

Beef

Mean ............................................... 245 239 228 216 254 259 254 236 278

Share .............................................. .4 .6 .9 .6 .6 .5 .3 .3 .3

SE ................................................... 9.40 9.83 22.82 13.27 22.14 30.74 19.11 12.20 42.09

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 4.11 10.01 6.14 8.72 11.89 7.53 5.16 15.14

Pork

Mean ............................................... 165 161 144 157 168 164 171 173 168

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

SE ................................................... 4.76 7.05 13.98 8.36 10.33 14.59 5.82 8.44 8.59

CV(%) ............................................. 2.88 4.39 9.68 5.33 6.15 8.90 3.40 4.88 5.10

Other meats

Mean ............................................... 124 108 112 101 106 125 146 150 141

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

SE ................................................... 3.73 4.34 15.17 5.89 8.00 11.95 5.59 8.74 6.64

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 4.01 13.59 5.84 7.57 9.57 3.82 5.82 4.71

Poultry

Mean ............................................... 172 152 131 136 172 156 201 204 195

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

SE ................................................... 3.51 4.07 9.48 6.42 8.83 11.29 6.91 10.63 8.30

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.68 7.23 4.73 5.13 7.23 3.45 5.20 4.25

Fish and seafood

Mean ............................................... 126 95 93 85 104 101 167 157 182

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

SE ................................................... 4.68 5.09 11.91 8.16 7.73 11.36 9.41 11.78 12.98

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 5.33 12.75 9.65 7.46 11.28 5.62 7.52 7.12

Eggs

Mean ............................................... 63 58 62 54 59 64 70 67 75

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

SE ................................................... 1.40 1.62 5.20 2.92 2.89 3.88 2.48 3.14 3.29

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 2.78 8.39 5.44 4.93 6.09 3.53 4.69 4.39

Dairy products

Mean ............................................... 413 339 299 303 358 397 514 484 555

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.1 .8 .8 .7 .7 .7 .6

SE ................................................... 6.57 7.74 16.81 11.14 13.19 19.03 10.83 14.21 12.84

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.28 5.62 3.68 3.69 4.80 2.11 2.94 2.31

Fresh milk and cream

Mean ............................................... 140 125 121 118 125 139 160 153 170

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

SE ................................................... 2.40 2.84 8.22 5.34 4.90 7.30 3.87 5.07 5.50

CV(%) ............................................. 1.72 2.27 6.79 4.51 3.91 5.26 2.41 3.31 3.23

Other dairy products

Mean ............................................... 273 214 178 184 232 258 354 331 385

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

SE ................................................... 5.23 5.85 12.15 7.93 10.57 13.65 8.70 11.64 10.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.92 2.73 6.82 4.31 4.55 5.30 2.46 3.52 2.75

Fruits and vegetables

Mean ............................................... 769 614 595 551 649 678 981 903 1,089

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.5 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2

SE ................................................... 12.06 13.67 40.11 21.12 26.87 34.89 22.23 27.65 30.13

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 2.23 6.74 3.83 4.14 5.15 2.27 3.06 2.77

Fresh fruits

Mean ............................................... 284 220 211 189 239 243 372 341 416

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

SE ................................................... 5.11 7.01 19.73 8.80 13.38 15.68 8.60 11.02 12.48

CV(%) ............................................. 1.80 3.20 9.36 4.65 5.59 6.45 2.31 3.23 3.00

Fresh vegetables

Mean ............................................... 247 193 202 168 207 207 321 285 372

Share .............................................. .4 .5 .8 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4

SE ................................................... 4.50 3.77 15.73 7.12 8.77 12.51 10.57 10.35 15.45

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 1.95 7.79 4.23 4.24 6.05 3.29 3.63 4.16

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Processed fruits

Mean ............................................... 108 86 83 80 87 99 137 131 146

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

SE ................................................... 2.73 3.19 6.65 4.40 5.59 7.41 4.96 6.91 6.87

CV(%) ............................................. 2.53 3.69 8.05 5.49 6.43 7.47 3.62 5.29 4.72

Processed vegetables

Mean ............................................... 130 116 100 113 116 128 150 146 156

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

SE ................................................... 3.64 4.42 9.82 6.57 6.87 10.37 4.85 6.83 6.34

CV(%) ............................................. 2.80 3.83 9.82 5.80 5.93 8.08 3.22 4.67 4.06

Other food at home

Mean ............................................... 1,419 1,206 1,069 1,100 1,259 1,389 1,716 1,614 1,857

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.9 4.0 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.1

SE ................................................... 22.77 27.23 59.17 38.95 44.27 64.20 35.61 43.39 64.14

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 2.26 5.53 3.54 3.52 4.62 2.08 2.69 3.45

Sugar and other sweets

Mean ............................................... 155 124 108 118 127 138 199 160 252

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

SE ................................................... 10.26 4.99 10.86 8.19 9.34 10.20 22.82 7.20 54.51

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 4.03 10.08 6.96 7.34 7.39 11.49 4.51 21.63

Fats and oils

Mean ............................................... 111 99 93 95 100 107 129 127 132

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

SE ................................................... 2.70 3.21 7.55 4.84 5.24 7.08 4.05 5.50 5.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.42 3.26 8.09 5.09 5.25 6.65 3.14 4.35 4.54

Miscellaneous foods

Mean ............................................... 726 606 504 539 635 737 892 849 951

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1

SE ................................................... 11.98 13.87 34.22 23.28 22.58 38.51 22.48 30.10 28.71

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 2.29 6.79 4.32 3.55 5.23 2.52 3.54 3.02

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 374 350 350 329 363 362 408 403 414

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.3 .9 .8 .7 .5 .6 .5

SE ................................................... 7.60 9.83 20.89 13.33 17.37 19.77 11.16 13.44 16.58

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.81 5.97 4.05 4.79 5.45 2.74 3.33 4.00

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean ............................................... 52 28 15 19 33 45 89 75 108

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

SE ................................................... 2.69 1.59 3.94 2.20 3.29 5.38 5.35 5.31 8.12

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 5.63 26.80 11.77 9.88 11.84 6.03 7.05 7.53

Food away from home

Mean ............................................... 3,008 2,147 1,152 1,835 2,398 2,853 4,217 3,841 4,744

Share .............................................. 5.4 5.1 4.3 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4

SE ................................................... 46.82 55.91 96.66 98.06 92.68 146.60 79.77 107.22 145.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 2.60 8.39 5.34 3.86 5.14 1.89 2.79 3.07

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 515 324 163 271 383 409 782 659 951

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

SE ................................................... 21.77 18.59 24.50 33.09 28.89 38.80 44.61 41.17 96.45

CV(%) ............................................. 4.23 5.73 15.06 12.23 7.54 9.49 5.71 6.24 10.15

Housing

Mean ............................................... 18,409 14,140 10,429 12,831 15,118 17,139 24,750 22,231 28,379

Share .............................................. 32.9 33.9 39.0 35.3 32.9 32.2 32.1 32.0 32.3

SE ................................................... 196.17 156.92 248.33 222.63 255.03 332.54 347.04 368.92 562.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 1.11 2.38 1.74 1.69 1.94 1.40 1.66 1.98

Shelter

Mean ............................................... 10,742 7,977 6,265 7,156 8,613 9,395 14,879 13,286 17,182

Share .............................................. 19.2 19.1 23.4 19.7 18.7 17.7 19.3 19.2 19.5

SE ................................................... 126.16 109.00 204.26 159.69 190.12 251.78 231.43 249.55 410.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.37 3.26 2.23 2.21 2.68 1.56 1.88 2.39

Owned dwellings

Mean ............................................... 6,210 3,910 1,953 3,275 4,383 5,483 9,652 8,250 11,677

Share .............................................. 11.1 9.4 7.3 9.0 9.5 10.3 12.5 11.9 13.3

SE ................................................... 85.72 90.09 226.21 141.33 156.49 225.84 176.00 198.59 345.08

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 2.30 11.58 4.32 3.57 4.12 1.82 2.41 2.96

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean ............................................... 2,859 1,696 693 1,239 2,018 2,584 4,599 4,101 5,319

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.1 2.6 3.4 4.4 4.9 6.0 5.9 6.0

SE ................................................... 57.41 44.98 116.02 77.16 87.77 154.23 129.75 160.12 216.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 2.65 16.73 6.23 4.35 5.97 2.82 3.90 4.07

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Property taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,913 1,208 661 1,134 1,298 1,541 2,969 2,499 3,648

Share .............................................. 3.4 2.9 2.5 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.9 3.6 4.1

SE ................................................... 37.37 35.83 83.48 54.87 53.50 69.15 67.87 64.96 107.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.95 2.97 12.63 4.84 4.12 4.49 2.29 2.60 2.95

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean ............................................... 1,438 1,006 599 902 1,066 1,358 2,084 1,650 2,710

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.1

SE ................................................... 39.44 40.61 94.08 61.44 63.33 114.86 85.02 91.55 187.50

CV(%) ............................................. 2.74 4.04 15.71 6.81 5.94 8.46 4.08 5.55 6.92

Rented dwellings

Mean ............................................... 3,802 3,729 4,196 3,665 3,794 3,392 3,911 4,012 3,766

Share .............................................. 6.8 8.9 15.7 10.1 8.3 6.4 5.1 5.8 4.3

SE ................................................... 60.96 63.04 225.90 134.51 135.57 178.56 126.68 146.01 259.18

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 1.69 5.38 3.67 3.57 5.26 3.24 3.64 6.88

Other lodging

Mean ............................................... 730 338 116 216 436 520 1,316 1,024 1,739

Share .............................................. 1.3 .8 .4 .6 .9 1.0 1.7 1.5 2.0

SE ................................................... 41.89 27.64 24.01 20.92 70.16 55.68 83.94 75.18 164.30

CV(%) ............................................. 5.74 8.17 20.79 9.69 16.09 10.71 6.38 7.34 9.45

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean ............................................... 3,885 3,544 2,594 3,418 3,643 4,232 4,396 4,183 4,704

Share .............................................. 6.9 8.5 9.7 9.4 7.9 8.0 5.7 6.0 5.3

SE ................................................... 32.01 34.65 67.20 48.42 63.14 68.47 47.94 52.28 71.41

CV(%) ............................................. .82 .98 2.59 1.42 1.73 1.62 1.09 1.25 1.52

Natural gas

Mean ............................................... 421 361 301 358 364 402 511 468 574

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

SE ................................................... 13.47 14.31 30.39 17.45 14.58 21.23 15.35 16.13 20.74

CV(%) ............................................. 3.20 3.96 10.09 4.88 4.01 5.28 3.00 3.44 3.61

Electricity

Mean ............................................... 1,460 1,409 1,084 1,405 1,421 1,614 1,537 1,476 1,624

Share .............................................. 2.6 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.1 3.0 2.0 2.1 1.8

SE ................................................... 14.83 19.32 39.12 24.50 31.25 35.79 18.97 22.13 30.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.02 1.37 3.61 1.74 2.20 2.22 1.23 1.50 1.85

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean ............................................... 116 109 81 124 92 134 127 116 145

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

SE ................................................... 8.36 10.44 19.33 16.49 13.03 15.37 11.22 12.65 17.53

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 9.59 23.89 13.28 14.15 11.43 8.81 10.95 12.12

Telephone services

Mean ............................................... 1,347 1,191 792 1,081 1,274 1,504 1,581 1,522 1,666

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.2 1.9

SE ................................................... 12.96 13.03 28.17 17.10 29.70 39.64 22.87 23.23 33.57

CV(%) ............................................. .96 1.09 3.55 1.58 2.33 2.64 1.45 1.53 2.02

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean ............................................... 324 300 279 311 289 317 361 331 404

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

SE ................................................... 6.05 7.57 18.70 10.87 9.95 14.27 6.37 10.05 12.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 2.53 6.72 3.50 3.45 4.49 1.77 3.04 3.19

Cellular phone service

Mean ............................................... 1,023 891 514 770 985 1,186 1,220 1,191 1,261

Share .............................................. 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.4

SE ................................................... 11.96 13.07 26.60 17.81 24.68 35.81 22.37 23.55 30.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.47 5.18 2.31 2.51 3.02 1.83 1.98 2.42

Water and other public services

Mean ............................................... 540 474 336 450 492 578 640 601 695

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

SE ................................................... 12.19 14.06 19.97 17.67 16.80 19.68 13.53 15.88 18.23

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 2.97 5.94 3.93 3.41 3.41 2.12 2.64 2.62

Household operations

Mean ............................................... 1,309 796 390 668 910 1,082 2,074 1,680 2,643

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.4 3.0

SE ................................................... 41.75 22.89 36.79 61.20 32.83 48.32 86.63 78.63 157.59

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 2.88 9.44 9.16 3.61 4.47 4.18 4.68 5.96

Personal services

Mean ............................................... 427 216 117 181 251 278 742 598 950

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

SE ................................................... 27.29 20.35 32.60 57.83 25.51 38.63 56.67 63.35 106.04

CV(%) ............................................. 6.39 9.42 27.78 31.88 10.17 13.92 7.64 10.59 11.16

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Other household expenses

Mean ............................................... 882 580 272 486 660 804 1,332 1,082 1,693

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.9

SE ................................................... 22.19 11.81 13.91 16.38 21.40 28.57 46.93 37.61 89.96

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 2.04 5.11 3.37 3.25 3.55 3.52 3.48 5.31

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 655 530 450 462 563 641 826 747 935

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1

SE ................................................... 16.44 15.24 52.40 25.75 26.95 41.04 34.02 39.33 51.89

CV(%) ............................................. 2.51 2.88 11.63 5.57 4.78 6.41 4.12 5.26 5.55

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean ............................................... 156 141 136 140 132 166 176 165 191

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

SE ................................................... 5.03 5.41 12.03 9.79 8.75 17.53 8.65 11.00 13.32

CV(%) ............................................. 3.23 3.83 8.88 7.01 6.62 10.55 4.92 6.67 6.98

Other household products

Mean ............................................... 368 294 258 251 326 333 469 420 536

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

SE ................................................... 12.20 9.25 44.46 15.07 14.85 30.11 26.82 33.26 39.22

CV(%) ............................................. 3.32 3.15 17.23 6.00 4.56 9.04 5.72 7.91 7.32

Postage and stationery

Mean ............................................... 131 95 57 71 106 141 181 162 208

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

SE ................................................... 4.76 5.45 9.23 9.29 11.99 18.40 9.80 10.88 16.92

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 5.76 16.22 13.05 11.36 13.05 5.40 6.72 8.12

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean ............................................... 1,818 1,294 730 1,127 1,389 1,790 2,574 2,335 2,915

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

SE ................................................... 56.24 44.07 81.79 101.97 72.60 129.61 102.84 114.46 162.94

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 3.41 11.20 9.05 5.23 7.24 4.00 4.90 5.59

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 115 81 40 67 85 128 161 148 179

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

SE ................................................... 7.61 6.66 5.54 14.66 9.63 19.87 17.97 20.50 26.25

CV(%) ............................................. 6.63 8.17 13.82 21.96 11.30 15.56 11.17 13.89 14.63

Furniture

Mean ............................................... 502 360 205 324 374 509 714 636 828

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

SE ................................................... 26.87 22.15 30.15 24.41 33.05 75.94 49.23 52.53 89.03

CV(%) ............................................. 5.35 6.14 14.71 7.53 8.84 14.93 6.89 8.26 10.75

Floor coverings

Mean ............................................... 18 13 4 8 16 23 25 18 35

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

SE ................................................... 1.68 1.82 1.12 1.43 3.62 6.39 2.99 2.39 5.78

CV(%) ............................................. 9.45 14.11 25.16 19.08 23.08 27.33 12.01 13.50 16.34

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 268 228 143 221 211 337 328 319 340

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

SE ................................................... 11.89 11.65 21.40 22.15 18.12 31.75 23.49 31.30 30.49

CV(%) ............................................. 4.43 5.10 14.97 10.00 8.60 9.42 7.17 9.81 8.97

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 118 90 65 61 115 112 156 141 177

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

SE ................................................... 6.43 7.34 12.86 4.89 18.75 14.19 9.17 10.05 15.84

CV(%) ............................................. 5.47 8.13 19.80 7.99 16.26 12.68 5.88 7.13 8.95

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 798 520 273 446 588 681 1,190 1,073 1,355

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

SE ................................................... 34.52 32.51 59.13 87.16 55.78 59.08 67.44 85.23 93.18

CV(%) ............................................. 4.33 6.25 21.68 19.56 9.49 8.68 5.67 7.94 6.87

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 1,846 1,234 846 959 1,452 1,561 2,704 2,576 2,890

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.6 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.7 3.3

SE ................................................... 98.91 46.31 63.09 55.73 94.26 137.46 215.66 323.28 192.90

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 3.75 7.46 5.81 6.49 8.81 7.98 12.55 6.68

Men and boys

Mean ............................................... 422 290 236 228 337 347 607 570 659

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

SE ................................................... 17.50 17.46 33.91 22.01 32.87 45.46 36.23 43.93 50.12

CV(%) ............................................. 4.15 6.03 14.36 9.66 9.75 13.12 5.97 7.71 7.60

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Men, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 331 217 162 163 265 257 491 461 532

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

SE ................................................... 15.29 14.29 27.28 18.79 30.42 35.71 32.31 38.33 47.04

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 6.59 16.83 11.53 11.48 13.91 6.58 8.31 8.84

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 91 73 74 65 72 90 116 108 127

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

SE ................................................... 4.98 4.93 14.34 9.09 7.29 18.42 9.23 11.89 11.31

CV(%) ............................................. 5.48 6.76 19.37 14.01 10.11 20.52 7.95 10.98 8.90

Women and girls

Mean ............................................... 697 475 275 363 568 626 1,004 981 1,037

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

SE ................................................... 37.37 25.12 25.82 28.74 57.13 67.15 76.21 120.05 63.29

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 5.28 9.40 7.91 10.05 10.73 7.59 12.24 6.10

Women, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 596 396 206 289 490 526 872 864 883

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

SE ................................................... 36.53 23.02 23.58 25.95 52.57 61.81 73.81 116.55 59.92

CV(%) ............................................. 6.13 5.82 11.43 8.97 10.72 11.75 8.46 13.49 6.79

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 101 79 68 74 78 100 132 116 155

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

SE ................................................... 4.94 4.78 11.75 9.88 11.01 17.35 12.25 16.00 15.21

CV(%) ............................................. 4.87 6.02 17.15 13.36 14.12 17.32 9.26 13.75 9.83

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 83 66 40 34 88 99 106 76 147

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

SE ................................................... 7.12 7.90 12.75 5.70 18.74 32.04 14.94 11.44 30.60

CV(%) ............................................. 8.59 11.95 31.76 16.85 21.19 32.37 14.11 15.08 20.79

Footwear

Mean ............................................... 354 251 177 211 269 336 496 516 467

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

SE ................................................... 19.33 15.88 27.45 22.70 28.37 53.82 39.58 57.23 37.56

CV(%) ............................................. 5.46 6.33 15.52 10.77 10.54 16.04 7.99 11.08 8.04

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 291 152 118 123 189 153 491 433 579

Share .............................................. .5 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .6 .6 .7

SE ................................................... 46.88 9.12 10.66 13.31 18.00 23.41 109.68 157.29 149.32

CV(%) ............................................. 16.13 5.99 9.03 10.80 9.52 15.25 22.32 36.29 25.81

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 9,503 7,723 4,127 6,766 8,788 9,796 12,153 11,605 12,948

Share .............................................. 17.0 18.5 15.4 18.6 19.1 18.4 15.8 16.7 14.7

SE ................................................... 218.03 227.35 369.61 319.38 370.53 541.96 320.72 293.78 590.03

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 2.94 8.96 4.72 4.22 5.53 2.64 2.53 4.56

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean ............................................... 3,997 3,259 1,478 2,896 3,800 4,054 5,101 4,934 5,342

Share .............................................. 7.1 7.8 5.5 8.0 8.3 7.6 6.6 7.1 6.1

SE ................................................... 187.87 199.90 235.34 265.52 322.42 526.78 280.93 304.75 501.12

CV(%) ............................................. 4.70 6.13 15.92 9.17 8.49 12.99 5.51 6.18 9.38

Cars and trucks, new

Mean ............................................... 1,956 1,360 376 1,282 1,607 1,673 2,849 2,695 3,070

Share .............................................. 3.5 3.3 1.4 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.5

SE ................................................... 126.00 131.12 152.35 196.36 195.94 396.48 195.43 250.95 359.79

CV(%) ............................................. 6.44 9.64 40.47 15.32 12.19 23.69 6.86 9.31 11.72

Cars and trucks, used

Mean ............................................... 1,982 1,825 1,093 1,567 2,058 2,337 2,216 2,203 2,234

Share .............................................. 3.5 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 2.9 3.2 2.5

SE ................................................... 96.92 113.32 220.20 166.43 218.16 251.95 164.36 186.83 242.67

CV(%) ............................................. 4.89 6.21 20.16 10.62 10.60 10.78 7.42 8.48 10.86

Other vehicles

Mean ............................................... 59 74 9 47 134 44 36 35 38

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

SE ................................................... 10.84 14.88 8.87 19.05 43.05 33.40 13.51 17.80 22.62

CV(%) ............................................. 18.44 20.11 99.62 40.16 32.05 76.13 37.57 51.27 59.91

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean ............................................... 2,090 1,887 1,178 1,747 2,021 2,366 2,392 2,383 2,405

Share .............................................. 3.7 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.4 4.5 3.1 3.4 2.7

SE ................................................... 24.17 28.30 65.02 42.92 38.97 62.62 32.28 42.40 49.42

CV(%) ............................................. 1.16 1.50 5.52 2.46 1.93 2.65 1.35 1.78 2.05

Other vehicle expenses

Mean ............................................... 2,756 2,286 1,255 1,919 2,651 2,923 3,447 3,385 3,541

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Other vehicle expenses

Share .............................................. 4.9 5.5 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.9 4.0

SE ................................................... 57.92 80.57 161.25 112.64 152.85 145.57 107.85 137.51 191.09

CV(%) ............................................. 2.10 3.52 12.85 5.87 5.77 4.98 3.13 4.06 5.40

Vehicle finance charges

Mean ............................................... 216 191 91 154 224 262 254 256 251

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

SE ................................................... 5.50 6.74 9.84 8.38 11.57 16.93 8.13 11.90 11.74

CV(%) ............................................. 2.54 3.53 10.84 5.43 5.17 6.47 3.20 4.66 4.67

Maintenance and repairs

Mean ............................................... 837 691 338 651 759 862 1,053 990 1,143

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

SE ................................................... 23.03 28.32 35.61 62.37 40.26 58.52 34.47 44.69 52.84

CV(%) ............................................. 2.75 4.10 10.53 9.58 5.31 6.79 3.27 4.51 4.62

Vehicle insurance

Mean ............................................... 1,079 1,007 669 791 1,235 1,172 1,176 1,231 1,102

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.3

SE ................................................... 54.06 75.02 155.19 74.77 170.10 118.99 104.83 117.21 177.98

CV(%) ............................................. 5.01 7.45 23.20 9.45 13.77 10.15 8.91 9.52 16.16

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean ............................................... 624 397 157 323 433 627 964 908 1,045

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.0 .6 .9 .9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2

SE ................................................... 23.68 19.02 20.05 24.17 28.85 76.95 47.12 70.90 46.84

CV(%) ............................................. 3.79 4.79 12.80 7.48 6.66 12.28 4.89 7.80 4.48

Public and other transportation

Mean ............................................... 661 290 216 204 317 453 1,213 903 1,660

Share .............................................. 1.2 .7 .8 .6 .7 .9 1.6 1.3 1.9

SE ................................................... 25.32 12.93 28.38 18.03 18.93 40.48 54.23 61.02 95.90

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 4.46 13.15 8.85 5.98 8.95 4.47 6.75 5.78

Healthcare

Mean ............................................... 4,342 3,434 2,358 3,203 3,600 4,269 5,696 5,097 6,560

Share .............................................. 7.8 8.2 8.8 8.8 7.8 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.5

SE ................................................... 58.11 68.99 391.33 90.71 114.46 132.67 79.96 127.02 119.21

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 2.01 16.59 2.83 3.18 3.11 1.40 2.49 1.82

Health insurance

Mean ............................................... 2,977 2,374 1,351 2,306 2,507 2,935 3,880 3,565 4,334

Share .............................................. 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.1 4.9

SE ................................................... 38.63 37.96 66.87 66.34 84.77 75.04 61.29 86.83 103.33

CV(%) ............................................. 1.30 1.60 4.95 2.88 3.38 2.56 1.58 2.44 2.38

Medical services

Mean ............................................... 791 588 628 451 611 772 1,096 894 1,388

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.4 2.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6

SE ................................................... 34.90 47.13 326.13 31.80 42.70 79.77 46.74 61.35 71.73

CV(%) ............................................. 4.41 8.02 51.93 7.06 6.99 10.33 4.27 6.86 5.17

Drugs

Mean ............................................... 425 361 327 335 371 414 516 474 575

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

SE ................................................... 10.07 10.56 51.48 17.25 13.99 30.00 17.14 24.79 25.22

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 2.93 15.73 5.16 3.77 7.24 3.32 5.23 4.38

Medical supplies

Mean ............................................... 149 111 52 112 111 148 204 164 262

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

SE ................................................... 5.79 7.07 9.03 15.61 9.53 12.93 9.61 12.70 17.04

CV(%) ............................................. 3.89 6.38 17.23 13.92 8.60 8.75 4.70 7.74 6.49

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 2,842 2,112 1,103 1,725 2,359 3,017 3,906 3,398 4,628

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.1 4.1 4.7 5.1 5.7 5.1 4.9 5.3

SE ................................................... 65.23 75.97 84.66 102.18 127.23 266.49 99.48 103.15 190.22

CV(%) ............................................. 2.30 3.60 7.67 5.92 5.39 8.83 2.55 3.04 4.11

Fees and admissions

Mean ............................................... 652 293 75 172 347 555 1,186 982 1,479

Share .............................................. 1.2 .7 .3 .5 .8 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.7

SE ................................................... 25.16 20.38 16.32 13.51 26.13 88.92 51.75 47.83 82.26

CV(%) ............................................. 3.86 6.96 21.83 7.84 7.52 16.02 4.36 4.87 5.56

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean ............................................... 1,084 970 681 877 1,068 1,143 1,251 1,209 1,310

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.5

SE ................................................... 12.71 15.53 37.03 15.14 34.96 23.49 20.52 29.25 38.10

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.60 5.44 1.73 3.27 2.05 1.64 2.42 2.91

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean ............................................... 653 472 285 389 554 581 908 795 1,064

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2

SE ................................................... 23.92 26.55 74.10 56.81 42.78 54.69 39.81 51.23 77.84

CV(%) ............................................. 3.66 5.63 26.01 14.61 7.73 9.41 4.39 6.45 7.32

Pets

Mean ............................................... 528 384 236 322 452 455 732 658 836

Share .............................................. .9 .9 .9 .9 1.0 .9 1.0 .9 1.0

SE ................................................... 23.54 25.98 74.50 53.60 42.20 43.75 39.16 46.24 72.65

CV(%) ............................................. 4.46 6.77 31.52 16.62 9.34 9.63 5.35 7.03 8.69

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean ............................................... 125 88 49 66 102 127 175 137 228

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

SE ................................................... 5.89 6.88 10.07 10.75 12.74 24.09 13.67 14.74 24.03

CV(%) ............................................. 4.71 7.80 20.71 16.21 12.51 19.01 7.79 10.74 10.55

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services

Mean ............................................... 453 378 63 287 390 738 562 413 775

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .2 .8 .8 1.4 .7 .6 .9

SE ................................................... 48.87 63.13 15.46 75.40 100.80 254.57 76.20 51.20 178.73

CV(%) ............................................. 10.79 16.71 24.47 26.24 25.84 34.49 13.57 12.41 23.06

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 683 501 308 414 566 658 944 858 1,065

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

SE ................................................... 10.80 14.64 33.12 22.35 26.79 33.02 20.10 29.29 29.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.92 10.75 5.40 4.73 5.02 2.13 3.41 2.80

Reading

Mean ............................................... 114 72 39 65 83 84 175 143 219

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

SE ................................................... 5.22 6.47 8.99 12.56 9.21 11.70 9.54 10.52 17.98

CV(%) ............................................. 4.57 8.97 23.01 19.22 11.13 13.92 5.46 7.34 8.20

Education

Mean ............................................... 1,315 539 199 198 846 784 2,472 2,160 2,923

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.3 .7 .5 1.8 1.5 3.2 3.1 3.3

SE ................................................... 79.53 46.36 68.57 24.12 99.86 109.47 168.77 228.01 263.30

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 8.59 34.41 12.21 11.80 13.96 6.83 10.56 9.01

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean ............................................... 349 458 332 499 484 414 186 227 127

Share .............................................. .6 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 .8 .2 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 11.39 17.30 24.08 25.51 27.72 37.99 9.00 14.84 12.84

CV(%) ............................................. 3.26 3.78 7.26 5.12 5.72 9.18 4.83 6.53 10.08

Miscellaneous

Mean ............................................... 871 723 309 580 836 1,044 1,091 1,093 1,090

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.2

SE ................................................... 45.65 51.69 68.05 67.47 89.98 133.22 76.89 90.44 93.80

CV(%) ............................................. 5.24 7.15 21.99 11.62 10.76 12.76 7.05 8.28 8.60

Cash contributions

Mean ............................................... 1,819 1,107 646 839 1,269 1,595 2,884 2,165 3,922

Share .............................................. 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.1 4.5

SE ................................................... 68.39 43.21 104.98 52.61 84.82 149.31 137.89 134.30 267.70

CV(%) ............................................. 3.76 3.90 16.24 6.27 6.68 9.36 4.78 6.20 6.83

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean ............................................... 6,349 3,778 1,627 3,073 4,217 5,688 10,195 8,755 12,275

Share .............................................. 11.3 9.1 6.1 8.4 9.2 10.7 13.2 12.6 14.0

SE ................................................... 116.57 95.10 136.61 159.87 147.79 283.50 228.90 277.60 414.86

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 2.52 8.40 5.20 3.50 4.98 2.25 3.17 3.38

Life and other personal insurance

Mean ............................................... 333 191 100 164 217 250 545 499 612

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

SE ................................................... 24.46 10.93 15.28 12.78 18.10 25.77 59.14 89.30 69.26

CV(%) ............................................. 7.35 5.72 15.30 7.81 8.33 10.30 10.85 17.89 11.31

Pensions and Social Security

Mean ............................................... 6,016 3,587 1,527 2,909 4,000 5,438 9,650 8,256 11,663

Share .............................................. 10.7 8.6 5.7 8.0 8.7 10.2 12.5 11.9 13.3

SE ................................................... 113.55 94.14 137.47 157.25 144.92 269.84 221.15 253.31 422.19

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Pensions and Social Security

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.62 9.00 5.41 3.62 4.96 2.29 3.07 3.62

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $69,627 $46,470 $26,359 $40,082 $51,118 $62,806 $104,277 $90,594 $124,046

SE ................................................... 871.92 689.50 1,185.18 912.67 1,285.44 1,623.62 1,705.93 2,137.21 2,636.54

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.48 4.50 2.28 2.51 2.59 1.64 2.36 2.13

Wages and salaries

Mean ............................................... 54,405 33,484 15,316 27,549 37,533 48,863 85,710 75,054 101,105

Share .............................................. 78.1 72.1 58.1 68.7 73.4 77.8 82.2 82.8 81.5

SE ................................................... 851.84 626.41 983.63 885.41 1,083.58 1,517.64 1,756.52 2,123.15 2,704.40

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 1.87 6.42 3.21 2.89 3.11 2.05 2.83 2.67

Self-employment income

Mean ............................................... 4,363 2,614 1,862 2,100 2,653 4,025 6,981 6,132 8,209

Share .............................................. 6.3 5.6 7.1 5.2 5.2 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.6

SE ................................................... 231.97 185.53 464.69 230.22 331.54 735.85 530.62 617.31 779.34

CV(%) ............................................. 5.32 7.10 24.95 10.96 12.50 18.28 7.60 10.07 9.49

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean ............................................... 7,801 7,884 6,979 8,510 7,915 7,257 7,678 5,772 10,431

Share .............................................. 11.2 17.0 26.5 21.2 15.5 11.6 7.4 6.4 8.4

SE ................................................... 172.97 217.45 380.45 336.69 379.62 388.56 278.78 238.50 664.73

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 2.76 5.45 3.96 4.80 5.35 3.63 4.13 6.37

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean ............................................... 1,737 936 348 436 1,455 1,211 2,936 2,654 3,344

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.0 1.3 1.1 2.8 1.9 2.8 2.9 2.7

SE ................................................... 140.39 140.24 120.71 81.03 346.05 245.79 285.99 406.82 328.78

CV(%) ............................................. 8.08 14.98 34.67 18.57 23.78 20.30 9.74 15.33 9.83

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance

Program (SNAP)

Mean ............................................... 568 816 1,422 930 663 500 196 235 139

Share .............................................. .8 1.8 5.4 2.3 1.3 .8 .2 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 23.66 35.00 115.46 62.82 52.78 50.59 19.01 28.75 24.62

CV(%) ............................................. 4.17 4.29 8.12 6.75 7.96 10.12 9.70 12.21 17.69

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean ............................................... 432 422 178 262 538 655 447 435 464

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

SE ................................................... 30.78 35.80 49.06 46.42 68.29 114.17 49.85 58.59 80.51

CV(%) ............................................. 7.12 8.47 27.60 17.70 12.69 17.44 11.16 13.48 17.36

Other income

Mean ............................................... 320 314 254 294 360 295 330 312 355

Share .............................................. .5 .7 1.0 .7 .7 .5 .3 .3 .3

SE ................................................... 26.13 28.35 35.18 35.36 44.77 89.90 40.49 44.04 81.05

CV(%) ............................................. 8.16 9.04 13.84 12.03 12.42 30.51 12.28 14.09 22.86

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean ............................................... 9,178 3,555 162 2,241 4,486 6,455 17,593 13,874 22,966

Share .............................................. 13.2 7.7 .6 5.6 8.8 10.3 16.9 15.3 18.5

SE ................................................... 295.70 219.04 147.62 200.16 476.77 404.71 548.24 662.00 858.81

CV(%) ............................................. 3.22 6.16 91.12 8.93 10.63 6.27 3.12 4.77 3.74

Federal income taxes

Mean ............................................... 7,111 2,581 -104 1,515 3,329 4,902 13,890 10,836 18,302

Share .............................................. 10.2 5.6 -.4 3.8 6.5 7.8 13.3 12.0 14.8

SE ................................................... 221.98 169.25 120.42 166.42 365.10 328.13 436.76 526.33 711.31

CV(%) ............................................. 3.12 6.56 -115.28 10.99 10.97 6.69 3.14 4.86 3.89

State and local income taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,997 920 241 689 1,077 1,500 3,610 2,990 4,505

Share .............................................. 2.9 2.0 .9 1.7 2.1 2.4 3.5 3.3 3.6

SE ................................................... 96.48 69.87 42.31 48.95 134.65 116.31 153.41 163.24 212.49

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 7.60 17.57 7.10 12.50 7.76 4.25 5.46 4.72

Other taxes

Mean ............................................... 70 54 26 37 80 53 93 48 159

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

SE ................................................... 19.68 14.12 9.00 9.96 30.15 12.26 42.53 11.73 100.94

CV(%) ............................................. 28.14 26.04 35.08 26.71 37.87 23.01 45.50 24.35 63.53

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 60,448 42,915 26,197 37,842 46,632 56,351 86,684 76,721 101,080

Share .............................................. 86.8 92.3 99.4 94.4 91.2 89.7 83.1 84.7 81.5

SE ................................................... 634.35 559.44 1,133.30 758.36 1,024.87 1,295.28 1,248.20 1,527.85 1,983.75

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 1.30 4.33 2.00 2.20 2.30 1.44 1.99 1.96

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean ............................................... $6,937 $3,010 $2,870 $1,313 $2,943 $6,463 $12,814 $9,584 $17,481

SE ................................................... 1,479.63 978.38 1,652.52 1,466.89 1,275.58 3,281.35 2,999.39 3,009.43 5,147.31

CV(%) ............................................. 21.33 32.51 57.58 111.69 43.35 50.77 23.41 31.40 29.44

Net change in total assets

Mean ............................................... 15,442 7,282 4,473 4,520 7,924 13,124 27,651 24,602 32,056

SE ................................................... 1,446.39 962.95 1,585.74 1,494.29 1,388.56 3,221.93 3,004.18 2,924.76 5,212.55

CV(%) ............................................. 9.37 13.22 35.45 33.06 17.52 24.55 10.86 11.89 16.26

Net change in total liabilities

Mean ............................................... 8,504 4,272 1,603 3,207 4,982 6,661 14,837 15,018 14,575

SE ................................................... 685.63 550.52 620.42 725.47 905.77 1,455.57 1,435.25 1,752.97 2,304.35

CV(%) ............................................. 8.06 12.89 38.70 22.62 18.18 21.85 9.67 11.67 15.81

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean ............................................... 766 521 104 344 900 357 1,132 568 1,947

SE ................................................... 181.72 222.74 48.12 135.02 590.65 110.36 313.20 186.82 742.71

CV(%) ............................................. 23.72 42.73 46.16 39.30 65.59 30.89 27.66 32.87 38.14

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean ............................................... -1,757 -1,078 -421 -818 -1,275 -1,613 -2,772 -2,461 -3,222

SE ................................................... 43.10 38.55 66.54 51.22 59.25 118.72 83.29 113.14 113.85

CV(%) ............................................. -2.45 -3.58 -15.81 -6.26 -4.65 -7.36 -3.00 -4.60 -3.53

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean ............................................... 162,749 104,286 61,097 90,131 111,045 146,898 250,231 211,948 305,542

SE ................................................... 3,202.93 3,090.50 5,310.34 2,890.23 3,841.72 10,139.10 6,503.04 6,342.81 10,536.33

CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 2.96 8.69 3.21 3.46 6.90 2.60 2.99 3.45

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean ............................................... 930 653 395 591 701 848 1,345 1,183 1,578

SE ................................................... 11.23 9.13 20.35 14.64 16.20 22.83 21.65 22.38 37.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.21 1.40 5.15 2.48 2.31 2.69 1.61 1.89 2.38

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean ............................................... 1,249 745 401 540 763 1,318 1,984 1,667 2,436

SE ................................................... 72.43 57.25 104.02 56.16 71.91 231.40 134.78 204.57 163.07

CV(%) ............................................. 5.80 7.68 25.93 10.39 9.42 17.55 6.79 12.27 6.69

Food

Mean ............................................... 91 48 20 39 46 84 153 98 231

SE ................................................... 10.60 6.70 7.78 9.39 9.50 22.19 24.07 10.36 56.03

CV(%) ............................................. 11.60 14.07 38.39 24.09 20.55 26.56 15.69 10.58 24.27

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 15 9 4 4 10 22 22 16 29

SE ................................................... 2.38 2.37 3.08 1.51 3.69 10.77 4.46 4.44 8.13

CV(%) ............................................. 16.44 25.62 78.78 41.48 36.83 49.66 20.48 27.22 27.62

Housing

Mean ............................................... 244 179 79 137 198 284 340 261 452

SE ................................................... 16.51 17.61 28.66 18.68 28.91 46.43 28.13 24.48 49.96

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 9.86 36.08 13.67 14.59 16.37 8.29 9.38 11.06

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 30 20 6 12 22 37 45 34 60

SE ................................................... 3.75 3.50 2.39 3.69 4.33 15.35 5.84 4.04 12.01

CV(%) ............................................. 12.38 17.83 43.35 30.15 19.53 41.15 12.99 11.88 20.01

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 8 5 1 ( ) 2 7 9 12 14 9

SE ................................................... 1.99 1.41 .23 1.30 3.34 4.34 4.44 7.60 3.03

CV(%) ............................................. 25.36 28.89 73.91 66.99 48.31 46.63 37.17 53.89 33.68

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean ............................................... 22 13 4 4 17 27 34 27 44

SE ................................................... 3.33 3.16 2.87 1.53 6.13 9.30 4.74 5.52 10.16

CV(%) ............................................. 15.44 24.68 69.62 36.30 36.32 34.83 13.87 20.64 22.85

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 8 5 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 5 14 13 12 15

SE ................................................... 1.33 1.42 .11 .17 1.78 6.61 2.57 3.50 5.10

CV(%) ............................................. 16.73 31.53 85.61 37.77 34.81 47.34 19.69 30.31 33.44

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 14 8 4 4 12 13 21 15 29

SE ................................................... 2.56 2.76 2.87 1.54 5.85 6.48 3.92 4.18 7.72

CV(%) ............................................. 18.79 33.30 71.91 41.09 49.70 50.91 18.58 27.54 26.44

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 48 30 10 27 32 45 73 64 85

SE ................................................... 5.88 4.27 3.82 6.06 6.66 15.60 11.84 13.80 17.01

CV(%) ............................................. 12.34 14.11 36.38 22.25 20.92 34.58 16.30 21.60 20.07

Other housing

Mean ............................................... 137 111 59 91 120 165 176 122 253

SE ................................................... 11.84 14.04 27.48 18.24 25.74 41.63 20.47 17.79 40.75

CV(%) ............................................. 8.64 12.66 46.58 20.03 21.39 25.21 11.64 14.56 16.08

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 253 160 67 90 191 288 384 376 396

SE ................................................... 41.42 18.62 14.46 13.87 27.35 85.75 86.59 154.46 51.73

CV(%) ............................................. 16.36 11.65 21.58 15.39 14.34 29.81 22.57 41.12 13.07

Males, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 59 36 16 26 50 41 90 66 123

SE ................................................... 5.17 5.76 5.03 5.83 10.57 15.99 9.57 12.20 13.10

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 15.81 31.26 22.05 21.15 38.97 10.68 18.61 10.67

Females, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 64 54 25 29 63 99 79 62 101

SE ................................................... 6.50 7.58 8.28 5.81 12.27 34.81 12.04 8.92 24.44

CV(%) ............................................. 10.15 14.15 33.22 20.29 19.34 35.23 15.33 14.30 24.27

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 40 34 21 12 41 71 49 21 87

SE ................................................... 6.15 7.79 8.90 2.79 16.51 31.24 12.12 6.05 28.39

CV(%) ............................................. 15.25 22.86 42.20 23.36 40.76 43.78 24.73 28.26 32.64

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 90 36 5 23 37 76 167 226 85

SE ................................................... 36.86 6.54 2.03 6.36 7.94 31.87 86.44 153.21 25.44

CV(%) ............................................. 40.90 18.33 41.76 27.49 21.57 41.69 51.87 67.70 29.82

Jewelry and watches

Mean ............................................... 60 8 1 ( ) 8 14 4 132 186 59

SE ................................................... 36.32 2.13 .27 4.50 4.55 1.09 86.32 154.55 24.50

CV(%) ............................................. 60.72 25.45 90.48 58.23 32.55 30.47 65.30 83.19 41.37

All other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 30 27 5 15 23 73 34 41 26

SE ................................................... 4.71 6.30 2.06 4.64 6.70 31.90 6.68 11.16 6.90

CV(%) ............................................. 15.53 23.07 45.13 30.14 29.36 43.75 19.38 27.53 26.46

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 139 121 76 110 82 256 165 140 202

SE ................................................... 19.81 29.46 43.14 35.27 25.49 129.18 25.85 24.51 46.09

CV(%) ............................................. 14.25 24.25 56.48 32.08 30.96 50.55 15.64 17.53 22.81

Healthcare

Mean ............................................... 34 17 50 13 11 13 60 48 78

SE ................................................... 7.46 8.43 46.18 7.12 2.91 4.11 13.63 16.48 23.33

CV(%) ............................................. 21.84 50.52 92.61 53.98 27.35 32.06 22.67 34.41 29.96

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 95 71 31 63 67 119 129 92 182

SE ................................................... 8.69 11.53 13.59 20.58 9.54 40.87 11.59 12.10 20.47

CV(%) ............................................. 9.17 16.25 44.11 32.65 14.24 34.35 8.96 13.12 11.23

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean ............................................... 29 23 14 15 23 42 38 26 55

SE ................................................... 3.80 4.46 7.17 6.17 5.73 18.35 5.41 6.41 9.72

CV(%) ............................................. 12.97 19.57 51.40 40.71 24.62 43.92 14.14 24.35 17.79

Other entertainment

Mean ............................................... 66 48 17 48 44 77 91 66 128

SE ................................................... 6.83 8.99 11.94 17.00 6.51 36.28 11.28 10.79 18.61

CV(%) ............................................. 10.42 18.67 70.77 35.50 14.87 46.98 12.39 16.40 14.58

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 16 13 4 8 12 30 21 12 34

SE ................................................... 2.82 2.58 3.17 3.15 3.55 11.15 5.10 4.40 10.45

CV(%) ............................................. 17.26 19.78 74.27 38.57 29.96 37.16 24.42 38.25 30.87

Reading

Mean ............................................... 6 4 1 6 3 3 9 6 13

SE ................................................... .85 .87 .39 2.18 .89 1.53 1.60 1.32 3.09

CV(%) ............................................. 14.81 24.76 64.39 37.88 32.13 56.26 17.85 20.84 24.56

Education

Mean ............................................... 278 74 51 27 88 152 583 519 675

SE ................................................... 34.06 13.44 47.35 7.03 19.11 47.01 79.94 123.48 97.86

CV(%) ............................................. 12.24 18.05 92.47 25.97 21.70 30.95 13.72 23.81 14.49

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

All other gifts

Mean ............................................... 77 50 17 44 56 70 118 100 144

SE ................................................... 5.85 5.31 9.21 8.74 10.77 14.71 12.76 15.66 21.19

CV(%) ............................................. 7.59 10.70 52.69 19.99 19.33 21.03 10.80 15.64 14.70

1 Value is too small to display.

n.a. Not applicable.

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