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

Surveys, 2020 

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......................... 131,234 8,723 80,648 35,091 19,357 16,381 3,533 6,286 27,957 13,906 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ............................................. $84,352 $132,856 $99,938 $131,207 $82,635 $71,446 $74,593 $67,156 $42,397 $47,878 

 SE ................................................. 1,260.38 7,178.28 1,134.99 2,147.56 1,860.16 2,189.42 3,522.59 2,512.38 893.24 2,669.91 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.49 5.40 1.14 1.64 2.25 3.06 4.72 3.74 2.11 5.58 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 74,949 110,637 88,309 111,987 74,873 66,846 70,015 63,712 42,044 41,237 

 SE ................................................. 1,197.76 5,111.55 899.51 1,635.03 1,457.07 1,728.03 3,087.43 2,162.84 797.05 6,228.12 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.60 4.62 1.02 1.46 1.95 2.59 4.41 3.39 1.90 15.10 

 Age of reference person ................................................... 52.2 51.0 45.3 45.8 44.2 45.6 42.2 46.4 73.9 49.4 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People ........................................................................... 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 1.7 2.7 

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

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

 Earners .......................................................................... 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 .2 .7 

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

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ............................................................................... 47 57 50 48 44 46 91 73 42 31 

 Women .......................................................................... 53 43 50 52 56 54 9 27 58 69 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ................................................................... 66 72 63 71 58 50 63 62 80 51 

 With mortgage ............................................................ 39 44 45 55 41 34 42 38 23 28 

 Without mortgage....................................................... 27 28 17 17 17 16 22 23 57 23 

 Renter ............................................................................ 34 28 37 29 42 50 37 38 20 49 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ............................................ 13 10 14 11 15 20 9 16 11 14 

 White, Asian, and all other races .................................. 87 90 86 89 85 80 91 84 89 86 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ......................................................... 14 12 16 9 16 23 32 26 7 21 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ................................................... 86 88 84 91 84 77 68 74 93 79 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8) ........................................................... 2 3 2 ( 2 ) 1 3 5 6 2 7 

 High school (9-12) ......................................................... 28 24 23 9 26 36 48 51 36 43 

 College .......................................................................... 69 73 75 91 73 61 47 42 61 50 

 Never attended and other ............................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1 ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) 1 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased .............................. 90 92 93 95 93 88 91 95 88 76 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean ............................................. $61,334 $82,320 $66,893 $80,855 $59,168 $53,604 $57,401 $52,065 $46,111 $46,107 

 SE ................................................. 573.03 2,450.78 676.65 996.49 1,186.12 1,294.79 2,561.73 2,392.85 1,140.17 1,667.08 

 CV(%) ............................................ .93 2.98 1.01 1.23 2.00 2.42 4.46 4.60 2.47 3.62 

 Food 

 Mean ............................................. 7,316 7,648 7,959 9,240 7,176 7,134 6,500 5,900 5,862 6,306 

 Share ............................................. 11.9 9.3 11.9 11.4 12.1 13.3 11.3 11.3 12.7 13.7 

 SE ................................................. 126.15 350.76 162.33 272.28 283.53 406.16 460.79 417.06 228.32 359.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.72 4.59 2.04 2.95 3.95 5.69 7.09 7.07 3.90 5.69 

 Food at home 

 Mean ............................................. 4,942 5,110 5,175 5,974 4,507 4,827 4,067 4,142 4,376 4,618 

 Share ............................................. 8.1 6.2 7.7 7.4 7.6 9.0 7.1 8.0 9.5 10.0 

 SE ................................................. 99.87 271.56 117.54 186.69 177.30 309.15 333.79 310.43 221.91 331.61 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.02 5.31 2.27 3.13 3.93 6.41 8.21 7.50 5.07 7.18 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean ............................................. 640 652 666 767 562 644 540 521 581 599 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.82 50.62 19.04 31.04 26.98 55.14 63.73 56.80 31.19 43.11 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.47 7.76 2.86 4.04 4.80 8.56 11.80 10.91 5.37 7.20 

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

Surveys, 2020 — 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 ............................................. 212 208 226 263 182 220 180 193 172 213 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.46 18.36 6.94 10.40 13.56 19.18 40.61 28.19 7.92 19.22 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.58 8.82 3.07 3.96 7.44 8.71 22.62 14.61 4.60 9.03 

 Bakery products 

 Mean ............................................. 428 444 440 505 380 424 360 328 409 386 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.31 35.76 13.55 24.06 17.45 39.36 42.45 32.01 24.81 27.90 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.64 8.05 3.08 4.77 4.59 9.29 11.78 9.77 6.07 7.23 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean ............................................. 1,075 1,220 1,108 1,244 947 1,127 888 890 930 1,076 

 Share ............................................. 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.3 

 SE ................................................. 26.77 120.60 33.14 53.57 58.08 85.57 113.41 79.50 61.45 87.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.49 9.88 2.99 4.31 6.13 7.59 12.77 8.93 6.61 8.16 

 Beef 

 Mean ............................................. 296 356 307 336 250 316 327 289 248 281 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.79 56.06 13.19 21.41 20.30 36.31 101.56 49.96 22.27 26.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.65 15.74 4.29 6.37 8.12 11.51 31.03 17.28 8.96 9.26 

 Pork 

 Mean ............................................. 214 298 204 226 188 206 158 152 200 242 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.78 85.85 8.34 13.00 16.35 21.95 23.20 17.79 15.66 36.17 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.56 28.84 4.08 5.77 8.70 10.67 14.68 11.70 7.83 14.95 

 Other meats 

 Mean ............................................. 142 150 149 169 137 136 123 113 123 135 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.83 18.79 5.43 8.42 11.34 17.05 21.52 17.38 10.61 13.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.40 12.49 3.65 4.99 8.28 12.53 17.46 15.37 8.62 9.62 

 Poultry 

 Mean ............................................. 189 191 199 222 162 216 142 173 146 219 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.30 23.82 7.54 11.74 14.27 22.47 31.65 24.09 10.09 34.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.86 12.50 3.78 5.29 8.80 10.39 22.28 13.89 6.90 15.91 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean ............................................. 170 157 183 218 156 189 91 102 156 131 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.72 16.87 10.39 16.29 15.95 23.72 18.03 16.71 13.07 18.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.54 10.74 5.66 7.47 10.23 12.52 19.74 16.44 8.40 14.23 

 Eggs 

 Mean ............................................. 64 68 65 74 54 64 46 61 57 68 

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

 SE ................................................. 2.05 5.48 2.70 4.58 4.77 6.20 10.57 6.32 3.92 9.44 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.22 8.01 4.16 6.20 8.81 9.70 23.01 10.40 6.90 13.82 

 Dairy products 

 Mean ............................................. 474 477 489 576 428 419 439 374 444 445 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.49 29.66 12.14 21.44 22.43 29.07 61.04 33.32 14.71 36.12 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.00 6.21 2.48 3.72 5.24 6.94 13.91 8.90 3.31 8.12 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean ............................................. 147 136 151 172 132 138 136 130 130 164 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.70 10.53 4.94 7.60 8.31 9.96 20.86 17.94 5.24 15.32 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.52 7.73 3.27 4.42 6.28 7.22 15.33 13.82 4.02 9.36 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean ............................................. 327 341 338 404 296 281 303 244 313 281 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.33 24.08 9.12 16.74 17.37 20.76 49.87 22.60 12.21 23.66 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.24 7.06 2.70 4.14 5.87 7.38 16.48 9.24 3.90 8.42 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean ............................................. 977 991 1,015 1,181 895 943 718 779 898 906 

 Share ............................................. 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.0 

 SE ................................................. 26.18 72.76 29.41 48.90 45.54 72.07 69.56 82.83 51.55 76.20 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.68 7.34 2.90 4.14 5.09 7.64 9.69 10.64 5.74 8.41 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean ............................................. 349 342 368 436 326 323 239 296 305 327 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.81 31.97 12.07 21.93 20.07 22.67 37.16 37.08 14.59 37.63 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.81 9.35 3.28 5.03 6.15 7.01 15.55 12.52 4.78 11.51 

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

Surveys, 2020 — 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 ............................................. 311 350 322 383 284 284 224 248 289 257 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.66 30.38 9.85 18.89 18.21 20.96 24.66 33.36 13.78 20.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.46 8.68 3.06 4.94 6.41 7.38 11.00 13.47 4.76 7.94 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean ............................................. 125 128 127 135 115 135 103 105 120 125 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.52 15.64 4.60 7.85 7.47 13.74 14.10 17.64 11.50 16.47 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.61 12.27 3.62 5.80 6.49 10.17 13.70 16.78 9.57 13.20 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean ............................................. 192 171 197 227 169 200 152 130 183 197 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.56 13.38 8.91 10.86 11.09 27.00 23.48 17.13 20.54 18.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.46 7.81 4.52 4.79 6.58 13.47 15.47 13.22 11.21 9.16 

 Other food at home 

 Mean ............................................. 1,776 1,769 1,898 2,204 1,675 1,693 1,483 1,578 1,523 1,593 

 Share ............................................. 2.9 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.5 

 SE ................................................. 35.44 101.06 44.04 69.74 69.64 107.33 138.82 136.81 79.36 125.47 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.00 5.71 2.32 3.16 4.16 6.34 9.36 8.67 5.21 7.88 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean ............................................. 166 148 175 206 155 157 151 108 156 150 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.45 13.14 7.16 12.19 12.57 14.63 28.99 14.04 11.16 14.82 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.29 8.89 4.11 5.92 8.13 9.30 19.17 12.95 7.17 9.90 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean ............................................. 133 124 136 151 119 134 112 125 126 130 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.55 10.03 5.05 7.17 9.23 12.99 19.54 15.09 11.73 16.04 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.43 8.12 3.70 4.74 7.74 9.69 17.46 12.05 9.32 12.32 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean ............................................. 973 965 1,062 1,255 936 922 753 869 777 862 

 Share ............................................. 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 21.05 60.58 27.76 41.90 50.58 63.46 65.25 88.59 40.45 88.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.16 6.28 2.61 3.34 5.40 6.88 8.67 10.19 5.21 10.21 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean ............................................. 455 451 474 520 434 442 423 447 414 428 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.57 39.14 11.88 20.42 24.70 30.60 58.40 41.46 23.39 31.53 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.10 8.67 2.51 3.93 5.69 6.92 13.81 9.27 5.64 7.36 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips 

 Mean ............................................. 50 81 51 72 31 38 44 28 50 23 

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

 SE ................................................. 2.73 11.93 3.18 4.80 2.88 5.08 13.14 6.56 9.11 2.94 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.51 14.71 6.30 6.65 9.29 13.54 30.20 23.49 18.15 12.75 

 Food away from home 

 Mean ............................................. 2,375 2,539 2,784 3,267 2,669 2,307 2,433 1,758 1,486 1,688 

 Share ............................................. 3.9 3.1 4.2 4.0 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.4 3.2 3.7 

 SE ................................................. 63.73 169.67 87.30 153.92 162.73 179.33 284.60 188.11 85.66 134.72 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.68 6.68 3.14 4.71 6.10 7.77 11.70 10.70 5.76 7.98 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean ............................................. 478 559 554 753 490 326 376 297 376 177 

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

 SE ................................................. 20.88 78.70 26.70 46.83 54.10 50.93 69.54 71.78 34.92 33.65 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.37 14.07 4.82 6.22 11.05 15.61 18.51 24.17 9.30 18.96 

 Housing 

 Mean ............................................. 21,409 28,193 22,940 26,871 20,856 19,526 19,190 18,319 16,990 16,901 

 Share ............................................. 34.9 34.2 34.3 33.2 35.2 36.4 33.4 35.2 36.8 36.7 

 SE ................................................. 244.84 1,744.04 289.31 364.54 446.56 497.26 816.95 649.32 395.87 522.13 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.14 6.19 1.26 1.36 2.14 2.55 4.26 3.54 2.33 3.09 

 Shelter 

 Mean ............................................. 12,604 16,080 13,698 16,127 12,391 11,946 11,046 10,213 9,669 9,980 

 Share ............................................. 20.5 19.5 20.5 19.9 20.9 22.3 19.2 19.6 21.0 21.6 

 SE ................................................. 140.10 687.26 221.40 286.05 344.68 407.21 544.70 460.91 327.19 346.93 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.11 4.27 1.62 1.77 2.78 3.41 4.93 4.51 3.38 3.48 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean ............................................. 7,473 10,612 8,007 10,469 6,849 5,449 5,818 5,730 6,383 4,597 

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

Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Owned dwellings 

 Share ............................................. 12.2 12.9 12.0 12.9 11.6 10.2 10.1 11.0 13.8 10.0 

 SE ................................................. 107.20 648.76 174.61 247.08 335.50 292.95 415.28 396.69 189.16 281.64 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.43 6.11 2.18 2.36 4.90 5.38 7.14 6.92 2.96 6.13 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean ............................................. 2,962 4,041 3,584 4,779 3,039 2,409 2,679 2,155 1,346 1,925 

 Share ............................................. 4.8 4.9 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.1 2.9 4.2 

 SE ................................................. 50.84 335.00 74.00 118.59 141.53 137.09 268.77 147.98 72.92 132.58 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.72 8.29 2.07 2.48 4.66 5.69 10.03 6.87 5.42 6.89 

 Property taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 2,353 3,545 2,340 3,123 1,904 1,595 1,841 1,538 2,420 1,548 

 Share ............................................. 3.8 4.3 3.5 3.9 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 5.2 3.4 

 SE ................................................. 49.04 213.30 51.74 80.37 72.57 79.41 144.49 123.04 65.12 159.83 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.08 6.02 2.21 2.57 3.81 4.98 7.85 8.00 2.69 10.32 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 2,158 3,026 2,083 2,567 1,906 1,444 1,298 2,037 2,617 1,124 

 Share ............................................. 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.3 3.9 5.7 2.4 

 SE ................................................. 55.65 449.83 100.42 165.80 188.47 161.43 187.00 323.49 147.56 105.63 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.58 14.87 4.82 6.46 9.89 11.18 14.41 15.88 5.64 9.40 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean ............................................. 4,408 4,306 4,933 4,625 5,006 5,896 4,667 4,066 2,679 4,907 

 Share ............................................. 7.2 5.2 7.4 5.7 8.5 11.0 8.1 7.8 5.8 10.6 

 SE ................................................. 63.34 306.30 101.38 160.35 200.64 270.43 467.83 268.95 203.94 240.53 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.44 7.11 2.06 3.47 4.01 4.59 10.02 6.61 7.61 4.90 

 Other lodging 

 Mean ............................................. 722 1,163 757 1,033 537 601 560 416 607 476 

 Share ............................................. 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 .9 1.1 1.0 .8 1.3 1.0 

 SE ................................................. 40.39 170.20 51.18 56.72 72.19 161.33 217.84 79.11 68.92 173.64 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.59 14.63 6.76 5.49 13.45 26.84 38.87 19.01 11.36 36.52 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean ............................................. 4,158 4,618 4,302 4,639 4,082 3,943 4,035 4,183 3,736 3,881 

 Share ............................................. 6.8 5.6 6.4 5.7 6.9 7.4 7.0 8.0 8.1 8.4 

 SE ................................................. 30.97 115.41 37.93 40.27 59.51 53.02 123.76 144.75 38.59 123.32 

 CV(%) ............................................ .74 2.50 .88 .87 1.46 1.34 3.07 3.46 1.03 3.18 

 Natural gas 

 Mean ............................................. 414 456 422 478 374 362 381 441 413 347 

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

 SE ................................................. 13.59 32.33 14.70 18.15 18.68 20.37 33.65 46.65 18.25 24.15 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.28 7.10 3.48 3.80 5.00 5.63 8.82 10.58 4.42 6.97 

 Electricity 

 Mean ............................................. 1,516 1,695 1,527 1,600 1,478 1,469 1,501 1,441 1,420 1,530 

 Share ............................................. 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.3 

 SE ................................................. 21.10 46.11 23.24 23.02 29.12 36.64 77.88 53.12 26.83 53.91 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.39 2.72 1.52 1.44 1.97 2.49 5.19 3.69 1.89 3.52 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean ............................................. 105 133 95 100 90 83 122 96 131 98 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.17 21.89 8.36 12.03 11.63 16.14 31.87 18.24 9.72 20.22 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.82 16.51 8.84 12.09 12.92 19.45 26.18 19.06 7.42 20.72 

 Telephone services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,441 1,541 1,572 1,689 1,491 1,460 1,407 1,548 1,103 1,294 

 Share ............................................. 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.8 

 SE ................................................. 13.62 62.30 16.62 22.32 26.37 31.72 67.34 69.38 18.46 47.70 

 CV(%) ............................................ .95 4.04 1.06 1.32 1.77 2.17 4.79 4.48 1.67 3.69 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards 

 Mean ............................................. 188 174 145 160 130 129 159 136 320 179 

 Share ............................................. .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .7 .4 

 SE ................................................. 5.11 11.74 4.72 6.11 7.89 9.68 19.41 14.40 9.87 15.37 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.72 6.74 3.26 3.81 6.06 7.52 12.21 10.55 3.09 8.59 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean ............................................. 1,253 1,367 1,427 1,529 1,361 1,332 1,248 1,412 783 1,115 

 Share ............................................. 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.7 1.7 2.4 

 SE ................................................. 12.80 66.48 15.19 21.22 24.88 31.45 63.95 66.70 18.92 44.36 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.02 4.86 1.06 1.39 1.83 2.36 5.12 4.72 2.42 3.98 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean ............................................. 682 794 686 772 650 569 624 657 670 613 

 Share ............................................. 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.3 

 SE ................................................. 14.27 38.44 15.35 14.71 23.16 20.84 34.90 36.64 17.50 31.66 

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

Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Water and other public services 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.09 4.84 2.24 1.91 3.56 3.67 5.59 5.58 2.61 5.17 

 Household operations 

 Mean ............................................. 1,465 1,863 1,595 2,095 1,329 1,091 1,072 1,239 1,215 963 

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

 SE ................................................. 35.64 192.68 41.73 64.15 65.22 54.59 87.97 196.62 76.60 69.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.43 10.34 2.62 3.06 4.91 5.00 8.21 15.87 6.30 7.22 

 Personal services 

 Mean ............................................. 347 418 467 722 347 204 246 222 120 60 

 Share ............................................. .6 .5 .7 .9 .6 .4 .4 .4 .3 .1 

 SE ................................................. 22.71 130.80 34.11 66.41 56.17 40.15 71.12 50.58 54.12 16.14 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.55 31.31 7.30 9.20 16.18 19.66 28.86 22.83 45.16 26.99 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 1,118 1,445 1,128 1,373 982 887 825 1,017 1,096 904 

 Share ............................................. 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 

 SE ................................................. 27.66 104.25 27.51 33.77 27.09 37.11 57.35 187.53 42.50 68.37 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.47 7.21 2.44 2.46 2.76 4.18 6.95 18.44 3.88 7.57 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 837 1,033 870 1,034 799 668 888 641 766 633 

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

 SE ................................................. 31.96 264.98 39.93 62.80 70.77 60.57 190.57 109.92 41.01 74.23 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.82 25.66 4.59 6.07 8.86 9.07 21.46 17.14 5.35 11.72 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 170 170 180 195 159 168 238 149 147 162 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.53 22.41 12.23 15.31 28.78 18.43 52.11 28.63 19.01 16.04 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.01 13.15 6.80 7.84 18.08 10.98 21.93 19.19 12.93 9.89 

 Other household products 

 Mean ............................................. 536 753 549 660 515 404 541 385 485 399 

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

 SE ................................................. 28.38 262.75 31.42 52.93 56.98 40.07 160.35 75.84 32.30 66.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.29 34.89 5.72 8.01 11.06 9.91 29.61 19.72 6.66 16.69 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean ............................................. 130 109 141 178 124 96 109 107 134 73 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.59 21.42 12.38 21.49 18.27 22.18 43.99 40.87 13.19 12.24 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.83 19.65 8.79 12.04 14.68 23.12 40.30 38.04 9.82 16.86 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 2,346 4,599 2,476 2,976 2,255 1,878 2,149 2,043 1,603 1,443 

 Share ............................................. 3.8 5.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.1 

 SE ................................................. 137.92 1,676.95 86.47 143.65 112.49 143.12 244.82 184.46 126.95 126.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.88 36.46 3.49 4.83 4.99 7.62 11.39 9.03 7.92 8.77 

 Household textiles 

 Mean ............................................. 116 177 126 165 93 102 109 79 94 60 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.35 49.94 12.84 23.40 17.90 15.24 39.02 34.55 33.20 18.04 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.78 28.19 10.15 14.20 19.19 14.92 35.86 43.75 35.17 30.17 

 Furniture 

 Mean ............................................. 534 620 640 712 651 514 624 544 255 426 

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

 SE ................................................. 17.56 102.96 24.41 41.01 51.71 48.88 98.20 95.79 24.55 54.39 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.29 16.60 3.81 5.76 7.94 9.52 15.73 17.59 9.63 12.77 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean ............................................. 30 52 30 42 19 24 19 12 31 15 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.86 15.08 5.35 11.86 3.05 6.78 6.99 4.01 9.32 2.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 12.91 28.88 18.02 28.02 16.10 27.84 36.13 33.48 29.87 19.28 

 Major appliances 

 Mean ............................................. 354 392 385 427 348 309 398 449 293 276 

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

 SE ................................................. 14.31 54.53 19.45 29.99 35.15 40.69 98.54 53.19 26.00 29.34 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.04 13.90 5.06 7.03 10.11 13.16 24.74 11.86 8.87 10.62 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares 

 Mean ............................................. 135 141 145 186 117 102 97 133 119 101 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.60 22.90 11.79 11.23 41.91 11.20 28.54 20.33 14.18 15.85 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.38 16.19 8.13 6.02 35.70 10.97 29.52 15.30 11.95 15.65 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 1,178 3,216 1,150 1,443 1,027 826 902 826 811 565 

 Share ............................................. 1.9 3.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.2 

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

Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 SE ................................................. 131.18 1,650.48 65.74 124.25 81.34 113.85 176.49 158.64 117.04 94.06 

 CV(%) ............................................ 11.14 51.33 5.72 8.61 7.92 13.78 19.57 19.20 14.43 16.64 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,434 1,969 1,609 1,893 1,405 1,412 1,659 1,067 833 1,257 

 Share ............................................. 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.0 1.8 2.7 

 SE ................................................. 52.39 392.87 70.04 113.76 133.96 139.30 422.13 156.63 69.75 150.90 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.65 19.95 4.35 6.01 9.53 9.87 25.44 14.68 8.38 12.01 

 Men and boys 

 Mean ............................................. 326 544 375 406 351 303 615 305 143 258 

 Share ............................................. .5 .7 .6 .5 .6 .6 1.1 .6 .3 .6 

 SE ................................................. 23.56 226.62 21.82 27.49 48.54 47.73 237.16 49.84 20.28 41.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.22 41.65 5.82 6.77 13.82 15.73 38.59 16.34 14.18 16.05 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean ............................................. 240 438 270 293 260 198 500 221 122 158 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.52 226.04 20.44 26.54 46.28 37.88 207.59 46.55 20.39 39.72 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.80 51.66 7.56 9.06 17.82 19.13 41.52 21.02 16.74 25.17 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean ............................................. 86 107 104 113 92 105 115 84 21 100 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.07 24.11 6.45 11.24 7.75 16.98 50.11 18.21 3.50 13.49 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.88 22.61 6.18 9.93 8.46 16.10 43.70 21.77 16.45 13.47 

 Women and girls 

 Mean ............................................. 545 614 600 760 482 518 373 377 377 521 

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

 SE ................................................. 27.60 139.66 38.83 56.16 77.43 66.68 114.22 92.63 51.40 115.10 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.07 22.76 6.47 7.39 16.06 12.88 30.63 24.60 13.63 22.09 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean ............................................. 456 559 481 635 392 363 222 321 357 436 

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

 SE ................................................. 24.70 138.24 32.19 49.45 72.08 47.59 95.54 85.70 50.41 109.27 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.42 24.71 6.69 7.78 18.37 13.11 43.09 26.67 14.13 25.09 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean ............................................. 89 54 118 125 90 155 151 55 21 86 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.22 11.31 13.06 15.93 18.79 46.06 53.72 21.12 4.23 15.06 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.24 20.89 11.03 12.78 20.92 29.79 35.52 38.24 20.52 17.60 

 Children under 2 

 Mean ............................................. 68 84 78 88 70 80 45 53 24 91 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.06 33.87 9.50 12.99 27.37 20.91 32.92 18.82 6.48 23.08 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.92 40.46 12.24 14.73 38.96 26.29 73.41 35.33 27.38 25.40 

 Footwear 

 Mean ............................................. 314 418 375 429 320 365 428 212 148 221 

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

 SE ................................................. 25.76 198.01 32.89 61.80 55.96 68.57 126.44 62.98 20.78 46.87 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.21 47.35 8.78 14.39 17.49 18.77 29.56 29.67 14.07 21.20 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean ............................................. 181 309 182 209 181 146 199 120 141 166 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.89 86.93 14.67 32.91 24.44 16.19 92.78 13.90 17.34 30.14 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.01 28.10 8.05 15.72 13.48 11.12 46.56 11.60 12.29 18.17 

 Transportation 

 Mean ............................................. 9,826 11,543 11,256 12,465 10,279 9,850 11,866 10,831 6,243 7,648 

 Share ............................................. 16.0 14.0 16.8 15.4 17.4 18.4 20.7 20.8 13.5 16.6 

 SE ................................................. 192.59 839.62 306.31 478.68 523.23 546.48 1,304.62 1,573.65 308.07 623.00 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.96 7.27 2.72 3.84 5.09 5.55 10.99 14.53 4.93 8.15 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean ............................................. 4,523 5,098 5,269 5,967 4,565 4,538 5,321 5,419 2,699 3,506 

 Share ............................................. 7.4 6.2 7.9 7.4 7.7 8.5 9.3 10.4 5.9 7.6 

 SE ................................................. 178.25 810.81 277.40 441.68 478.09 518.60 1,275.92 1,498.32 282.14 567.62 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.94 15.90 5.26 7.40 10.47 11.43 23.98 27.65 10.45 16.19 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean ............................................. 2,089 3,068 2,245 2,667 2,088 1,700 940 2,523 1,516 1,723 

 Share ............................................. 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.2 1.6 4.8 3.3 3.7 

 SE ................................................. 133.72 788.99 201.22 285.67 402.00 334.64 572.73 1,189.82 228.48 430.09 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.40 25.72 8.96 10.71 19.25 19.69 60.96 47.16 15.07 24.96 

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

Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean ............................................. 2,360 1,922 2,929 3,175 2,405 2,760 4,230 2,877 1,163 1,736 

 Share ............................................. 3.8 2.3 4.4 3.9 4.1 5.1 7.4 5.5 2.5 3.8 

 SE ................................................. 148.46 388.00 196.43 330.35 278.90 416.72 1,145.25 681.93 171.84 355.07 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.29 20.19 6.71 10.40 11.60 15.10 27.07 23.70 14.77 20.45 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean ............................................. 75 108 95 124 71 78 152 19 20 46 

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

 SE ................................................. 27.92 73.20 43.47 86.10 66.25 63.60 139.70 8.80 16.23 32.47 

 CV(%) ............................................ 37.43 67.60 45.75 69.43 93.30 81.40 92.08 45.54 82.72 71.20 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean ............................................. 1,568 1,834 1,784 1,783 1,707 1,703 2,329 1,930 965 1,362 

 Share ............................................. 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.2 2.9 3.2 4.1 3.7 2.1 3.0 

 SE ................................................. 18.09 68.99 23.88 28.47 34.43 42.80 133.93 63.79 20.50 56.04 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.15 3.76 1.34 1.60 2.02 2.51 5.75 3.31 2.12 4.11 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 3,471 4,231 3,893 4,301 3,744 3,382 4,052 3,309 2,441 2,612 

 Share ............................................. 5.7 5.1 5.8 5.3 6.3 6.3 7.1 6.4 5.3 5.7 

 SE ................................................. 46.25 188.45 62.85 91.51 100.45 102.38 213.03 152.58 68.89 119.39 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.33 4.45 1.61 2.13 2.68 3.03 5.26 4.61 2.82 4.57 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean ............................................. 258 249 324 369 321 252 312 282 120 159 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.09 16.97 8.15 14.61 17.69 19.69 30.19 26.83 5.77 15.42 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.36 6.82 2.51 3.96 5.51 7.82 9.67 9.50 4.82 9.71 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean ............................................. 879 1,179 966 1,041 911 844 1,248 869 646 656 

 Share ............................................. 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.6 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.4 

 SE ................................................. 16.93 103.97 19.14 33.72 43.59 58.69 137.90 82.02 37.40 56.23 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.93 8.82 1.98 3.24 4.78 6.95 11.05 9.44 5.79 8.57 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges 

 Mean ............................................. 758 1,004 849 1,033 775 688 791 511 555 485 

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

 SE ................................................. 26.69 133.22 40.32 61.27 68.22 57.78 109.19 70.23 49.35 75.04 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.52 13.27 4.75 5.93 8.80 8.40 13.81 13.75 8.89 15.48 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 1,575 1,799 1,753 1,859 1,736 1,598 1,701 1,647 1,121 1,312 

 Share ............................................. 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.4 2.8 

 SE ................................................. 20.18 78.42 26.51 33.58 49.74 47.80 88.32 59.56 27.70 51.87 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.28 4.36 1.51 1.81 2.86 2.99 5.19 3.62 2.47 3.95 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean ............................................. 263 380 310 414 264 227 164 173 138 169 

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

 SE ................................................. 16.27 57.97 19.62 34.45 33.82 28.90 65.11 70.95 24.79 38.99 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.18 15.25 6.32 8.33 12.83 12.70 39.59 41.09 17.93 23.07 

 Healthcare 

 Mean ............................................. 5,177 6,185 4,804 5,871 4,350 3,661 3,437 3,984 6,526 3,994 

 Share ............................................. 8.4 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.4 6.8 6.0 7.7 14.2 8.7 

 SE ................................................. 75.20 305.93 102.12 126.47 133.31 173.88 233.90 284.25 147.40 249.08 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.45 4.95 2.13 2.15 3.06 4.75 6.80 7.14 2.26 6.24 

 Health insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 3,667 4,315 3,404 4,050 3,163 2,621 2,611 3,031 4,746 2,612 

 Share ............................................. 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.5 5.8 10.3 5.7 

 SE ................................................. 58.26 233.41 78.29 106.57 102.86 107.70 214.41 218.53 87.57 143.82 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.59 5.41 2.30 2.63 3.25 4.11 8.21 7.21 1.85 5.51 

 Medical services 

 Mean ............................................. 864 1,265 834 1,143 700 496 526 580 839 833 

 Share ............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.2 .9 .9 1.1 1.8 1.8 

 SE ................................................. 33.20 148.59 36.48 57.10 58.90 60.33 118.82 86.22 59.53 194.18 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.84 11.75 4.37 5.00 8.41 12.16 22.58 14.87 7.09 23.32 

 Drugs 

 Mean ............................................. 476 467 408 474 354 419 233 272 702 423 

 Share ............................................. .8 .6 .6 .6 .6 .8 .4 .5 1.5 .9 

 SE ................................................. 20.14 38.29 21.70 30.32 45.22 77.31 27.84 31.94 37.60 47.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.23 8.20 5.32 6.40 12.79 18.46 11.94 11.73 5.36 11.21 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 170 138 157 205 133 125 67 100 238 125 

 Share ............................................. .3 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .1 .2 .5 .3 

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

Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Medical supplies 

 SE ................................................. 8.73 16.33 11.32 16.87 12.94 21.43 16.84 13.01 24.61 17.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.14 11.87 7.20 8.25 9.76 17.08 25.26 12.96 10.35 13.58 

 Entertainment 

 Mean ............................................. 2,912 5,387 2,963 3,788 2,533 1,988 3,042 2,101 2,425 1,928 

 Share ............................................. 4.7 6.5 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.7 5.3 4.0 5.3 4.2 

 SE ................................................. 145.17 1,719.46 75.99 159.14 127.30 119.44 644.82 224.94 221.68 113.30 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.98 31.92 2.56 4.20 5.03 6.01 21.20 10.71 9.14 5.88 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean ............................................. 425 632 481 709 394 213 286 290 258 299 

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

 SE ................................................. 20.89 87.27 23.12 38.97 39.79 20.22 123.09 97.17 29.19 52.26 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.92 13.82 4.80 5.49 10.10 9.47 42.97 33.56 11.34 17.46 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,049 1,047 1,072 1,249 976 914 838 905 1,087 842 

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

 SE ................................................. 25.34 62.78 30.24 66.13 56.35 46.47 53.20 56.49 65.55 45.50 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.42 6.00 2.82 5.29 5.77 5.09 6.35 6.24 6.03 5.40 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 859 1,723 857 1,192 586 541 1,033 473 713 528 

 Share ............................................. 1.4 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.8 .9 1.5 1.1 

 SE ................................................. 87.73 871.58 51.61 118.73 57.42 69.80 446.89 76.83 191.75 65.31 

 CV(%) ............................................ 10.21 50.60 6.02 9.96 9.79 12.89 43.28 16.24 26.90 12.37 

 Pets 

 Mean ............................................. 690 1,594 659 900 479 400 883 360 577 426 

 Share ............................................. 1.1 1.9 1.0 1.1 .8 .7 1.5 .7 1.3 .9 

 SE ................................................. 90.72 873.07 53.53 114.34 55.29 57.14 445.22 60.84 189.19 62.09 

 CV(%) ............................................ 13.15 54.76 8.12 12.71 11.54 14.30 50.40 16.88 32.80 14.58 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 170 128 198 292 107 142 149 113 136 102 

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

 SE ................................................. 13.39 45.35 17.54 36.80 18.46 40.12 39.19 87.63 29.74 24.00 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.89 35.32 8.84 12.60 17.19 28.30 26.27 77.79 21.88 23.55 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services 

 Mean ............................................. 579 1,986 553 638 576 319 885 433 368 259 

 Share ............................................. .9 2.4 .8 .8 1.0 .6 1.5 .8 .8 .6 

 SE ................................................. 101.44 1,379.73 40.75 54.56 98.38 85.18 419.83 119.71 114.43 71.05 

 CV(%) ............................................ 17.52 69.48 7.37 8.55 17.07 26.69 47.45 27.66 31.12 27.45 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean ............................................. 646 710 722 893 669 563 524 432 528 403 

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

 SE ................................................. 16.47 60.58 23.82 42.01 36.73 37.03 85.96 37.31 25.51 40.26 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.55 8.53 3.30 4.71 5.49 6.57 16.41 8.64 4.83 9.99 

 Reading 

 Mean ............................................. 114 170 95 140 67 52 47 60 156 100 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.15 34.45 6.48 13.01 8.33 9.00 15.49 14.04 19.40 30.64 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.16 20.25 6.83 9.26 12.38 17.35 32.65 23.39 12.43 30.80 

 Education 

 Mean ............................................. 1,271 2,328 1,453 2,185 1,128 836 719 378 342 1,427 

 Share ............................................. 2.1 2.8 2.2 2.7 1.9 1.6 1.3 .7 .7 3.1 

 SE ................................................. 92.39 538.86 110.91 206.75 159.69 100.25 284.19 52.64 73.49 303.72 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.27 23.14 7.64 9.46 14.16 11.99 39.52 13.93 21.47 21.28 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 315 277 330 240 353 377 465 558 219 446 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.44 32.53 14.65 14.96 31.28 28.57 62.89 64.06 20.59 30.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.32 11.73 4.44 6.24 8.85 7.58 13.51 11.48 9.41 6.85 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean ............................................. 907 1,241 952 1,129 742 757 1,406 863 830 592 

 Share ............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.3 

 SE ................................................. 43.29 147.25 48.13 68.25 79.63 93.06 317.41 168.05 91.20 62.96 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.77 11.86 5.06 6.04 10.74 12.30 22.58 19.48 10.99 10.63 

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

Surveys, 2020 — 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 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean ............................................. 2,283 2,758 1,945 2,707 1,561 1,101 1,586 1,276 3,409 1,677 

 Share ............................................. 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.5 7.4 3.6 

 SE ................................................. 175.86 335.47 126.89 226.76 177.21 96.89 277.74 125.13 650.18 412.16 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.70 12.16 6.52 8.38 11.35 8.80 17.51 9.81 19.07 24.58 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean ............................................. 7,246 13,350 9,310 12,679 7,560 6,020 6,583 6,000 1,373 3,250 

 Share ............................................. 11.8 16.2 13.9 15.7 12.8 11.2 11.5 11.5 3.0 7.0 

 SE ................................................. 108.92 550.68 115.94 198.21 176.13 202.85 359.34 273.01 80.91 228.31 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.50 4.12 1.25 1.56 2.33 3.37 5.46 4.55 5.89 7.02 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 486 715 489 696 384 306 211 290 506 282 

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

 SE ................................................. 16.21 105.87 19.51 39.18 28.67 21.56 29.36 41.83 35.50 36.22 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.34 14.82 3.99 5.63 7.47 7.06 13.93 14.41 7.01 12.85 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean ............................................. 6,760 12,636 8,821 11,983 7,176 5,714 6,372 5,710 867 2,968 

 Share ............................................. 11.0 15.3 13.2 14.8 12.1 10.7 11.1 11.0 1.9 6.4 

 SE ................................................. 101.94 530.35 108.11 184.47 164.74 192.45 352.39 266.69 71.64 206.62 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.51 4.20 1.23 1.54 2.30 3.37 5.53 4.67 8.27 6.96 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ............................................. $84,352 $132,856 $99,938 $131,207 $82,635 $71,446 $74,593 $67,156 $42,397 $47,878 

 SE ................................................. 1,260.38 7,178.28 1,134.99 2,147.56 1,860.16 2,189.42 3,522.59 2,512.38 893.24 2,669.91 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.49 5.40 1.14 1.64 2.25 3.06 4.72 3.74 2.11 5.58 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean ............................................. 65,449 67,534 90,824 120,861 74,136 62,697 68,311 60,474 7,890 32,698 

 Share ............................................. 77.6 50.8 90.9 92.1 89.7 87.8 91.6 90.1 18.6 68.3 

 SE ................................................. 999.71 3,944.93 1,026.62 1,927.47 1,699.46 1,975.84 3,225.00 2,259.06 540.77 2,462.99 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.53 5.84 1.13 1.59 2.29 3.15 4.72 3.74 6.85 7.53 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean ............................................. 5,808 50,958 3,112 3,894 3,013 2,369 2,089 1,568 751 3,280 

 Share ............................................. 6.9 38.4 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.3 1.8 6.9 

 SE ................................................. 438.28 4,481.45 321.13 595.56 561.69 503.90 1,055.55 528.44 246.82 813.70 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.55 8.79 10.32 15.29 18.64 21.27 50.53 33.71 32.85 24.81 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement 

 Mean ............................................. 9,493 8,678 3,226 3,337 2,804 3,633 2,452 3,282 29,045 7,044 

 Share ............................................. 11.3 6.5 3.2 2.5 3.4 5.1 3.3 4.9 68.5 14.7 

 SE ................................................. 229.45 2,472.03 132.57 201.87 191.48 438.92 549.48 390.43 542.34 383.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.42 28.49 4.11 6.05 6.83 12.08 22.41 11.90 1.87 5.44 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other property 

 income 

 Mean ............................................. 1,963 4,183 1,355 1,831 1,174 1,092 494 425 3,586 830 

 Share ............................................. 2.3 3.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 .7 .6 8.5 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 171.92 835.66 200.03 332.38 333.95 381.02 260.61 194.09 368.77 203.07 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.76 19.98 14.76 18.15 28.45 34.89 52.81 45.67 10.28 24.45 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, 

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program 

 (SNAP) 

 Mean ............................................. 458 197 299 149 357 534 418 282 269 1,927 

 Share ............................................. .5 .1 .3 .1 .4 .7 .6 .4 .6 4.0 

 SE ................................................. 28.46 42.05 29.45 35.57 39.08 74.97 200.90 49.38 29.98 134.26 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.21 21.33 9.84 23.85 10.95 14.05 48.08 17.54 11.16 6.97 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for 

 support 

 Mean ............................................. 902 1,030 837 740 991 871 682 900 708 1,592 

 Share ............................................. 1.1 .8 .8 .6 1.2 1.2 .9 1.3 1.7 3.3 

 SE ................................................. 71.85 238.60 66.52 72.74 130.75 114.40 196.93 172.64 77.49 338.57 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.96 23.17 7.95 9.83 13.19 13.13 28.87 19.17 10.95 21.27 

 Other income 

 Mean ............................................. 278 275 285 393 160 250 148 225 148 506 

 Share ............................................. .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 .2 .3 .4 1.1 

 SE ................................................. 26.87 92.31 33.56 68.77 34.57 47.82 59.72 64.54 41.23 94.45 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.65 33.56 11.79 17.48 21.54 19.10 40.32 28.72 27.76 18.66 

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

Surveys, 2020 — 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 taxes (contains some imputed values) 

 Mean ............................................. 9,402 22,219 11,629 19,220 7,762 4,600 4,578 3,444 352 6,641 

 Share ............................................. 11.1 16.7 11.6 14.6 9.4 6.4 6.1 5.1 .8 13.9 

 SE ................................................. 740.16 2,336.92 326.57 626.87 592.14 561.25 730.66 570.62 172.87 6,299.22 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.87 10.52 2.81 3.26 7.63 12.20 15.96 16.57 49.06 94.85 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 8,812 19,603 10,406 16,418 7,440 4,844 4,629 3,715 1,687 7,122 

 Share ............................................. 10.4 14.8 10.4 12.5 9.0 6.8 6.2 5.5 4.0 14.9 

 SE ................................................. 653.61 2,177.01 269.29 525.90 477.79 529.97 581.21 415.94 122.54 5,777.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.42 11.11 2.59 3.20 6.42 10.94 12.56 11.19 7.26 81.12 

 Stimulus payment (new UCC Q20202)# 

 Mean ............................................. -1,911 -1,799 -1,951 -1,877 -2,051 -1,979 -1,947 -1,985 -1,823 -1,926 

 Share ............................................. -2.3 -1.4 -2.0 -1.4 -2.5 -2.8 -2.6 -3.0 -4.3 -4.0 

 SE ................................................. 40.69 111.22 45.34 57.80 86.77 79.29 207.69 176.75 60.13 109.18 

 CV(%) ............................................ -2.13 -6.18 -2.32 -3.08 -4.23 -4.01 -10.67 -8.91 -3.30 -5.67 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 2,430 4,331 3,099 4,582 2,296 1,694 1,857 1,648 422 1,393 

 Share ............................................. 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.5 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.5 1.0 2.9 

 SE ................................................. 113.11 359.95 113.73 159.19 153.08 113.49 166.14 152.22 45.89 519.21 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.66 8.31 3.67 3.47 6.67 6.70 8.95 9.24 10.88 37.28 

 Other taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 72 84 76 97 77 41 40 65 67 52 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.03 24.06 16.07 21.92 33.68 7.69 13.08 28.03 11.48 15.88 

 CV(%) ............................................ 16.74 28.78 21.19 22.64 43.53 18.60 32.96 43.36 17.22 30.65 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 74,949 110,637 88,309 111,987 74,873 66,846 70,015 63,712 42,044 41,237 

 Share ............................................. 88.9 83.3 88.4 85.4 90.6 93.6 93.9 94.9 99.2 86.1 

 SE ................................................. 1,197.76 5,111.55 899.51 1,635.03 1,457.07 1,728.03 3,087.43 2,162.84 797.05 6,228.12 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.60 4.62 1.02 1.46 1.95 2.59 4.41 3.39 1.90 15.10 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean ............................................. $3,584 -$2,515 -$699 $377 $4,663 -$3,621 -$26,880 -$891 $3,801 $31,813 

 SE ................................................. 4,404.92 12,027.54 2,514.82 3,953.56 5,406.46 5,043.46 18,486.46 5,481.54 3,891.58 35,352.35 

 CV(%) ............................................ 122.91 -478.33 -359.60 1,050.06 115.95 -139.29 -68.78 -615.41 102.37 111.13 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean ............................................. 24,635 29,680 27,233 36,675 28,499 14,341 7,789 15,151 7,695 40,463 

 SE ................................................. 4,342.48 8,546.47 2,370.87 2,906.85 5,914.41 3,047.39 3,827.04 3,687.36 4,364.75 34,434.26 

 CV(%) ............................................ 17.63 28.80 8.71 7.93 20.75 21.25 49.13 24.34 56.72 85.10 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean ............................................. 21,052 32,195 27,933 36,299 23,836 17,962 34,669 16,042 3,894 8,650 

 SE ................................................. 1,361.05 9,128.61 2,142.55 3,258.34 2,590.36 4,168.50 18,260.87 4,191.73 1,380.86 2,164.39 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.47 28.35 7.67 8.98 10.87 23.21 52.67 26.13 35.46 25.02 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean ............................................. 2,042 1,102 758 816 1,247 158 874 430 802 12,568 

 SE ................................................. 1,660.31 350.87 187.29 222.43 707.96 59.54 536.41 246.87 230.67 15,497.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 81.32 31.85 24.70 27.26 56.79 37.68 61.41 57.36 28.77 123.31 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean ............................................. -2,395 -3,176 -2,807 -3,733 -2,402 -1,925 -1,975 -1,652 -1,406 -1,504 

 SE ................................................. 52.65 233.32 80.91 103.90 219.83 161.01 211.73 128.04 80.82 84.21 

 CV(%) ............................................ -2.20 -7.35 -2.88 -2.78 -9.15 -8.37 -10.72 -7.75 -5.75 -5.60 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean ............................................. 221,708 330,116 209,519 275,236 171,363 145,217 172,933 148,288 256,112 155,219 

 SE ................................................. 4,520.75 16,370.62 4,513.50 5,189.75 8,424.20 7,810.85 11,238.48 10,371.03 7,789.75 13,877.79 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.04 4.96 2.15 1.89 4.92 5.38 6.50 6.99 3.04 8.94 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home 

 Mean ............................................. 1,181 1,601 1,148 1,455 985 834 1,012 830 1,321 829 

 SE ................................................. 14.08 64.65 14.08 21.93 32.11 30.07 51.11 35.50 30.76 56.68 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.19 4.04 1.23 1.51 3.26 3.60 5.05 4.27 2.33 6.84 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

3

 No data reported. 

# Data collection for this item began in June 2020. Stimulus payments delivered to respondents interviewed in April and May of 2020 were not included in estimation. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2021