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

Surveys, 2021 

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......................... 133,595 9,473 79,292 34,052 19,316 15,842 3,597 6,485 29,130 15,700 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ............................................. $87,432 $131,993 $104,703 $141,403 $83,259 $72,163 $80,374 $68,852 $46,074 $50,057 

 SE ................................................. 1,243.71 6,465.90 1,351.13 2,358.55 1,653.31 1,667.32 3,921.46 2,537.07 850.96 3,300.87 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.42 4.90 1.29 1.67 1.99 2.31 4.88 3.68 1.85 6.59 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 78,743 110,663 92,751 119,573 77,034 68,956 75,504 66,421 45,924 49,631 

 SE ................................................. 956.65 4,912.74 999.51 1,695.43 1,379.37 1,396.25 3,455.39 2,088.68 765.43 2,678.89 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.21 4.44 1.08 1.42 1.79 2.02 4.58 3.14 1.67 5.40 

 Age of reference person ................................................... 51.8 50.5 44.7 45.0 44.1 44.4 42.9 46.3 73.8 48.2 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

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

 Children under 18.......................................................... .6 .7 .7 .7 .6 .7 .7 .7 .1 .9 

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

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

 Vehicles ......................................................................... 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ............................................................................... 47 58 51 47 45 48 91 73 44 29 

 Women .......................................................................... 53 42 49 53 55 52 9 27 56 71 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ................................................................... 65 69 62 71 58 51 57 57 79 48 

 With mortgage ............................................................ 38 41 45 54 42 35 36 37 23 26 

 Without mortgage....................................................... 27 28 17 17 17 16 21 20 56 22 

 Renter ............................................................................ 35 31 38 29 42 49 43 43 21 52 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ............................................ 13 9 14 11 15 20 7 17 10 18 

 White, Asian, and all other races, not including 

 Black or African-American ......................................... 87 91 86 89 85 80 93 83 90 82 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ......................................................... 15 16 17 10 15 25 30 29 7 19 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ................................................... 85 84 83 90 85 75 70 71 93 81 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8) ........................................................... 3 3 2 ( 2 ) 1 3 7 5 4 6 

 High school (9-12) ......................................................... 28 23 23 8 27 37 46 49 33 47 

 College .......................................................................... 69 73 75 92 72 59 47 44 63 47 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased .............................. 89 92 92 94 91 89 93 93 89 77 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean ............................................. $66,928 $88,106 $73,134 $91,162 $62,845 $57,548 $59,547 $54,806 $51,048 $52,662 

 SE ................................................. 833.79 3,057.38 900.88 1,547.24 1,147.32 1,302.79 2,212.85 2,128.54 1,005.54 2,489.76 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.25 3.47 1.23 1.70 1.83 2.26 3.72 3.88 1.97 4.73 

 Food 

 Mean ............................................. 8,289 9,772 8,975 10,626 8,323 7,466 7,160 7,087 6,561 7,390 

 Share ............................................. 12.4 11.1 12.3 11.7 13.2 13.0 12.0 12.9 12.9 14.0 

 SE ................................................. 131.70 571.29 179.49 259.04 371.90 388.86 455.82 447.67 173.79 354.91 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.59 5.85 2.00 2.44 4.47 5.21 6.37 6.32 2.65 4.80 

 Food at home 

 Mean ............................................. 5,259 6,030 5,454 6,299 5,035 4,648 4,909 4,629 4,580 5,179 

 Share ............................................. 7.9 6.8 7.5 6.9 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.4 9.0 9.8 

 SE ................................................. 100.65 412.69 130.16 188.34 266.16 253.31 389.59 365.76 124.81 259.42 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.91 6.84 2.39 2.99 5.29 5.45 7.94 7.90 2.73 5.01 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean ............................................. 672 743 696 803 647 556 661 674 606 641 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.86 54.20 20.11 28.72 39.97 36.83 64.89 75.99 22.55 37.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.36 7.29 2.89 3.58 6.18 6.62 9.82 11.28 3.72 5.86 

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

Surveys, 2021 — 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 ............................................. 210 238 220 251 210 167 242 207 179 208 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.03 25.54 7.81 11.79 15.90 12.17 31.81 21.20 7.68 14.49 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.87 10.72 3.56 4.69 7.58 7.27 13.13 10.25 4.29 6.97 

 Bakery products 

 Mean ............................................. 462 505 477 551 437 389 418 467 427 433 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.48 36.09 14.21 20.73 26.97 27.87 40.88 67.09 18.81 27.19 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.48 7.14 2.98 3.76 6.17 7.17 9.77 14.36 4.40 6.28 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean ............................................. 1,115 1,334 1,140 1,264 1,061 1,048 1,084 991 956 1,177 

 Share ............................................. 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 

 SE ................................................. 25.76 131.00 29.92 44.27 64.02 82.31 117.60 104.21 35.84 78.65 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.31 9.82 2.62 3.50 6.04 7.85 10.85 10.52 3.75 6.69 

 Beef 

 Mean ............................................. 293 345 297 320 280 273 347 267 244 333 

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

 SE ................................................. 9.18 44.78 10.09 16.29 22.47 24.91 57.37 32.54 17.98 37.88 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.14 12.99 3.39 5.09 8.03 9.12 16.54 12.19 7.37 11.39 

 Pork 

 Mean ............................................. 223 296 220 246 193 205 222 206 208 226 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.30 42.37 7.70 10.01 14.39 21.01 33.53 29.62 10.52 18.10 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.83 14.31 3.49 4.06 7.47 10.27 15.13 14.41 5.05 8.01 

 Other meats 

 Mean ............................................. 151 177 157 173 157 137 140 132 131 144 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.40 23.70 7.18 9.53 17.54 11.26 22.99 18.50 8.41 14.38 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.25 13.36 4.57 5.50 11.15 8.21 16.47 14.03 6.43 10.02 

 Poultry 

 Mean ............................................. 203 251 212 231 195 206 190 181 157 221 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.00 33.01 7.41 11.35 16.76 21.79 33.05 32.14 9.50 18.35 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.96 13.17 3.50 4.91 8.59 10.55 17.41 17.76 6.04 8.30 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean ............................................. 178 186 185 216 172 165 125 144 158 179 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.84 22.22 6.64 12.70 13.85 20.59 24.10 19.97 10.61 16.98 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.27 11.95 3.59 5.88 8.03 12.46 19.33 13.88 6.71 9.46 

 Eggs 

 Mean ............................................. 68 79 69 78 63 61 62 62 58 74 

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

 SE ................................................. 1.86 7.31 1.98 2.41 4.60 4.58 6.68 7.85 3.10 7.32 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.75 9.21 2.87 3.11 7.26 7.48 10.83 12.71 5.37 9.89 

 Dairy products 

 Mean ............................................. 492 579 492 580 457 410 389 403 465 497 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.70 53.34 14.24 18.45 30.58 22.86 39.67 38.19 14.50 32.68 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.18 9.21 2.89 3.18 6.69 5.58 10.20 9.48 3.12 6.58 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean ............................................. 157 197 156 172 144 140 128 162 138 179 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.76 13.77 4.82 6.26 10.42 9.80 16.28 18.53 6.65 11.30 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.39 7.00 3.10 3.64 7.23 6.99 12.68 11.44 4.81 6.32 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean ............................................. 335 382 337 409 313 269 261 241 327 318 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.77 42.69 10.47 14.59 22.36 17.52 30.20 25.31 10.55 24.37 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.32 11.17 3.11 3.57 7.14 6.50 11.59 10.52 3.23 7.66 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean ............................................. 1,033 1,230 1,071 1,252 967 907 990 895 890 1,013 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.45 90.76 30.04 43.03 63.41 57.87 114.16 89.91 26.70 52.06 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.27 7.38 2.80 3.44 6.56 6.38 11.53 10.04 3.00 5.14 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean ............................................. 378 479 387 449 347 333 373 327 333 369 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.82 47.21 12.44 18.75 24.93 25.70 43.88 29.57 13.14 21.35 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.33 9.86 3.22 4.18 7.18 7.72 11.77 9.04 3.94 5.79 

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, 2021 — 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 ............................................. 328 390 343 400 310 298 302 273 271 329 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.29 33.38 10.92 15.72 24.58 25.49 41.61 31.31 9.64 19.89 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.53 8.57 3.18 3.93 7.93 8.55 13.76 11.48 3.55 6.04 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean ............................................. 133 150 136 161 128 109 119 109 123 125 

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

 SE ................................................. 4.78 12.01 5.69 8.13 10.55 9.42 21.01 14.99 6.09 8.82 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.61 8.00 4.18 5.06 8.23 8.62 17.60 13.70 4.95 7.07 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean ............................................. 194 211 205 242 182 167 196 186 162 189 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.55 18.80 8.51 13.20 13.95 13.84 25.33 28.62 8.74 14.21 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.38 8.91 4.15 5.46 7.68 8.30 12.93 15.40 5.38 7.51 

 Other food at home 

 Mean ............................................. 1,947 2,143 2,054 2,400 1,904 1,727 1,784 1,666 1,662 1,853 

 Share ............................................. 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.5 

 SE ................................................. 38.97 138.41 53.41 85.30 91.78 104.54 150.13 123.73 51.25 97.66 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.00 6.46 2.60 3.55 4.82 6.05 8.41 7.43 3.08 5.27 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean ............................................. 182 213 182 212 168 153 177 140 181 171 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.25 26.13 9.02 11.68 14.43 20.56 24.28 21.83 9.63 11.19 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.43 12.27 4.97 5.52 8.56 13.48 13.73 15.60 5.32 6.54 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean ............................................. 133 157 137 152 133 121 136 118 118 123 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.89 10.56 4.90 6.45 10.65 12.16 17.37 14.36 5.31 11.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.93 6.72 3.56 4.25 7.99 10.08 12.76 12.15 4.49 9.28 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean ............................................. 1,049 1,097 1,118 1,329 1,031 922 931 864 875 1,009 

 Share ............................................. 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 23.55 89.54 34.55 55.92 57.18 74.45 79.62 71.11 28.30 58.47 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.25 8.16 3.09 4.21 5.54 8.08 8.55 8.23 3.23 5.79 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean ............................................. 515 564 540 604 505 479 485 488 442 505 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.13 44.57 14.29 21.79 30.12 27.76 53.02 41.18 17.78 34.77 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.36 7.90 2.65 3.60 5.96 5.80 10.93 8.44 4.03 6.88 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town 

 trips 

 Mean ............................................. 69 112 78 103 65 53 55 56 46 44 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.18 16.93 4.77 7.56 6.21 7.43 11.01 11.76 4.17 5.77 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.58 15.18 6.14 7.35 9.49 13.95 20.19 20.87 8.99 13.15 

 Food away from home 

 Mean ............................................. 3,030 3,742 3,521 4,327 3,288 2,818 2,251 2,458 1,980 2,211 

 Share ............................................. 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.7 5.2 4.9 3.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 

 SE ................................................. 64.84 276.74 90.84 140.81 144.75 198.06 162.92 229.27 96.41 149.17 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.14 7.40 2.58 3.25 4.40 7.03 7.24 9.33 4.87 6.75 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean ............................................. 554 857 612 831 493 389 621 379 446 322 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.09 158.52 30.01 52.12 36.61 46.31 155.08 91.00 54.12 49.80 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.17 18.50 4.90 6.27 7.43 11.90 24.97 23.99 12.15 15.49 

 Housing 

 Mean ............................................. 22,624 26,039 24,466 29,211 21,502 21,311 20,477 18,216 18,777 18,388 

 Share ............................................. 33.8 29.6 33.5 32.0 34.2 37.0 34.4 33.2 36.8 34.9 

 SE ................................................. 306.96 987.07 359.70 450.92 466.61 669.72 1,135.82 740.09 402.98 518.49 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.36 3.79 1.47 1.54 2.17 3.14 5.55 4.06 2.15 2.82 

 Shelter 

 Mean ............................................. 13,258 16,080 14,589 17,638 12,769 12,497 12,205 10,433 10,250 10,413 

 Share ............................................. 19.8 18.3 19.9 19.3 20.3 21.7 20.5 19.0 20.1 19.8 

 SE ................................................. 217.71 858.19 263.04 339.09 308.66 378.93 999.41 491.88 244.94 287.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.64 5.34 1.80 1.92 2.42 3.03 8.19 4.71 2.39 2.76 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean ............................................. 7,591 9,934 8,229 10,979 6,805 5,764 6,022 5,278 6,737 4,538 

 Share ............................................. 11.3 11.3 11.3 12.0 10.8 10.0 10.1 9.6 13.2 8.6 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Owned dwellings 

 SE ................................................. 159.67 755.45 203.70 307.29 299.09 326.78 701.48 448.30 215.39 250.98 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.10 7.60 2.48 2.80 4.40 5.67 11.65 8.49 3.20 5.53 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean ............................................. 2,781 3,895 3,438 4,552 2,971 2,260 2,836 2,187 1,224 1,680 

 Share ............................................. 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.0 4.7 3.9 4.8 4.0 2.4 3.2 

 SE ................................................. 77.89 564.10 90.59 123.37 204.12 145.18 532.06 190.86 73.23 133.63 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.80 14.48 2.64 2.71 6.87 6.42 18.76 8.73 5.98 7.95 

 Property taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 2,475 3,218 2,528 3,407 2,120 1,732 1,827 1,460 2,585 1,558 

 Share ............................................. 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.0 3.1 2.7 5.1 3.0 

 SE ................................................. 46.56 162.95 55.72 87.84 97.40 73.68 157.77 118.95 68.31 99.05 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.88 5.06 2.20 2.58 4.59 4.25 8.63 8.15 2.64 6.36 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other 

 expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 2,335 2,821 2,264 3,020 1,713 1,772 1,359 1,632 2,928 1,300 

 Share ............................................. 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.1 2.3 3.0 5.7 2.5 

 SE ................................................. 76.76 291.44 108.74 206.35 108.69 195.31 247.42 278.76 161.39 145.95 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.29 10.33 4.80 6.83 6.34 11.02 18.21 17.08 5.51 11.23 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean ............................................. 4,684 4,374 5,329 5,078 5,257 6,101 5,810 4,704 2,697 5,303 

 Share ............................................. 7.0 5.0 7.3 5.6 8.4 10.6 9.8 8.6 5.3 10.1 

 SE ................................................. 63.46 290.79 91.15 132.03 149.93 223.72 550.76 319.26 148.43 240.38 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.35 6.65 1.71 2.60 2.85 3.67 9.48 6.79 5.50 4.53 

 Other lodging 

 Mean ............................................. 983 1,772 1,031 1,580 708 632 373 451 816 572 

 Share ............................................. 1.5 2.0 1.4 1.7 1.1 1.1 .6 .8 1.6 1.1 

 SE ................................................. 37.39 237.70 47.99 98.37 70.38 58.51 56.88 56.58 58.92 72.28 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.80 13.41 4.65 6.23 9.94 9.25 15.24 12.56 7.22 12.64 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean ............................................. 4,223 4,544 4,364 4,706 4,166 4,024 4,222 4,063 3,955 3,820 

 Share ............................................. 6.3 5.2 6.0 5.2 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.7 7.3 

 SE ................................................. 45.01 102.85 45.94 59.19 54.02 54.52 154.18 142.39 56.79 123.14 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.07 2.26 1.05 1.26 1.30 1.35 3.65 3.50 1.44 3.22 

 Natural gas 

 Mean ............................................. 447 484 458 518 438 386 415 401 463 342 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.30 31.49 14.01 14.64 22.79 19.00 40.48 37.06 25.88 21.44 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.42 6.50 3.06 2.82 5.20 4.92 9.75 9.24 5.59 6.27 

 Electricity 

 Mean ............................................. 1,551 1,701 1,557 1,622 1,490 1,539 1,546 1,466 1,488 1,547 

 Share ............................................. 2.3 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.9 

 SE ................................................. 23.48 51.98 26.44 30.54 31.10 38.33 66.51 64.77 30.87 46.53 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.51 3.06 1.70 1.88 2.09 2.49 4.30 4.42 2.07 3.01 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean ............................................. 122 170 106 134 89 84 90 81 152 112 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.40 32.50 8.43 12.36 13.02 13.00 30.30 16.16 18.02 24.61 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.55 19.07 7.92 9.26 14.64 15.49 33.77 20.00 11.85 21.92 

 Telephone services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,409 1,435 1,538 1,648 1,467 1,409 1,526 1,496 1,153 1,213 

 Share ............................................. 2.1 1.6 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.3 

 SE ................................................. 16.52 47.05 19.39 26.22 30.85 24.85 84.92 60.14 24.02 41.69 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.17 3.28 1.26 1.59 2.10 1.76 5.56 4.02 2.08 3.44 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards 

 Mean ............................................. 165 153 122 145 116 95 110 99 310 119 

 Share ............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .6 .2 

 SE ................................................. 4.94 8.95 4.15 8.70 5.63 7.64 16.24 14.92 10.98 9.49 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.99 5.84 3.39 6.02 4.85 8.08 14.71 15.10 3.54 7.99 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean ............................................. 1,244 1,282 1,416 1,504 1,351 1,314 1,416 1,397 842 1,094 

 Share ............................................. 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.7 2.1 

 SE ................................................. 16.05 47.81 19.90 27.08 30.74 27.77 77.82 58.78 21.17 40.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.29 3.73 1.41 1.80 2.28 2.11 5.50 4.21 2.51 3.71 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean ............................................. 695 753 704 784 683 607 646 619 699 606 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.84 33.24 16.79 19.35 23.96 23.31 36.07 39.12 17.55 39.51 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.28 4.41 2.38 2.47 3.51 3.84 5.59 6.32 2.51 6.52 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Household operations 

 Mean ............................................. 1,638 1,756 1,818 2,463 1,417 1,353 1,165 1,107 1,444 1,023 

 Share ............................................. 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.8 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 40.44 106.92 58.37 107.08 57.71 84.46 131.76 85.54 65.30 74.70 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.47 6.09 3.21 4.35 4.07 6.24 11.31 7.72 4.52 7.30 

 Personal services 

 Mean ............................................. 377 249 542 864 356 261 321 210 106 126 

 Share ............................................. .6 .3 .7 .9 .6 .5 .5 .4 .2 .2 

 SE ................................................. 22.65 66.54 38.76 76.11 36.57 53.58 105.94 55.56 25.71 36.26 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.00 26.75 7.15 8.80 10.27 20.50 33.03 26.49 24.19 28.87 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 1,261 1,507 1,276 1,599 1,061 1,091 844 898 1,337 897 

 Share ............................................. 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.6 2.6 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 28.60 86.26 33.07 56.71 34.79 72.42 62.05 82.35 59.94 70.60 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.27 5.72 2.59 3.55 3.28 6.64 7.35 9.17 4.48 7.87 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 803 735 795 916 713 714 583 729 862 767 

 Share ............................................. 1.2 .8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.5 

 SE ................................................. 26.45 91.03 35.24 52.09 51.19 84.65 92.41 125.51 54.57 110.29 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.29 12.38 4.43 5.69 7.18 11.86 15.85 17.22 6.33 14.38 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 178 133 179 186 151 206 150 167 175 204 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.68 15.48 10.71 14.75 14.69 27.98 38.81 28.82 15.07 20.60 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.74 11.63 5.99 7.92 9.74 13.61 25.80 17.22 8.59 10.12 

 Other household products 

 Mean ............................................. 514 475 507 593 472 431 343 437 553 496 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.41 83.66 28.33 41.78 46.22 71.40 69.74 89.91 50.35 111.83 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.56 17.61 5.59 7.04 9.78 16.55 20.30 20.58 9.10 22.54 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean ............................................. 111 127 109 136 90 77 89 125 134 67 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.74 23.45 8.00 14.67 12.09 19.89 27.71 36.97 11.89 10.83 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.19 18.42 7.31 10.77 13.49 25.93 31.07 29.67 8.90 16.05 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 2,701 2,924 2,901 3,489 2,437 2,723 2,301 1,884 2,266 2,365 

 Share ............................................. 4.0 3.3 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.7 3.9 3.4 4.4 4.5 

 SE ................................................. 88.86 247.76 122.56 143.81 147.50 461.77 276.20 168.01 150.03 187.10 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.29 8.47 4.22 4.12 6.05 16.96 12.00 8.92 6.62 7.91 

 Household textiles 

 Mean ............................................. 122 106 122 139 148 101 43 51 138 97 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.59 35.17 11.07 17.26 30.12 16.77 12.37 15.60 20.33 14.89 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.06 33.06 9.07 12.42 20.33 16.57 28.61 30.46 14.70 15.32 

 Furniture 

 Mean ............................................. 716 901 775 940 696 665 688 465 564 582 

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

 SE ................................................. 25.13 140.05 32.92 59.72 80.74 91.41 149.59 67.52 65.59 76.12 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.51 15.54 4.25 6.35 11.59 13.74 21.75 14.51 11.62 13.08 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean ............................................. 33 42 36 51 31 23 11 18 27 26 

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

 SE ................................................. 3.56 13.13 3.93 8.28 6.52 3.11 2.64 4.51 6.50 10.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 10.71 31.29 10.90 16.12 21.19 13.68 25.09 24.91 24.36 41.91 

 Major appliances 

 Mean ............................................. 464 474 447 555 371 389 328 317 452 561 

 Share ............................................. .7 .5 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .9 1.1 

 SE ................................................. 19.56 61.62 24.14 43.29 36.20 44.02 84.39 42.30 36.11 85.69 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.22 12.99 5.40 7.80 9.76 11.30 25.72 13.34 7.99 15.28 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean ............................................. 142 124 155 189 127 142 94 118 124 123 

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

 SE ................................................. 5.71 18.26 7.26 15.31 12.48 23.37 24.15 18.40 12.25 12.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.02 14.77 4.69 8.09 9.82 16.42 25.62 15.57 9.89 10.27 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 1,225 1,277 1,365 1,615 1,064 1,402 1,137 914 960 977 

 Share ............................................. 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.9 

 SE ................................................. 67.64 154.46 100.28 80.80 87.77 434.35 194.91 125.69 86.82 103.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.52 12.10 7.34 5.00 8.25 30.98 17.14 13.75 9.04 10.55 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,754 2,190 1,987 2,363 1,661 1,831 1,626 1,559 939 1,903 

 Share ............................................. 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.7 2.8 1.8 3.6 

 SE ................................................. 70.81 295.42 78.13 110.35 121.83 168.42 456.19 246.46 63.55 295.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.04 13.49 3.93 4.67 7.33 9.20 28.06 15.81 6.77 15.55 

 Men and boys 

 Mean ............................................. 424 731 483 545 400 505 420 367 197 404 

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

 SE ................................................. 18.95 190.25 26.35 37.31 53.60 73.05 126.33 71.69 25.37 63.37 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.47 26.04 5.46 6.85 13.40 14.46 30.04 19.53 12.88 15.70 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean ............................................. 310 472 356 414 281 343 324 327 178 247 

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

 SE ................................................. 16.07 144.23 23.04 35.45 35.93 61.76 87.93 68.49 25.85 35.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.19 30.54 6.46 8.57 12.78 18.03 27.13 20.94 14.56 14.32 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean ............................................. 114 258 127 131 119 163 96 40 19 156 

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

 SE ................................................. 10.58 68.26 16.12 21.74 39.40 38.52 60.37 18.08 6.15 38.10 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.27 26.41 12.74 16.58 33.15 23.66 62.62 45.12 31.63 24.37 

 Women and girls 

 Mean ............................................. 659 551 765 942 677 611 538 622 412 649 

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

 SE ................................................. 32.74 91.21 41.92 51.29 69.26 84.89 223.52 168.17 43.10 79.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.97 16.56 5.48 5.45 10.24 13.89 41.55 27.02 10.45 12.25 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean ............................................. 549 504 621 805 562 431 381 458 389 511 

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

 SE ................................................. 26.89 89.38 31.15 46.82 52.84 56.51 130.14 131.85 42.33 65.84 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.90 17.74 5.01 5.81 9.41 13.10 34.19 28.76 10.87 12.88 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean ............................................. 110 47 144 136 115 180 157 164 23 138 

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

 SE ................................................. 11.77 16.75 18.61 19.41 31.90 53.25 106.23 85.52 6.54 33.98 

 CV(%) ............................................ 10.67 35.61 12.95 14.23 27.74 29.60 67.49 52.18 28.25 24.66 

 Children under 2 

 Mean ............................................. 66 82 71 75 54 79 92 63 12 135 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.37 30.18 8.67 12.28 10.76 20.44 46.84 16.82 4.47 38.61 

 CV(%) ............................................ 11.11 36.82 12.24 16.32 19.96 25.89 50.71 26.79 36.00 28.70 

 Footwear 

 Mean ............................................. 336 524 385 450 321 362 355 307 181 292 

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

 SE ................................................. 17.38 90.29 26.18 38.13 45.75 62.67 134.37 59.28 20.66 37.31 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.17 17.24 6.80 8.47 14.27 17.32 37.89 19.29 11.41 12.79 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean ............................................. 269 303 283 351 210 274 220 199 136 424 

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

 SE ................................................. 34.61 115.65 21.88 51.21 28.52 43.14 73.15 32.64 13.96 246.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 12.86 38.22 7.73 14.60 13.58 15.75 33.20 16.39 10.23 58.19 

 Transportation 

 Mean ............................................. 10,961 15,128 12,159 14,261 10,623 9,863 11,601 11,617 7,178 9,425 

 Share ............................................. 16.4 17.2 16.6 15.6 16.9 17.1 19.5 21.2 14.1 17.9 

 SE ................................................. 269.00 1,131.17 304.47 542.97 468.60 539.04 1,024.81 995.50 361.92 830.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.45 7.48 2.50 3.81 4.41 5.47 8.83 8.57 5.04 8.81 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean ............................................. 4,828 7,673 5,269 6,547 4,252 3,871 4,651 5,340 2,898 4,468 

 Share ............................................. 7.2 8.7 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.7 7.8 9.7 5.7 8.5 

 SE ................................................. 249.48 1,104.16 274.78 495.51 399.27 544.94 925.57 898.31 334.27 749.13 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.17 14.39 5.22 7.57 9.39 14.08 19.90 16.82 11.53 16.77 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean ............................................. 2,210 4,671 2,286 3,344 1,275 1,674 1,360 1,755 1,466 1,723 

 Share ............................................. 3.3 5.3 3.1 3.7 2.0 2.9 2.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 

 SE ................................................. 184.47 1,027.91 199.65 368.10 204.58 423.49 586.39 695.16 318.23 472.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.35 22.00 8.73 11.01 16.04 25.30 43.13 39.60 21.70 27.39 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean ............................................. 2,555 2,872 2,906 3,180 2,764 2,182 3,156 3,527 1,396 2,737 

 Share ............................................. 3.8 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.4 3.8 5.3 6.4 2.7 5.2 

 SE ................................................. 134.33 453.69 173.44 330.09 325.33 284.94 654.74 663.95 197.31 522.38 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.26 15.80 5.97 10.38 11.77 13.06 20.74 18.83 14.14 19.08 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean ............................................. 63 129 76 24 213 16 135 58 36 8 

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

 SE ................................................. 13.37 88.18 22.02 11.98 82.26 9.60 102.01 49.42 27.22 4.60 

 CV(%) ............................................ 21.24 68.33 28.98 50.86 38.68 60.75 75.47 84.82 76.13 57.97 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean ............................................. 2,148 2,618 2,413 2,440 2,327 2,269 3,018 2,548 1,387 1,934 

 Share ............................................. 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.7 3.7 3.9 5.1 4.6 2.7 3.7 

 SE ................................................. 26.22 91.33 33.37 48.62 58.31 56.22 128.77 98.82 34.11 75.98 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.22 3.49 1.38 1.99 2.51 2.48 4.27 3.88 2.46 3.93 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean ............................................. 3,534 4,187 3,956 4,520 3,663 3,420 3,680 3,335 2,665 2,627 

 Share ............................................. 5.3 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.2 5.0 

 SE ................................................. 55.68 186.66 73.22 88.69 102.50 98.60 252.52 154.65 76.44 102.32 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.58 4.46 1.85 1.96 2.80 2.88 6.86 4.64 2.87 3.89 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean ............................................. 272 288 340 391 335 262 359 270 131 179 

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

 SE ................................................. 7.57 33.26 9.49 15.59 23.79 16.11 41.60 24.02 12.36 17.28 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.78 11.56 2.79 3.99 7.10 6.15 11.58 8.89 9.45 9.63 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean ............................................. 975 1,196 1,068 1,211 983 911 1,047 976 779 737 

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

 SE ................................................. 23.19 78.58 31.89 50.88 49.11 53.16 166.74 69.93 31.31 66.29 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.38 6.57 2.99 4.20 5.00 5.84 15.92 7.17 4.02 8.99 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges 

 Mean ............................................. 760 1,063 857 1,121 732 651 621 470 591 400 

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

 SE ................................................. 37.11 130.41 45.80 63.21 58.24 58.17 92.40 72.56 51.80 38.39 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.89 12.27 5.35 5.64 7.95 8.93 14.87 15.42 8.76 9.61 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 1,528 1,641 1,691 1,797 1,613 1,596 1,652 1,618 1,164 1,311 

 Share ............................................. 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.5 

 SE ................................................. 23.73 74.30 26.58 34.59 42.65 47.68 103.34 66.15 30.28 53.89 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.55 4.53 1.57 1.93 2.64 2.99 6.26 4.09 2.60 4.11 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean ............................................. 452 650 521 756 381 303 252 394 227 396 

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

 SE ................................................. 15.92 62.35 21.91 46.41 28.93 31.58 54.94 101.01 24.00 56.05 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.53 9.60 4.20 6.14 7.59 10.43 21.77 25.65 10.55 14.17 

 Healthcare 

 Mean ............................................. 5,452 6,552 5,055 6,209 4,727 3,738 3,799 3,892 7,113 3,713 

 Share ............................................. 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.5 6.5 6.4 7.1 13.9 7.1 

 SE ................................................. 82.52 350.76 91.53 160.69 158.49 155.17 373.29 258.90 141.03 218.22 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.51 5.35 1.81 2.59 3.35 4.15 9.82 6.65 1.98 5.88 

 Health insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 3,704 4,290 3,391 4,066 3,231 2,596 2,726 2,639 5,081 2,371 

 Share ............................................. 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.8 10.0 4.5 

 SE ................................................. 48.35 254.21 62.68 108.63 106.84 107.51 283.32 168.88 96.18 118.35 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.31 5.93 1.85 2.67 3.31 4.14 10.39 6.40 1.89 4.99 

 Medical services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,070 1,579 1,063 1,410 947 669 686 759 1,052 828 

 Share ............................................. 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.6 

 SE ................................................. 51.23 214.72 52.02 98.67 80.72 61.31 163.42 127.15 81.47 144.51 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.79 13.60 4.89 7.00 8.52 9.17 23.82 16.76 7.74 17.45 

 Drugs 

 Mean ............................................. 498 495 427 519 380 357 272 346 750 390 

 Share ............................................. .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 1.5 .7 

 SE ................................................. 14.23 72.78 18.29 34.15 24.84 27.28 52.94 44.89 30.75 37.44 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.86 14.71 4.28 6.59 6.53 7.65 19.48 12.97 4.10 9.61 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 181 188 173 214 169 117 115 149 230 124 

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

 SE ................................................. 8.51 27.48 9.14 14.57 18.57 13.69 25.05 23.89 20.93 14.91 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.71 14.60 5.28 6.82 11.01 11.75 21.72 16.04 9.11 12.03 

 Entertainment 

 Mean ............................................. 3,568 5,162 3,624 4,710 2,986 2,772 2,998 2,216 3,032 3,318 

 Share ............................................. 5.3 5.9 5.0 5.2 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.0 5.9 6.3 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Entertainment 

 SE ................................................. 138.54 1,197.73 113.91 226.27 135.51 189.44 460.87 192.99 206.00 498.19 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.88 23.20 3.14 4.80 4.54 6.83 15.37 8.71 6.79 15.01 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean ............................................. 654 1,064 715 1,084 506 436 347 292 378 624 

 Share ............................................. 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 .8 .8 .6 .5 .7 1.2 

 SE ................................................. 43.16 135.24 30.30 62.14 42.47 55.64 64.22 53.75 32.89 242.59 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.60 12.71 4.24 5.73 8.39 12.76 18.51 18.39 8.69 38.87 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean ............................................. 1,020 1,057 1,044 1,227 944 886 856 881 1,023 871 

 Share ............................................. 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 2.0 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 18.97 48.27 22.51 37.82 32.08 32.60 71.55 68.54 26.54 57.16 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.86 4.57 2.16 3.08 3.40 3.68 8.35 7.78 2.59 6.56 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 969 772 1,011 1,229 923 871 869 534 942 911 

 Share ............................................. 1.4 .9 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.8 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 55.09 54.93 56.62 85.82 69.82 140.27 372.25 86.57 116.51 188.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.68 7.11 5.60 6.98 7.57 16.11 42.82 16.21 12.36 20.65 

 Pets 

 Mean ............................................. 770 608 785 959 724 724 382 407 797 727 

 Share ............................................. 1.2 .7 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 .6 .7 1.6 1.4 

 SE ................................................. 50.79 46.92 49.41 79.33 78.47 140.88 64.96 79.93 116.44 179.86 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.59 7.72 6.29 8.27 10.84 19.45 16.99 19.65 14.61 24.75 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ............................................. 199 165 225 270 199 147 487 127 146 184 

 Share ............................................. .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .8 .2 .3 .3 

 SE ................................................. 15.48 31.61 24.22 25.76 28.33 33.90 372.65 42.24 26.30 32.93 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.79 19.20 10.74 9.55 14.24 23.11 76.52 33.20 18.07 17.88 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services 

 Mean ............................................. 925 2,269 854 1,170 614 578 926 509 689 913 

 Share ............................................. 1.4 2.6 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.6 .9 1.3 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 122.57 1,242.76 85.35 173.28 101.64 101.37 394.16 146.32 171.96 345.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 13.26 54.78 10.00 14.80 16.56 17.53 42.58 28.73 24.98 37.81 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean ............................................. 771 851 851 1,046 747 737 578 565 636 570 

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

 SE ................................................. 18.94 71.75 23.11 36.26 37.42 46.59 56.54 64.27 27.79 40.90 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.46 8.43 2.72 3.47 5.01 6.32 9.78 11.37 4.37 7.17 

 Reading 

 Mean ............................................. 114 136 106 148 93 62 32 75 151 73 

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

 SE ................................................. 6.22 21.03 6.66 11.60 17.14 11.55 15.41 22.20 16.07 13.45 

 CV(%) ............................................ 5.45 15.50 6.30 7.86 18.45 18.50 48.32 29.49 10.66 18.30 

 Education 

 Mean ............................................. 1,226 2,081 1,449 2,238 1,065 875 487 393 270 1,363 

 Share ............................................. 1.8 2.4 2.0 2.5 1.7 1.5 .8 .7 .5 2.6 

 SE ................................................. 74.00 378.46 102.16 190.50 129.66 99.33 191.90 98.29 49.74 299.96 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.03 18.19 7.05 8.51 12.18 11.35 39.44 25.04 18.42 22.01 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean ............................................. 341 283 343 225 419 379 580 525 236 568 

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

 SE ................................................. 12.33 42.62 13.19 15.46 27.58 31.40 63.35 60.30 18.01 47.84 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.61 15.05 3.84 6.89 6.58 8.28 10.93 11.49 7.63 8.43 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean ............................................. 986 1,674 1,000 1,272 813 717 967 842 867 732 

 Share ............................................. 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.4 

 SE ................................................. 81.14 251.09 72.07 148.79 98.15 99.28 214.66 173.68 93.89 254.02 

 CV(%) ............................................ 8.23 15.00 7.21 11.70 12.08 13.84 22.19 20.62 10.83 34.69 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean ............................................. 2,415 3,379 2,151 3,469 1,266 1,060 1,303 1,000 3,409 1,321 

 Share ............................................. 3.6 3.8 2.9 3.8 2.0 1.8 2.2 1.8 6.7 2.5 

 SE ................................................. 163.87 531.69 207.35 466.81 118.20 96.83 171.73 96.23 345.17 273.81 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.79 15.74 9.64 13.46 9.34 9.13 13.18 9.62 10.13 20.74 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean ............................................. 7,873 14,004 10,357 14,554 8,128 6,347 7,317 6,439 1,434 3,576 

 Share ............................................. 11.8 15.9 14.2 16.0 12.9 11.0 12.3 11.7 2.8 6.8 

 SE ................................................. 138.50 622.40 188.06 313.20 186.84 188.26 439.43 294.34 95.47 296.03 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.76 4.44 1.82 2.15 2.30 2.97 6.01 4.57 6.66 8.28 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean ............................................. 473 596 509 736 410 293 231 298 421 316 

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

 SE ................................................. 18.97 66.17 25.30 51.52 30.78 33.31 39.66 37.79 25.28 75.62 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.01 11.10 4.97 7.00 7.51 11.38 17.19 12.67 6.01 23.92 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean ............................................. 7,400 13,408 9,848 13,818 7,718 6,055 7,086 6,141 1,014 3,260 

 Share ............................................. 11.1 15.2 13.5 15.2 12.3 10.5 11.9 11.2 2.0 6.2 

 SE ................................................. 128.91 613.95 175.13 287.71 178.87 179.58 423.05 284.53 96.21 249.09 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.74 4.58 1.78 2.08 2.32 2.97 5.97 4.63 9.49 7.64 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ............................................. $87,432 $131,993 $104,703 $141,403 $83,259 $72,163 $80,374 $68,852 $46,074 $50,057 

 SE ................................................. 1,243.71 6,465.90 1,351.13 2,358.55 1,653.31 1,667.32 3,921.46 2,537.07 850.96 3,300.87 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.42 4.90 1.29 1.67 1.99 2.31 4.88 3.68 1.85 6.59 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean ............................................. 67,409 67,437 95,423 129,980 75,479 63,873 74,439 62,079 8,974 34,329 

 Share ............................................. 77.1 51.1 91.1 91.9 90.7 88.5 92.6 90.2 19.5 68.6 

 SE ................................................. 964.08 4,383.12 1,220.57 2,094.26 1,435.48 1,538.64 3,593.68 2,264.91 554.74 2,842.12 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.43 6.50 1.28 1.61 1.90 2.41 4.83 3.65 6.18 8.28 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean ............................................. 6,085 52,931 2,937 4,034 2,282 1,912 2,223 2,026 661 3,782 

 Share ............................................. 7.0 40.1 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.9 1.4 7.6 

 SE ................................................. 424.47 3,216.71 299.31 501.62 567.72 287.57 708.84 1,079.65 174.49 907.41 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.98 6.08 10.19 12.44 24.88 15.04 31.89 53.30 26.38 23.99 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement 

 Mean ............................................. 9,632 5,501 2,977 3,056 3,205 2,870 2,097 2,632 30,888 6,295 

 Share ............................................. 11.0 4.2 2.8 2.2 3.8 4.0 2.6 3.8 67.0 12.6 

 SE ................................................. 159.93 532.36 131.34 247.92 301.84 256.80 361.27 348.98 525.99 519.53 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.66 9.68 4.41 8.11 9.42 8.95 17.23 13.26 1.70 8.25 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other 

 property income 

 Mean ............................................. 2,279 4,040 1,693 2,819 683 1,268 733 361 4,080 835 

 Share ............................................. 2.6 3.1 1.6 2.0 .8 1.8 .9 .5 8.9 1.7 

 SE ................................................. 207.05 1,052.11 258.95 547.46 131.88 287.84 263.43 146.25 389.49 215.28 

 CV(%) ............................................ 9.08 26.04 15.29 19.42 19.31 22.71 35.94 40.53 9.55 25.79 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, 

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program 

 (SNAP) 

 Mean ............................................. 590 294 372 183 431 694 254 475 347 2,321 

 Share ............................................. .7 .2 .4 .1 .5 1.0 .3 .7 .8 4.6 

 SE ................................................. 25.39 64.93 31.78 36.26 52.80 87.96 70.51 88.59 37.91 123.78 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.30 22.07 8.53 19.82 12.26 12.67 27.78 18.65 10.92 5.33 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for 

 support 

 Mean ............................................. 1,101 1,343 1,010 996 973 1,213 497 983 913 1,763 

 Share ............................................. 1.3 1.0 1.0 .7 1.2 1.7 .6 1.4 2.0 3.5 

 SE ................................................. 80.12 333.94 81.61 113.32 109.52 149.29 161.68 173.60 170.34 208.28 

 CV(%) ............................................ 7.28 24.87 8.08 11.38 11.25 12.31 32.55 17.65 18.66 11.81 

 Other income 

 Mean ............................................. 336 446 291 336 207 332 132 296 211 731 

 Share ............................................. .4 .3 .3 .2 .2 .5 .2 .4 .5 1.5 

 SE ................................................. 34.06 126.75 33.57 52.10 42.91 114.19 47.42 133.55 61.89 188.84 

 CV(%) ............................................ 10.12 28.39 11.53 15.51 20.77 34.35 35.97 45.05 29.38 25.82 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) 

 Mean ............................................. 8,689 21,330 11,952 21,831 6,225 3,207 4,870 2,431 150 426 

 Share ............................................. 9.9 16.2 11.4 15.4 7.5 4.4 6.1 3.5 .3 .9 

 SE ................................................. 369.91 2,043.71 489.63 913.98 435.90 437.67 706.45 745.42 170.94 760.58 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.26 9.58 4.10 4.19 7.00 13.65 14.51 30.66 113.89 178.72 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 8,561 18,238 11,150 18,796 6,883 4,350 5,154 3,651 1,767 2,253 

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, 2021 — Continued 

Wage and salary earners 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Selfemployed 

workers 

Total 

wage and 

salary 

earners 

Managers 

and

professionals 

Technical, 

sales and 

clerical 

workers 

Service 

workers 

Construction 

workers and 

mechanics 

Operators, 

fabricators 

and

laborers 

Retired 

All other, 

including 

not

reporting 

 Federal income taxes 

 Share ............................................. 9.8 13.8 10.6 13.3 8.3 6.0 6.4 5.3 3.8 4.5 

 SE ................................................. 285.72 1,496.15 369.67 725.66 342.58 344.25 529.21 513.86 141.02 639.52 

 CV(%) ............................................ 3.34 8.20 3.32 3.86 4.98 7.91 10.27 14.08 7.98 28.38 

 Stimulus payment 

 Mean ............................................. -2,542 -2,327 -2,658 -2,313 -2,986 -2,881 -2,438 -3,071 -2,092 -2,916 

 Share ............................................. -2.9 -1.8 -2.5 -1.6 -3.6 -4.0 -3.0 -4.5 -4.5 -5.8 

 SE ................................................. 43.52 162.98 68.42 99.75 120.93 122.18 273.89 233.01 63.22 129.96 

 CV(%) ............................................ -1.71 -7.00 -2.57 -4.31 -4.05 -4.24 -11.24 -7.59 -3.02 -4.46 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 2,564 4,735 3,389 5,240 2,267 1,711 2,134 1,804 422 1,064 

 Share ............................................. 2.9 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.6 .9 2.1 

 SE ................................................. 106.78 389.27 139.88 212.07 118.66 113.96 176.42 158.17 46.31 157.01 

 CV(%) ............................................ 4.16 8.22 4.13 4.05 5.23 6.66 8.27 8.77 10.98 14.76 

 Other taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 105 684 71 107 61 26 20 48 54 25 

 Share ............................................. .1 .5 .1 .1 .1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) .1 .1 ( 2 ) 

 SE ................................................. 65.45 924.26 14.13 22.54 19.77 6.73 6.82 18.30 17.11 7.24 

 CV(%) ............................................ 62.21 135.13 19.93 21.07 32.49 25.48 34.03 37.82 31.88 29.15 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ............................................. 78,743 110,663 92,751 119,573 77,034 68,956 75,504 66,421 45,924 49,631 

 Share ............................................. 90.1 83.8 88.6 84.6 92.5 95.6 93.9 96.5 99.7 99.1 

 SE ................................................. 956.65 4,912.74 999.51 1,695.43 1,379.37 1,396.25 3,455.39 2,088.68 765.43 2,678.89 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.21 4.44 1.08 1.42 1.79 2.02 4.58 3.14 1.67 5.40 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean ............................................. $16,089 $24,833 $11,584 $20,333 $16,593 $422 -$7,763 -$11,281 $32,190 $3,696 

 SE ................................................. 3,165.60 13,422.42 3,022.96 6,140.17 5,774.39 5,488.15 20,157.99 6,104.59 8,513.17 4,917.54 

 CV(%) ............................................ 19.68 54.05 26.10 30.20 34.80 1,299.91 -259.65 -54.11 26.45 133.05 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean ............................................. 39,962 53,528 42,153 59,986 39,668 24,051 25,496 9,372 39,287 21,965 

 SE ................................................. 2,729.57 12,180.03 2,361.82 4,855.90 4,619.10 5,563.04 9,268.12 4,182.63 8,437.43 4,669.73 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.83 22.75 5.60 8.10 11.64 23.13 36.35 44.63 21.48 21.26 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean ............................................. 23,873 28,695 30,569 39,653 23,075 23,628 33,259 20,653 7,097 18,269 

 SE ................................................. 1,479.93 7,757.99 2,366.55 4,120.70 4,397.81 5,416.00 15,941.01 5,073.89 1,744.42 3,832.33 

 CV(%) ............................................ 6.20 27.04 7.74 10.39 19.06 22.92 47.93 24.57 24.58 20.98 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean ............................................. 1,004 300 1,281 2,079 1,085 322 528 436 779 443 

 SE ................................................. 241.12 117.56 396.97 878.93 436.62 124.92 169.21 199.81 201.22 124.72 

 CV(%) ............................................ 24.03 39.25 30.99 42.27 40.25 38.78 32.08 45.80 25.83 28.15 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean ............................................. -2,621 -3,584 -3,109 -4,205 -2,541 -2,209 -1,867 -1,936 -1,480 -1,688 

 SE ................................................. 68.59 298.42 109.83 185.34 148.95 255.41 268.07 150.19 101.12 133.66 

 CV(%) ............................................ -2.62 -8.33 -3.53 -4.41 -5.86 -11.56 -14.36 -7.76 -6.83 -7.92 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean ............................................. 253,645 361,644 243,557 325,372 201,877 166,851 180,575 160,418 289,521 172,863 

 SE ................................................. 5,791.95 20,554.47 5,994.98 8,088.45 9,890.25 9,399.45 16,031.11 15,889.58 9,509.80 13,130.73 

 CV(%) ............................................ 2.28 5.68 2.46 2.49 4.90 5.63 8.88 9.91 3.28 7.60 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home 

 Mean ............................................. 1,265 1,623 1,231 1,585 1,061 904 930 849 1,469 842 

 SE ................................................. 15.46 62.19 16.09 25.68 30.10 33.10 62.66 53.21 33.75 45.80 

 CV(%) ............................................ 1.22 3.83 1.31 1.62 2.84 3.66 6.74 6.27 2.30 5.44 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2022