Table 1203. Income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less

than

$15,000

$15,000

to

$29,999

$30,000

to

$39,999

$40,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

to

$69,999

$70,000

to

$99,999

$100,000

to

$149,999

$150,000

to

$199,999

$200,000

and

more

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ............. 128,437 17,946 23,162 12,536 10,914 18,112 18,168 15,616 6,020 5,964

Percent distribution of consumer units ................... 100.0 14.0 18.0 9.8 8.5 14.1 14.1 12.2 4.7 4.6

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ............................................ $69,627 $8,169 $22,263 $34,746 $44,568 $59,293 $83,413 $119,828 $170,277 $314,010

Income after taxes ............................................... 60,448 8,538 22,937 34,718 42,659 54,841 74,441 102,542 139,555 233,299

Age of reference person ...................................... 50.5 51.3 55.9 51.7 49.9 48.5 47.6 48.0 49.2 49.6

Average number in consumer unit:

People ................................................................ 2.5 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2

Children under 18 .............................................. .6 .3 .5 .6 .6 .7 .7 .7 .8 .9

Adults 65 and older ............................................ .4 .4 .5 .5 .4 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2

Earners .............................................................. 1.3 .5 .7 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1

Vehicles ............................................................. 1.9 .8 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men .................................................................... 47 37 40 43 48 49 52 56 55 56

Women ............................................................... 53 63 60 57 52 51 48 44 45 44

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ........................................................ 62 34 52 54 58 65 74 84 87 90

With mortgage .................................................. 35 10 14 22 29 39 52 64 66 66

Without mortgage ............................................. 27 24 37 32 30 25 22 21 21 24

Renter ................................................................ 38 66 48 46 42 35 26 16 13 10

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ................................. 13 20 16 15 14 12 10 8 6 4

White, Asian, and all other races ....................... 87 80 84 85 86 88 90 92 94 96

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .............................................. 13 13 15 17 17 15 12 9 7 5

Not Hispanic or Latino ........................................ 87 87 85 83 83 85 88 91 93 95

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) .............................................. 32 46 45 41 35 31 24 17 13 6

College ............................................................... 64 48 49 55 61 67 74 83 87 94

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased .................. 87 59 79 91 93 94 97 98 97 98

Annual aggregate expenditures ............................. $7,186,766 5.8 10.1 6.9 6.5 12.8 16.6 18.6 9.4 13.3

Food ..................................................................... 900,446 7.1 11.7 8.2 6.5 12.8 17.0 17.5 8.6 10.7

Food at home ..................................................... 514,702 8.3 13.3 9.3 6.8 13.1 16.1 16.3 7.6 9.1

Cereals and bakery products ........................... 66,391 8.6 13.8 9.3 7.2 12.9 16.6 15.8 7.3 8.5

Cereals and cereal products .......................... 22,068 9.5 13.9 9.1 7.0 12.3 16.1 16.4 7.5 8.3

Bakery products ............................................. 44,322 8.2 13.8 9.4 7.3 13.2 16.9 15.5 7.2 8.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......................... 114,849 8.9 13.7 10.4 6.9 12.8 15.8 15.9 7.3 8.3

Beef ................................................................ 31,423 8.7 14.7 9.9 7.2 12.1 16.1 15.3 7.0 9.0

Pork ................................................................ 21,158 8.9 16.6 10.5 6.7 13.1 15.4 15.1 7.1 6.6

Other meats ................................................... 15,926 7.6 11.8 12.2 6.4 13.2 15.4 18.9 6.4 8.2

Poultry ............................................................ 22,111 9.7 12.5 10.2 6.8 12.8 16.1 15.8 7.9 8.2

Fish and seafood ........................................... 16,114 8.9 10.7 9.5 6.5 13.2 15.9 16.4 8.7 10.1

Eggs ............................................................... 8,117 9.9 15.1 10.3 7.8 12.9 15.7 14.3 6.6 7.4

Dairy products .................................................. 52,911 7.9 13.1 9.0 7.0 13.6 15.6 16.6 7.7 9.4

Fresh milk and cream .................................... 17,918 8.9 14.4 9.2 7.8 13.4 15.6 15.3 7.1 8.4

Other dairy products ...................................... 34,993 7.4 12.5 8.9 6.6 13.6 15.7 17.3 8.1 9.9

Fruits and vegetables ....................................... 98,557 8.3 13.0 9.5 6.6 12.8 16.2 16.1 8.2 9.3

Fresh fruits ..................................................... 36,381 7.5 12.7 9.4 6.8 12.7 16.5 16.3 8.3 9.8

Fresh vegetables ........................................... 31,675 8.4 12.7 9.8 6.3 12.7 15.8 15.9 8.5 9.8

Processed fruits ............................................. 13,806 8.5 13.2 8.8 7.2 13.4 16.3 16.1 8.2 8.3

Processed vegetables .................................... 16,695 9.5 14.2 9.8 6.4 12.8 16.1 16.1 7.3 7.9

Other food at home .......................................... 181,993 7.9 13.1 8.7 6.8 13.3 16.1 16.7 7.6 9.8

Sugar and other sweets ................................. 19,899 7.4 12.4 7.6 6.6 11.9 14.8 16.7 7.1 15.5

Fats and oils ................................................... 14,272 9.4 14.0 10.1 6.7 13.7 15.7 16.2 6.5 7.7

Miscellaneous foods ...................................... 93,116 7.6 12.9 8.6 7.0 13.3 16.5 17.1 7.8 9.1

Nonalcoholic beverages ................................. 47,969 9.0 14.4 9.3 6.6 13.8 15.7 15.8 7.0 8.4

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ........................................... 6,736 2.6 7.4 5.8 5.6 13.5 18.0 19.2 12.0 15.8

Food away from home ....................................... 385,744 5.4 9.7 6.8 6.0 12.4 18.2 19.0 9.8 12.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1203. Income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 —

Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less

than

$15,000

$15,000

to

$29,999

$30,000

to

$39,999

$40,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

to

$69,999

$70,000

to

$99,999

$100,000

to

$149,999

$150,000

to

$199,999

$200,000

and

more

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 66,053 5.2 7.6 5.7 6.2 10.9 16.5 20.6 10.3 17.0

Housing ................................................................ 2,364,054 7.2 11.6 7.3 7.0 13.2 16.0 17.2 8.4 12.2

Shelter ................................................................ 1,379,703 7.6 11.5 7.1 6.8 12.9 15.9 17.0 8.5 12.8

Owned dwellings .............................................. 797,604 3.8 7.5 5.1 5.3 12.0 17.7 21.8 10.9 16.1

Mortgage interest and charges ...................... 367,185 2.6 4.4 4.1 4.7 12.3 19.1 24.2 12.2 16.4

Property taxes ................................................ 245,762 4.5 8.9 5.7 5.6 12.0 15.9 20.5 10.6 16.3

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses ...................................................... 184,657 5.2 11.6 6.2 6.1 11.4 17.1 18.6 8.6 15.1

Rented dwellings .............................................. 488,331 14.8 19.1 10.9 9.8 15.2 13.6 8.5 3.7 4.5

Other lodging ................................................... 93,768 3.4 6.4 4.0 3.9 7.9 13.4 20.2 12.9 27.9

Utilities, fuels, and public services ..................... 498,993 7.9 13.7 8.7 7.9 14.7 16.3 16.2 7.0 7.6

Natural gas ....................................................... 54,109 8.0 13.8 8.2 7.3 13.9 15.2 16.4 7.7 9.4

Electricity .......................................................... 187,517 9.1 15.3 9.1 8.2 14.4 15.7 14.9 6.2 7.0

Fuel oil and other fuels ..................................... 14,944 7.6 13.7 8.4 7.1 15.4 12.3 15.4 8.6 11.5

Telephone services .......................................... 173,020 6.7 12.2 8.5 8.0 15.3 17.4 17.2 7.4 7.3

Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone

cards ............................................................ 41,648 9.2 16.9 9.5 7.5 14.1 14.2 14.6 6.6 7.5

Cellular phone service ................................... 131,372 6.0 10.7 8.2 8.1 15.6 18.4 18.1 7.7 7.2

Water and other public services ....................... 69,403 7.2 13.0 8.3 7.7 14.4 17.2 16.9 7.2 8.1

Household operations ........................................ 168,069 4.7 8.7 5.5 5.9 12.5 14.8 19.6 9.7 18.5

Personal services ............................................. 54,815 3.4 4.6 3.3 4.2 13.2 14.5 24.5 11.4 20.9

Other household expenses .............................. 113,254 5.3 10.7 6.6 6.8 12.2 15.0 17.2 8.9 17.4

Housekeeping supplies ...................................... 83,920 7.0 13.6 9.1 6.9 11.9 16.3 17.3 9.2 8.7

Laundry and cleaning supplies ........................ 19,977 8.1 14.3 10.0 7.6 12.3 14.2 17.9 7.3 8.1

Other household products ................................ 47,123 6.7 13.7 8.7 6.3 11.3 17.3 16.9 10.4 8.7

Postage and stationery .................................... 16,820 6.3 12.7 9.2 7.4 13.3 16.0 17.4 8.3 9.4

Household furnishings and equipment ............... 233,369 4.9 9.3 6.6 6.8 12.5 16.6 18.5 10.0 14.8

Household textiles ............................................ 14,721 5.7 12.3 6.9 8.1 11.2 13.3 19.7 12.4 10.4

Furniture ........................................................... 64,508 4.3 8.6 5.8 5.5 14.2 15.0 19.7 10.1 16.8

Floor coverings ................................................ 2,277 4.2 13.1 5.6 5.3 11.8 13.0 21.7 12.7 12.5

Major appliances .............................................. 34,442 6.0 11.6 7.6 6.1 13.1 19.0 18.5 9.3 8.8

Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares 15,075 5.9 9.8 8.8 5.6 9.9 18.2 20.9 9.2 11.7

Miscellaneous household equipment ............... 102,348 4.7 8.3 6.3 7.8 11.8 17.1 17.2 9.9 16.7

Apparel and services ........................................... 236,770 5.2 10.1 7.2 5.4 10.7 16.2 16.4 10.3 18.5

Men and boys .................................................... 54,101 5.2 11.3 6.0 4.8 11.5 18.1 18.8 10.5 13.7

Men, 16 and over ............................................. 42,437 5.4 11.1 5.7 4.7 10.7 18.2 18.4 10.7 15.1

Boys, 2 to 15 .................................................... 11,665 4.4 12.1 6.8 5.5 14.3 17.7 20.4 10.1 8.7

Women and girls ................................................ 89,390 6.0 10.4 7.8 5.1 11.3 16.7 15.8 11.3 15.6

Women, 16 and over ........................................ 76,371 6.0 10.6 8.2 4.6 11.3 16.8 15.6 10.8 16.0

Girls, 2 to 15 ..................................................... 13,019 5.7 9.2 5.7 7.9 11.3 15.7 17.0 14.2 13.3

Children under 2 ................................................ 10,617 3.1 13.3 10.1 6.7 9.3 18.0 10.9 11.2 17.3

Footwear ............................................................ 45,358 4.9 9.4 7.9 5.5 10.7 16.5 19.5 10.7 14.9

Other apparel products and services ................. 37,302 4.6 7.3 5.6 6.6 8.7 11.4 12.1 6.9 36.9

Transportation ...................................................... 1,220,227 4.9 9.7 6.7 7.4 14.5 17.6 20.1 8.2 10.8

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ........................... 513,354 3.7 8.4 5.9 7.8 14.7 18.7 22.0 7.9 11.0

Cars and trucks, new ....................................... 251,280 2.3 6.9 6.1 8.1 10.7 20.0 23.1 9.2 13.6

Cars and trucks, used ...................................... 254,526 5.0 10.1 5.8 7.5 18.2 17.7 20.5 6.5 8.7

Other vehicles .................................................. 7,548 31.7 34.4 34.3 34.2 326.3 39.9 34.4 39.1 35.7

Gasoline and motor oil ....................................... 268,378 6.0 11.1 8.2 8.1 15.6 18.0 18.2 7.2 7.5

Other vehicle expenses ..................................... 353,650 6.2 10.9 7.5 6.8 14.2 16.8 19.0 8.8 9.8

Vehicle finance charges ................................... 27,761 2.8 7.1 7.0 7.0 15.3 21.2 21.2 8.4 9.9

Maintenance and repairs ................................. 107,445 5.3 11.0 8.0 7.6 14.7 17.0 18.8 8.6 8.9

Vehicle insurance ............................................. 138,278 8.6 13.8 7.3 6.8 14.7 15.2 18.7 7.9 7.0

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges .......................................................... 80,166 4.6 7.1 7.2 5.8 12.4 17.5 19.1 10.8 15.6

Public and other transportation .......................... 84,845 4.1 7.7 3.9 4.8 10.9 13.5 19.1 11.6 24.4

Healthcare ............................................................ 557,632 5.5 12.6 8.1 7.4 14.4 17.7 17.6 7.9 8.8

Health insurance ................................................ 382,399 5.4 12.3 8.1 7.6 14.8 18.0 17.5 7.3 9.0

Medical services ................................................ 101,639 5.5 11.8 7.5 6.3 13.4 17.6 18.6 10.1 9.2

Drugs ................................................................. 54,502 6.4 15.7 8.7 7.9 14.7 16.1 16.6 7.4 6.6

Medical supplies ................................................ 19,093 5.2 13.3 9.2 6.9 12.0 16.8 17.9 9.5 9.2

Entertainment ....................................................... 364,844 5.5 10.2 6.8 6.3 11.9 15.9 18.8 10.7 13.8

Fees and admissions ......................................... 83,746 3.0 5.3 5.4 4.5 9.1 15.8 20.7 12.4 23.6

Audio and visual equipment and services .......... 139,150 8.1 14.0 8.3 8.0 13.9 15.9 16.1 7.0 8.7

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 83,773 5.8 10.4 6.7 7.0 13.3 16.6 19.1 10.6 10.6

Pets .................................................................. 67,752 6.1 10.6 6.5 7.3 13.5 15.9 19.4 10.1 10.5

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ...... 16,021 4.4 9.5 7.7 5.3 12.5 19.2 17.9 12.8 10.7

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services ............................................................ 58,175 2.6 7.9 5.1 3.9 9.3 15.3 22.4 17.2 16.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1203. Income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015 —

Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less

than

$15,000

$15,000

to

$29,999

$30,000

to

$39,999

$40,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

to

$69,999

$70,000

to

$99,999

$100,000

to

$149,999

$150,000

to

$199,999

$200,000

and

more

Personal care products and services ................... 87,580 6.0 10.6 7.8 5.6 12.2 17.3 19.0 9.6 11.9

Reading ................................................................ 14,635 4.0 10.3 9.1 8.9 12.3 16.5 17.4 8.4 13.1

Education ............................................................. 168,837 8.5 6.8 3.2 3.8 7.6 11.4 19.2 16.1 23.6

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ............. 44,865 12.2 17.1 10.8 9.3 15.4 14.3 13.5 4.5 2.9

Miscellaneous ...................................................... 111,848 6.4 10.0 7.5 6.3 11.6 16.5 19.0 9.3 13.3

Cash contributions ............................................... 233,568 5.4 9.2 6.2 5.6 11.1 15.6 18.2 9.3 19.4

Personal insurance and pensions ........................ 815,408 1.0 3.4 3.9 4.3 11.3 17.8 23.0 13.7 21.5

Life and other personal insurance ...................... 42,750 3.1 5.9 4.9 4.9 9.4 19.5 18.2 14.3 19.7

Pensions and Social Security ............................ 772,658 .9 3.2 3.8 4.3 11.4 17.7 23.3 13.7 21.6

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ................................. $8,942,648 1.6 5.8 4.9 5.4 12.0 16.9 20.9 11.5 20.9

Wages and salaries ........................................... 6,987,593 .6 3.2 3.8 4.9 12.0 18.2 23.0 12.8 21.5

Self-employment income ................................... 560,432 -.6 2.2 2.6 3.5 7.8 11.8 17.9 12.2 42.7

Social Security, private and government

retirement ......................................................... 1,001,966 6.8 23.2 13.1 10.2 15.0 13.5 11.2 3.3 3.8

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ............................................... 223,138 1.1 3.3 3.1 3.8 10.0 12.6 16.1 11.1 39.1

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance

Program (SNAP) .............................................. 72,912 32.7 31.3 12.7 7.4 7.1 4.9 2.8 3.7 3.2

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support ........................................................ 55,500 6.5 15.1 9.3 13.1 16.6 17.3 13.4 3.8 35.1

Other income ..................................................... 41,106 24.4 17.8 8.3 4.1 15.8 10.2 7.0 3.9 8.5

Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) 1,178,841 -.6 -1.3 1 ( ) 1.8 6.8 13.8 22.9 15.7 40.8

Federal income taxes ......................................... 913,322 -.6 -2.0 -.4 1.4 6.3 13.4 22.8 15.8 43.3

State and local income taxes ............................. 256,536 -.5 .1 1.5 3.0 8.5 15.5 23.5 15.4 33.1

Other taxes ........................................................ 8,984 4.1 32.0 5.7 10.0 9.7 10.8 12.2 7.1 8.4

Income after taxes ............................................... 7,763,806 2.0 6.8 5.6 6.0 12.8 17.4 20.6 10.8 17.9

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

3 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

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