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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Number of consumer units (in thousands) .......... 127,006 77,236 9,716 26,530 27,300 13,690 49,770 29,183 20,586

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $66,877 $45,037 $28,031 $40,260 $47,891 $60,671 $100,770 $84,628 $123,654

SE ................................................... 1,164.39 779.30 1,395.65 954.50 1,461.16 1,713.77 1,982.53 1,644.40 3,875.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 1.73 4.98 2.37 3.05 2.82 1.97 1.94 3.13

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 58,364 41,704 27,467 37,842 43,967 54,782 84,218 72,514 100,810

SE ................................................... 898.38 638.17 1,343.95 736.88 1,221.42 1,408.44 1,471.88 1,311.69 2,800.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 1.53 4.89 1.95 2.78 2.57 1.75 1.81 2.78

Age of reference person ................................... 50.3 51.0 55.6 53.5 48.0 48.8 49.2 47.8 51.2

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................. 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.6

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 .6 .7 .5 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6

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

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.1 .8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................. 48 45 42 44 46 46 52 53 50

Women ............................................................ 52 55 58 56 54 54 48 47 50

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ..................................................... 63 57 45 58 55 66 72 68 77

With mortgage ............................................... 37 29 15 25 31 41 49 47 51

Without mortgage .......................................... 26 28 30 33 24 25 24 22 26

Renter ............................................................. 37 43 55 42 45 34 28 32 23

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 16 18 17 14 14 9 9 8

White, Asian, and all other races .................... 87 84 82 83 86 86 91 91 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 13 16 33 15 14 13 7 9 6

Not Hispanic or Latino ..................................... 87 84 67 85 86 87 93 91 94

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................. 3 5 28 2 1 1 1 ( ) 1 1 ( )

High school (9-12) ........................................... 33 51 69 98 17 15 6 8 4

College ............................................................ 63 44 n.a. n.a. 81 85 93 91 96

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 83 65 83 85 93 93 92 95

Average annual expenditures

Mean ............................................... $53,495 $40,403 $28,180 $36,286 $43,749 $50,300 $73,672 $65,483 $85,434

SE ................................................... 603.93 498.60 1,140.66 568.06 788.24 1,050.54 796.87 846.39 1,437.77

CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 1.23 4.05 1.57 1.80 2.09 1.08 1.29 1.68

Food

Mean ............................................... 6,759 5,480 4,519 4,986 5,772 6,473 8,683 8,075 9,598

Share .............................................. 12.6 13.6 16.0 13.7 13.2 12.9 11.8 12.3 11.2

SE ................................................... 89.34 93.89 229.88 130.02 148.37 286.17 138.12 134.32 234.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.32 1.71 5.09 2.61 2.57 4.42 1.59 1.66 2.44

Food at home

Mean ............................................... 3,971 3,458 3,304 3,311 3,476 3,821 4,740 4,486 5,126

Share .............................................. 7.4 8.6 11.7 9.1 7.9 7.6 6.4 6.9 6.0

SE ................................................... 56.60 58.24 194.74 101.12 93.94 170.11 86.07 91.60 137.48

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 1.68 5.89 3.05 2.70 4.45 1.82 2.04 2.68

Cereals and bakery products

Mean ............................................... 519 454 442 445 451 487 616 584 666

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 .8 .9 .8

SE ................................................... 9.25 9.13 29.47 16.14 14.14 22.70 15.98 17.76 23.40

CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 2.01 6.66 3.63 3.14 4.66 2.59 3.04 3.51

Cereals and cereal products

Mean ............................................... 176 153 166 149 150 161 210 205 217

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

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Cereals and cereal products

SE ................................................... 3.79 4.11 10.76 6.59 7.15 10.47 6.68 7.91 8.26

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 2.68 6.48 4.43 4.78 6.49 3.18 3.85 3.80

Bakery products

Mean ............................................... 343 301 276 296 301 326 406 379 449

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

SE ................................................... 6.71 6.76 22.01 11.86 10.05 14.61 11.69 12.08 19.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 2.25 7.97 4.01 3.34 4.49 2.88 3.19 4.37

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean ............................................... 892 829 878 802 808 897 985 980 993

Share .............................................. 1.7 2.1 3.1 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.2

SE ................................................... 13.63 16.13 63.40 29.67 29.45 46.06 21.00 32.17 33.24

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 1.95 7.22 3.70 3.64 5.14 2.13 3.28 3.35

Beef

Mean ............................................... 232 225 228 227 219 233 242 260 214

Share .............................................. .4 .6 .8 .6 .5 .5 .3 .4 .3

SE ................................................... 7.73 6.85 23.57 12.62 14.89 15.87 15.87 25.16 14.78

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 3.04 10.32 5.55 6.81 6.82 6.57 9.67 6.92

Pork

Mean ............................................... 177 175 186 170 164 201 180 174 188

Share .............................................. .3 .4 .7 .5 .4 .4 .2 .3 .2

SE ................................................... 3.91 5.43 18.09 9.43 7.44 14.30 5.78 7.95 10.36

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 3.10 9.72 5.54 4.54 7.11 3.22 4.57 5.51

Other meats

Mean ............................................... 123 112 109 103 113 131 139 136 145

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

SE ................................................... 3.68 3.92 11.02 6.00 5.63 10.39 4.90 6.06 6.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.99 3.49 10.13 5.83 5.00 7.95 3.52 4.46 4.68

Poultry

Mean ............................................... 172 162 187 150 162 167 189 186 193

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

SE ................................................... 3.65 5.10 16.68 6.37 8.80 11.27 5.37 7.51 7.71

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 3.16 8.94 4.24 5.45 6.74 2.85 4.05 3.99

Fish and seafood

Mean ............................................... 129 100 107 101 96 105 172 162 188

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

SE ................................................... 4.33 4.33 11.93 8.75 7.38 11.05 7.99 9.66 13.51

CV(%) ............................................. 3.35 4.31 11.20 8.66 7.70 10.49 4.64 5.96 7.19

Eggs

Mean ............................................... 58 55 62 50 55 60 63 62 65

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

SE ................................................... 1.38 1.61 5.67 2.49 2.44 4.00 1.83 2.36 2.46

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 2.92 9.21 4.96 4.42 6.72 2.88 3.80 3.77

Dairy products

Mean ............................................... 423 361 352 339 366 399 516 480 571

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

SE ................................................... 6.43 7.69 33.29 12.94 10.48 21.66 10.56 12.84 14.22

CV(%) ............................................. 1.52 2.13 9.45 3.81 2.86 5.43 2.05 2.67 2.49

Fresh milk and cream

Mean ............................................... 147 135 138 126 138 145 165 155 181

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

SE ................................................... 2.27 2.62 7.34 4.67 4.39 8.25 4.42 5.76 5.76

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 1.94 5.30 3.69 3.19 5.69 2.68 3.72 3.18

Other dairy products

Mean ............................................... 276 226 214 213 228 254 351 326 391

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

SE ................................................... 5.46 6.43 29.98 9.66 8.45 15.48 8.10 9.76 12.09

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 2.85 14.03 4.54 3.70 6.10 2.30 3.00 3.10

Fruits and vegetables

Mean ............................................... 756 615 618 577 628 658 966 890 1,083

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

SE ................................................... 12.45 12.69 37.84 22.83 18.51 36.40 20.55 22.97 31.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 2.06 6.12 3.95 2.95 5.53 2.13 2.58 2.94

Fresh fruits

Mean ............................................... 274 210 239 191 212 224 369 332 425

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

SE ................................................... 4.97 5.07 20.58 9.79 7.89 13.88 9.26 10.16 16.02

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 2.41 8.61 5.14 3.71 6.19 2.51 3.06 3.77

Fresh vegetables

Mean ............................................... 240 193 186 181 194 217 312 287 349

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

SE ................................................... 4.10 5.22 12.74 8.61 7.66 13.73 7.54 8.11 13.13

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 2.71 6.83 4.74 3.94 6.34 2.42 2.83 3.76

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Processed fruits

Mean ............................................... 109 90 77 86 95 97 136 126 152

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

SE ................................................... 2.96 2.47 6.40 3.45 4.50 6.53 5.13 5.11 8.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.72 2.73 8.35 4.02 4.73 6.71 3.77 4.07 5.87

Processed vegetables

Mean ............................................... 133 122 116 119 126 120 150 146 156

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

SE ................................................... 3.58 3.77 10.83 7.38 5.27 8.38 4.86 6.79 6.90

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 3.10 9.32 6.19 4.17 7.00 3.24 4.65 4.42

Other food at home

Mean ............................................... 1,382 1,199 1,013 1,148 1,223 1,381 1,656 1,552 1,814

Share .............................................. 2.6 3.0 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.1

SE ................................................... 24.77 24.66 64.49 38.31 41.47 68.50 37.16 38.06 64.24

CV(%) ............................................. 1.79 2.06 6.37 3.34 3.39 4.96 2.24 2.45 3.54

Sugar and other sweets

Mean ............................................... 139 119 111 118 119 126 170 154 194

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

SE ................................................... 3.96 3.85 12.52 5.85 6.47 6.81 6.98 5.99 13.03

CV(%) ............................................. 2.84 3.24 11.28 4.95 5.44 5.39 4.11 3.90 6.71

Fats and oils

Mean ............................................... 115 105 111 108 99 109 130 125 137

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

SE ................................................... 3.33 3.17 12.17 5.19 4.52 7.74 5.44 5.99 7.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.90 3.01 11.01 4.79 4.57 7.11 4.20 4.79 5.84

Miscellaneous foods

Mean ............................................... 702 594 467 553 625 691 864 809 949

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1

SE ................................................... 13.41 14.41 31.92 22.48 23.85 37.02 20.64 23.10 38.96

CV(%) ............................................. 1.91 2.43 6.83 4.06 3.82 5.36 2.39 2.86 4.11

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 375 351 309 346 344 409 409 395 430

Share .............................................. .7 .9 1.1 1.0 .8 .8 .6 .6 .5

SE ................................................... 6.99 8.08 19.96 15.00 13.66 32.66 11.53 11.49 19.09

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 2.30 6.46 4.33 3.97 7.99 2.82 2.91 4.44

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean ............................................... 51 30 15 22 37 46 83 69 104

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

SE ................................................... 2.83 2.50 4.68 2.50 4.10 6.51 5.04 5.87 8.52

CV(%) ............................................. 5.53 8.18 30.48 11.41 11.23 14.19 6.05 8.51 8.23

Food away from home

Mean ............................................... 2,787 2,021 1,215 1,675 2,296 2,652 3,943 3,588 4,472

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.2

SE ................................................... 51.03 57.40 83.00 75.08 75.68 156.52 77.85 80.45 134.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.83 2.84 6.83 4.48 3.30 5.90 1.97 2.24 3.00

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 463 294 139 245 318 449 716 645 823

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

SE ................................................... 17.50 17.68 21.97 23.25 23.16 54.30 33.15 40.82 48.93

CV(%) ............................................. 3.78 6.01 15.79 9.50 7.28 12.10 4.63 6.33 5.95

Housing

Mean ............................................... 17,798 13,821 10,605 12,883 14,532 16,529 23,950 21,156 27,932

Share .............................................. 33.3 34.2 37.6 35.5 33.2 32.9 32.5 32.3 32.7

SE ................................................... 217.06 193.82 325.36 244.43 307.17 361.14 293.03 290.42 546.87

CV(%) ............................................. 1.22 1.40 3.07 1.90 2.11 2.18 1.22 1.37 1.96

Shelter

Mean ............................................... 10,491 7,914 6,284 7,255 8,450 9,277 14,489 12,758 16,943

Share .............................................. 19.6 19.6 22.3 20.0 19.3 18.4 19.7 19.5 19.8

SE ................................................... 148.30 136.75 250.31 205.03 191.97 277.99 214.26 217.32 442.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.41 1.73 3.98 2.83 2.27 3.00 1.48 1.70 2.61

Owned dwellings

Mean ............................................... 6,149 4,013 2,330 3,483 4,338 5,586 9,464 7,900 11,680

Share .............................................. 11.5 9.9 8.3 9.6 9.9 11.1 12.8 12.1 13.7

SE ................................................... 96.49 96.26 176.79 162.55 183.26 242.22 134.78 173.32 285.50

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 2.40 7.59 4.67 4.22 4.34 1.42 2.19 2.44

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean ............................................... 2,953 1,812 877 1,435 2,080 2,673 4,724 4,027 5,710

Share .............................................. 5.5 4.5 3.1 4.0 4.8 5.3 6.4 6.2 6.7

SE ................................................... 66.35 52.42 121.98 85.72 115.97 138.41 107.21 99.41 221.75

CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 2.89 13.91 5.97 5.57 5.18 2.27 2.47 3.88

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Property taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,903 1,230 856 1,265 1,230 1,430 2,947 2,461 3,636

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.5 2.8 2.8 4.0 3.8 4.3

SE ................................................... 49.46 42.60 79.74 101.07 51.73 56.49 88.61 106.98 112.05

CV(%) ............................................. 2.60 3.46 9.31 7.99 4.21 3.95 3.01 4.35 3.08

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean ............................................... 1,293 970 597 783 1,028 1,484 1,793 1,412 2,334

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.7

SE ................................................... 32.62 44.26 61.73 50.27 78.48 145.91 61.42 60.66 118.67

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 4.56 10.34 6.42 7.64 9.83 3.43 4.30 5.08

Rented dwellings

Mean ............................................... 3,631 3,586 3,848 3,521 3,746 3,209 3,701 3,842 3,501

Share .............................................. 6.8 8.9 13.7 9.7 8.6 6.4 5.0 5.9 4.1

SE ................................................... 51.61 80.96 229.21 121.41 132.43 173.65 123.33 147.63 194.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.42 2.26 5.96 3.45 3.54 5.41 3.33 3.84 5.56

Other lodging

Mean ............................................... 710 314 106 251 366 482 1,325 1,016 1,762

Share .............................................. 1.3 .8 .4 .7 .8 1.0 1.8 1.6 2.1

SE ................................................... 38.67 21.71 35.90 28.78 45.45 49.34 79.60 51.53 172.63

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 6.91 33.79 11.45 12.42 10.24 6.01 5.07 9.80

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean ............................................... 3,921 3,573 2,840 3,481 3,614 4,191 4,459 4,207 4,818

Share .............................................. 7.3 8.8 10.1 9.6 8.3 8.3 6.1 6.4 5.6

SE ................................................... 34.80 42.41 78.79 52.51 92.78 67.09 46.73 51.49 77.89

CV(%) ............................................. .89 1.19 2.77 1.51 2.57 1.60 1.05 1.22 1.62

Natural gas

Mean ............................................... 439 373 326 390 358 402 542 498 604

Share .............................................. .8 .9 1.2 1.1 .8 .8 .7 .8 .7

SE ................................................... 14.67 14.69 50.85 24.12 18.37 24.15 17.41 16.49 24.34

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 3.94 15.61 6.18 5.13 6.00 3.21 3.31 4.03

Electricity

Mean ............................................... 1,484 1,427 1,161 1,423 1,423 1,633 1,572 1,508 1,663

Share .............................................. 2.8 3.5 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.1 2.3 1.9

SE ................................................... 20.17 26.76 45.95 30.41 45.71 36.98 24.17 23.18 40.30

CV(%) ............................................. 1.36 1.87 3.96 2.14 3.21 2.26 1.54 1.54 2.42

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean ............................................... 152 137 174 143 104 164 176 147 218

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

SE ................................................... 9.78 9.40 43.46 21.85 10.62 21.84 14.91 18.70 31.42

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 6.87 24.99 15.31 10.18 13.32 8.46 12.73 14.41

Telephone services

Mean ............................................... 1,315 1,175 830 1,078 1,253 1,453 1,533 1,457 1,640

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.2 1.9

SE ................................................... 14.52 19.89 29.29 17.80 38.45 39.95 19.31 23.61 28.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 1.69 3.53 1.65 3.07 2.75 1.26 1.62 1.75

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean ............................................... 353 324 287 342 316 335 396 358 450

Share .............................................. .7 .8 1.0 .9 .7 .7 .5 .5 .5

SE ................................................... 4.87 6.00 13.94 9.54 11.32 12.90 8.78 10.26 17.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 1.85 4.87 2.79 3.59 3.85 2.22 2.86 3.97

Cellular phone service

Mean ............................................... 963 851 543 736 938 1,117 1,137 1,099 1,190

Share .............................................. 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.7 1.4

SE ................................................... 13.80 18.89 28.74 16.54 31.00 40.08 16.97 22.77 22.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 2.22 5.29 2.25 3.31 3.59 1.49 2.07 1.86

Water and other public services

Mean ............................................... 530 461 349 448 476 539 636 597 692

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

SE ................................................... 12.43 13.05 19.52 16.46 17.32 20.85 15.32 15.56 21.11

CV(%) ............................................. 2.35 2.83 5.59 3.68 3.64 3.87 2.41 2.61 3.05

Household operations

Mean ............................................... 1,174 690 332 563 815 941 1,924 1,441 2,610

Share .............................................. 2.2 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.2 3.1

SE ................................................... 31.64 26.33 19.96 24.15 49.71 47.92 55.11 50.85 115.21

CV(%) ............................................. 2.70 3.82 6.02 4.29 6.10 5.09 2.86 3.53 4.41

Personal services

Mean ............................................... 366 154 68 100 199 228 696 453 1,040

Share .............................................. .7 .4 .2 .3 .5 .5 .9 .7 1.2

SE ................................................... 22.89 17.22 14.44 12.31 40.39 33.63 44.32 39.24 100.10

CV(%) ............................................. 6.25 11.20 21.30 12.28 20.30 14.72 6.37 8.66 9.62

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Other household expenses

Mean ............................................... 808 536 264 462 616 713 1,228 988 1,569

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

SE ................................................... 16.49 14.45 16.93 17.38 23.35 33.58 28.22 24.67 54.60

CV(%) ............................................. 2.04 2.69 6.41 3.76 3.79 4.71 2.30 2.50 3.48

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 632 513 475 506 482 626 810 730 931

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1

SE ................................................... 18.63 20.41 60.96 44.01 19.79 48.00 34.81 39.06 49.54

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 3.98 12.83 8.70 4.11 7.66 4.30 5.35 5.32

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean ............................................... 148 139 146 144 129 147 160 155 167

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

SE ................................................... 4.48 5.08 16.11 7.81 6.87 9.74 6.63 8.98 8.74

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 3.65 11.00 5.42 5.31 6.61 4.14 5.78 5.23

Other household products

Mean ............................................... 354 289 244 292 270 357 451 405 521

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

SE ................................................... 12.85 15.94 42.55 39.76 13.87 38.57 22.44 25.77 33.37

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 5.52 17.46 13.61 5.14 10.81 4.98 6.36 6.40

Postage and stationery

Mean ............................................... 131 85 85 70 82 122 199 170 243

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

SE ................................................... 7.11 6.35 21.50 9.42 8.70 16.03 15.36 20.44 22.29

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 7.46 25.27 13.49 10.57 13.10 7.72 12.00 9.19

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean ............................................... 1,581 1,131 675 1,078 1,171 1,493 2,268 2,019 2,631

Share .............................................. 3.0 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1

SE ................................................... 46.11 47.13 80.83 105.81 55.28 98.73 68.18 83.86 103.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.92 4.17 11.98 9.82 4.72 6.62 3.01 4.15 3.95

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 96 69 43 65 64 111 136 119 161

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

SE ................................................... 6.69 6.97 8.30 15.90 6.24 20.19 12.99 11.75 23.07

CV(%) ............................................. 6.97 10.03 19.53 24.41 9.79 18.20 9.56 9.83 14.31

Furniture

Mean ............................................... 387 272 177 201 326 368 565 496 663

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

SE ................................................... 14.05 13.12 24.34 15.61 26.91 44.72 26.51 32.65 37.24

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 4.83 13.73 7.77 8.24 12.16 4.69 6.58 5.62

Floor coverings

Mean ............................................... 18 8 6 9 10 8 33 23 47

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

SE ................................................... 1.99 1.00 1.49 2.34 1.79 1.55 5.07 2.66 11.45

CV(%) ............................................. 10.96 11.87 26.27 27.32 18.57 19.79 15.24 11.34 24.27

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 233 188 114 196 195 216 303 276 342

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

SE ................................................... 14.26 19.75 24.08 43.45 28.90 23.63 19.65 19.16 41.41

CV(%) ............................................. 6.11 10.48 21.13 22.19 14.80 10.93 6.48 6.93 12.12

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 106 80 72 78 81 91 144 126 172

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

SE ................................................... 5.83 6.70 12.45 14.90 6.42 9.17 9.49 7.30 17.54

CV(%) ............................................. 5.51 8.35 17.31 19.17 7.93 10.12 6.57 5.80 10.18

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 740 512 263 530 495 699 1,086 978 1,246

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.3 .9 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

SE ................................................... 30.61 34.22 63.07 83.08 33.66 67.03 46.99 63.43 62.45

CV(%) ............................................. 4.13 6.68 23.96 15.68 6.79 9.59 4.33 6.48 5.01

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 1,786 1,325 1,221 1,164 1,397 1,554 2,480 2,105 3,045

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.3 4.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.6

SE ................................................... 52.74 51.63 100.42 93.74 74.04 132.79 100.00 91.02 235.10

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 3.90 8.22 8.05 5.30 8.55 4.03 4.32 7.72

Men and boys

Mean ............................................... 430 309 324 258 314 389 613 519 754

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

SE ................................................... 15.58 13.25 38.64 30.78 22.97 42.17 35.91 39.56 66.83

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 4.29 11.91 11.95 7.32 10.85 5.86 7.62 8.87

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Men, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 326 231 249 185 236 301 469 384 597

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

SE ................................................... 13.51 12.13 34.67 26.18 20.29 39.93 28.46 26.74 58.47

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 5.24 13.93 14.18 8.61 13.25 6.07 6.97 9.79

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 104 77 76 73 78 87 144 135 157

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

SE ................................................... 7.81 6.45 16.36 12.18 9.95 13.72 17.17 22.07 30.20

CV(%) ............................................. 7.51 8.33 21.65 16.69 12.73 15.74 11.94 16.33 19.29

Women and girls

Mean ............................................... 656 503 355 484 534 575 885 778 1,047

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

SE ................................................... 28.14 26.83 40.11 59.99 36.03 57.79 50.37 49.55 109.48

CV(%) ............................................. 4.29 5.33 11.30 12.39 6.75 10.04 5.69 6.37 10.45

Women, 16 and over

Mean ............................................... 551 413 288 401 436 471 758 681 876

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0

SE ................................................... 27.08 25.52 41.02 54.94 33.27 52.76 48.69 48.66 104.90

CV(%) ............................................. 4.91 6.18 14.22 13.70 7.63 11.20 6.42 7.14 11.98

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean ............................................... 105 90 66 83 98 104 127 97 172

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

SE ................................................... 5.53 7.08 8.49 12.68 12.08 17.02 8.36 8.49 19.58

CV(%) ............................................. 5.27 7.85 12.77 15.28 12.38 16.33 6.59 8.74 11.41

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 76 68 97 49 78 60 89 79 104

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

SE ................................................... 5.33 5.56 20.83 9.27 10.10 12.88 8.79 9.26 17.62

CV(%) ............................................. 6.99 8.22 21.53 18.81 12.98 21.54 9.86 11.65 16.97

Footwear

Mean ............................................... 367 297 311 249 314 340 472 414 560

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

SE ................................................... 17.09 21.14 45.73 30.31 42.28 40.95 31.77 38.28 53.26

CV(%) ............................................. 4.66 7.13 14.69 12.15 13.48 12.03 6.73 9.24 9.51

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 256 149 133 124 158 190 420 314 580

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

SE ................................................... 24.53 7.71 13.42 9.49 12.67 26.10 60.66 22.26 147.29

CV(%) ............................................. 9.57 5.17 10.06 7.65 8.01 13.75 14.43 7.10 25.40

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 9,073 7,248 4,497 6,253 8,155 9,311 11,894 11,198 12,880

Share .............................................. 17.0 17.9 16.0 17.2 18.6 18.5 16.1 17.1 15.1

SE ................................................... 177.51 181.16 385.33 238.58 332.61 387.43 289.01 329.89 479.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 2.50 8.57 3.82 4.08 4.16 2.43 2.95 3.72

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean ............................................... 3,301 2,587 1,536 2,020 3,087 3,433 4,410 4,153 4,773

Share .............................................. 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.6 7.1 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.6

SE ................................................... 147.72 134.68 302.28 197.94 264.18 324.87 255.76 298.77 394.36

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 5.21 19.68 9.80 8.56 9.46 5.80 7.19 8.26

Cars and trucks, new

Mean ............................................... 1,562 1,116 563 668 1,502 1,611 2,252 1,942 2,693

Share .............................................. 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2

SE ................................................... 120.29 111.86 236.04 142.43 185.88 280.35 200.31 239.28 343.27

CV(%) ............................................. 7.70 10.02 41.94 21.32 12.38 17.41 8.89 12.32 12.75

Cars and trucks, used

Mean ............................................... 1,689 1,423 909 1,311 1,528 1,793 2,102 2,149 2,036

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.6 2.9 3.3 2.4

SE ................................................... 73.36 93.02 218.41 149.04 149.06 241.37 145.56 191.40 253.90

CV(%) ............................................. 4.34 6.54 24.02 11.37 9.75 13.46 6.92 8.90 12.47

Other vehicles

Mean ............................................... 50 48 64 41 57 29 55 62 45

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

SE ................................................... 14.26 16.94 54.71 26.69 29.99 18.45 24.11 33.87 34.19

CV(%) ............................................. 28.29 35.66 86.02 65.32 52.27 62.89 43.95 54.49 76.78

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean ............................................... 2,468 2,224 1,467 2,045 2,401 2,756 2,847 2,823 2,881

Share .............................................. 4.6 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.5 3.9 4.3 3.4

SE ................................................... 24.08 30.91 64.82 41.42 53.30 56.44 36.53 44.91 58.51

CV(%) ............................................. .98 1.39 4.42 2.02 2.22 2.05 1.28 1.59 2.03

Other vehicle expenses

Mean ............................................... 2,723 2,163 1,260 1,969 2,353 2,789 3,580 3,437 3,781

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Other vehicle expenses

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.4 4.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.4

SE ................................................... 71.91 76.08 114.08 111.54 114.29 211.29 131.18 159.65 162.41

CV(%) ............................................. 2.64 3.52 9.06 5.67 4.86 7.58 3.66 4.65 4.30

Vehicle finance charges

Mean ............................................... 208 186 74 162 202 281 242 238 248

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

SE ................................................... 6.32 7.79 8.07 9.29 12.78 20.10 8.81 10.93 15.72

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 4.18 10.95 5.73 6.31 7.16 3.64 4.58 6.35

Maintenance and repairs

Mean ............................................... 836 628 368 559 730 740 1,154 1,078 1,263

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5

SE ................................................... 24.59 21.91 29.97 25.11 42.94 46.72 42.69 49.48 69.44

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 3.49 8.14 4.49 5.89 6.31 3.70 4.59 5.50

Vehicle insurance

Mean ............................................... 1,112 976 627 919 996 1,292 1,316 1,360 1,248

Share .............................................. 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 1.8 2.1 1.5

SE ................................................... 53.30 57.55 97.90 105.85 79.49 166.53 97.21 133.75 125.82

CV(%) ............................................. 4.79 5.89 15.61 11.52 7.98 12.89 7.39 9.84 10.08

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean ............................................... 567 372 191 329 425 476 869 761 1,023

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

SE ................................................... 24.02 21.95 43.18 22.27 44.82 57.98 48.46 61.85 60.15

CV(%) ............................................. 4.24 5.91 22.63 6.77 10.54 12.18 5.58 8.13 5.88

Public and other transportation

Mean ............................................... 581 275 234 219 314 333 1,057 784 1,445

Share .............................................. 1.1 .7 .8 .6 .7 .7 1.4 1.2 1.7

SE ................................................... 23.67 18.50 47.44 29.53 28.40 41.44 46.43 37.05 90.84

CV(%) ............................................. 4.07 6.74 20.27 13.49 9.05 12.44 4.39 4.72 6.29

Healthcare

Mean ............................................... 4,290 3,398 2,201 3,290 3,512 4,228 5,672 5,188 6,361

Share .............................................. 8.0 8.4 7.8 9.1 8.0 8.4 7.7 7.9 7.4

SE ................................................... 70.34 81.22 178.91 110.44 143.08 167.73 101.67 131.40 168.34

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 2.39 8.13 3.36 4.07 3.97 1.79 2.53 2.65

Health insurance

Mean ............................................... 2,868 2,295 1,321 2,330 2,349 2,808 3,758 3,435 4,216

Share .............................................. 5.4 5.7 4.7 6.4 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.2 4.9

SE ................................................... 59.14 54.66 77.67 72.13 90.30 124.59 94.27 96.72 154.64

CV(%) ............................................. 2.06 2.38 5.88 3.10 3.84 4.44 2.51 2.82 3.67

Medical services

Mean ............................................... 790 574 474 471 603 785 1,126 1,053 1,231

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

SE ................................................... 28.96 32.95 110.46 43.03 60.92 75.57 51.04 83.05 48.11

CV(%) ............................................. 3.67 5.75 23.29 9.14 10.11 9.63 4.53 7.89 3.91

Drugs

Mean ............................................... 486 422 325 403 436 502 581 519 672

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

SE ................................................... 14.86 17.29 28.73 26.56 24.00 30.10 23.83 27.42 40.01

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 4.09 8.83 6.59 5.51 6.00 4.10 5.28 5.96

Medical supplies

Mean ............................................... 146 107 80 87 124 133 206 182 241

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

SE ................................................... 6.95 8.20 12.69 11.37 16.30 11.03 10.66 13.18 14.40

CV(%) ............................................. 4.75 7.64 15.93 13.09 13.12 8.28 5.17 7.25 5.96

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 2,728 2,026 1,301 1,873 2,179 2,516 3,806 3,287 4,565

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.0 4.6 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.3

SE ................................................... 70.23 72.82 271.47 142.37 78.43 133.90 130.44 153.48 215.83

CV(%) ............................................. 2.57 3.59 20.87 7.60 3.60 5.32 3.43 4.67 4.73

Fees and admissions

Mean ............................................... 636 308 95 265 344 480 1,143 894 1,500

Share .............................................. 1.2 .8 .3 .7 .8 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.8

SE ................................................... 26.62 28.49 20.95 79.10 30.23 47.18 45.07 40.32 83.90

CV(%) ............................................. 4.19 9.25 21.94 29.88 8.80 9.82 3.94 4.51 5.59

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean ............................................... 1,051 922 637 881 980 1,077 1,249 1,150 1,396

Share .............................................. 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.6

SE ................................................... 24.09 23.23 30.59 35.96 38.72 33.52 38.16 27.81 79.77

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 2.52 4.80 4.08 3.95 3.11 3.06 2.42 5.72

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean ............................................... 634 511 453 446 550 587 820 704 996

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2

SE ................................................... 29.33 36.13 243.01 29.40 37.93 67.33 48.93 40.38 102.92

CV(%) ............................................. 4.63 7.08 53.68 6.59 6.89 11.47 5.97 5.74 10.34

Pets

Mean ............................................... 507 416 407 377 420 490 645 551 786

Share .............................................. .9 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .8 .9

SE ................................................... 30.40 36.02 238.24 27.24 36.37 62.24 45.98 40.04 96.34

CV(%) ............................................. 5.99 8.65 58.59 7.22 8.67 12.70 7.13 7.26 12.26

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean ............................................... 127 94 46 69 131 97 175 152 210

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

SE ................................................... 7.37 7.94 17.77 12.54 17.45 19.91 13.58 16.27 27.18

CV(%) ............................................. 5.81 8.41 38.54 18.24 13.34 20.60 7.75 10.67 12.94

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services

Mean ............................................... 407 285 116 282 304 371 594 540 674

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .4 .8 .7 .7 .8 .8 .8

SE ................................................... 36.20 45.34 52.83 98.75 61.75 87.19 79.93 121.59 104.39

CV(%) ............................................. 8.89 15.88 45.72 35.04 20.29 23.48 13.46 22.53 15.49

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 645 471 336 418 490 633 910 816 1,050

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

SE ................................................... 12.03 9.32 26.29 20.04 14.27 42.31 23.29 29.80 34.43

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 1.98 7.83 4.79 2.91 6.68 2.56 3.65 3.28

Reading

Mean ............................................... 103 63 32 56 72 83 165 134 209

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

SE ................................................... 3.60 2.76 4.32 3.63 3.89 9.67 6.41 7.08 10.75

CV(%) ............................................. 3.49 4.37 13.54 6.51 5.42 11.71 3.89 5.30 5.13

Education

Mean ............................................... 1,236 564 147 233 945 740 2,278 1,762 3,011

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.4 .5 .6 2.2 1.5 3.1 2.7 3.5

SE ................................................... 68.99 67.91 34.93 47.60 176.19 84.60 116.25 131.37 230.11

CV(%) ............................................. 5.58 12.04 23.77 20.44 18.65 11.42 5.10 7.46 7.64

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean ............................................... 319 417 329 489 401 370 168 218 97

Share .............................................. .6 1.0 1.2 1.3 .9 .7 .2 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 12.20 18.13 34.69 27.02 29.95 35.30 11.46 18.23 10.24

CV(%) ............................................. 3.82 4.35 10.56 5.53 7.47 9.55 6.84 8.37 10.57

Miscellaneous

Mean ............................................... 782 595 286 469 678 889 1,072 945 1,258

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.5

SE ................................................... 47.43 45.77 51.24 49.61 71.62 165.57 74.41 70.40 136.68

CV(%) ............................................. 6.07 7.70 17.94 10.58 10.56 18.63 6.94 7.45 10.86

Cash contributions

Mean ............................................... 1,788 1,168 654 1,065 1,399 1,275 2,750 2,146 3,606

Share .............................................. 3.3 2.9 2.3 2.9 3.2 2.5 3.7 3.3 4.2

SE ................................................... 87.26 65.86 74.06 95.81 112.10 88.54 155.12 162.24 240.95

CV(%) ............................................. 4.88 5.64 11.32 9.00 8.02 6.94 5.64 7.56 6.68

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean ............................................... 5,726 3,533 1,914 2,862 3,899 5,250 9,130 7,811 11,000

Share .............................................. 10.7 8.7 6.8 7.9 8.9 10.4 12.4 11.9 12.9

SE ................................................... 103.74 82.51 145.14 101.02 150.21 195.15 183.69 199.20 326.20

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 2.34 7.58 3.53 3.85 3.72 2.01 2.55 2.97

Life and other personal insurance

Mean ............................................... 327 210 104 207 233 245 509 396 669

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

SE ................................................... 16.73 14.42 13.06 23.69 21.49 21.38 33.32 39.02 55.56

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 6.86 12.54 11.43 9.23 8.73 6.54 9.85 8.30

Pensions and Social Security

Mean ............................................... 5,399 3,323 1,810 2,655 3,666 5,005 8,621 7,414 10,330

Share .............................................. 10.1 8.2 6.4 7.3 8.4 10.0 11.7 11.3 12.1

SE ................................................... 100.40 78.59 146.86 97.71 142.58 189.49 181.33 193.77 320.85

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Pensions and Social Security

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 2.37 8.12 3.68 3.89 3.79 2.10 2.61 3.11

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean ............................................... $66,877 $45,037 $28,031 $40,260 $47,891 $60,671 $100,770 $84,628 $123,654

SE ................................................... 1,164.39 779.30 1,395.65 954.50 1,461.16 1,713.77 1,982.53 1,644.40 3,875.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 1.73 4.98 2.37 3.05 2.82 1.97 1.94 3.13

Wages and salaries

Mean ............................................... 51,889 32,746 16,171 27,456 36,025 48,222 81,597 70,489 97,344

Share .............................................. 77.6 72.7 57.7 68.2 75.2 79.5 81.0 83.3 78.7

SE ................................................... 870.98 683.11 1,128.52 859.71 1,275.81 1,720.83 1,581.27 1,529.83 2,715.86

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 2.09 6.98 3.13 3.54 3.57 1.94 2.17 2.79

Self-employment income

Mean ............................................... 4,284 2,571 3,318 1,707 2,893 3,074 6,942 4,897 9,842

Share .............................................. 6.4 5.7 11.8 4.2 6.0 5.1 6.9 5.8 8.0

SE ................................................... 401.02 225.33 683.96 196.92 462.58 536.41 849.22 633.44 1,688.33

CV(%) ............................................. 9.36 8.76 20.61 11.54 15.99 17.45 12.23 12.94 17.15

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean ............................................... 7,700 7,403 6,423 9,042 6,496 6,729 8,162 6,338 10,747

Share .............................................. 11.5 16.4 22.9 22.5 13.6 11.1 8.1 7.5 8.7

SE ................................................... 166.80 179.85 360.41 433.51 243.47 472.46 358.11 330.66 698.75

CV(%) ............................................. 2.17 2.43 5.61 4.79 3.75 7.02 4.39 5.22 6.50

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean ............................................... 1,594 763 318 618 803 1,281 2,882 1,776 4,451

Share .............................................. 2.4 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.9 2.1 3.6

SE ................................................... 188.81 97.18 103.10 100.76 127.94 473.24 449.28 227.32 1,045.24

CV(%) ............................................. 11.85 12.73 32.41 16.30 15.93 36.93 15.59 12.80 23.49

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean ............................................... 530 738 1,270 770 617 540 208 243 157

Share .............................................. .8 1.6 4.5 1.9 1.3 .9 .2 .3 .1

SE ................................................... 31.81 37.78 84.30 50.92 51.02 75.38 31.29 39.58 35.01

CV(%) ............................................. 6.00 5.12 6.64 6.61 8.27 13.95 15.07 16.27 22.29

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean ............................................... 556 505 199 431 625 625 637 615 668

Share .............................................. .8 1.1 .7 1.1 1.3 1.0 .6 .7 .5

SE ................................................... 59.07 42.16 45.84 47.63 74.35 111.83 111.81 102.16 232.69

CV(%) ............................................. 10.62 8.35 23.06 11.06 11.89 17.88 17.56 16.62 34.85

Other income

Mean ............................................... 323 310 332 236 431 198 343 271 445

Share .............................................. .5 .7 1.2 .6 .9 .3 .3 .3 .4

SE ................................................... 24.97 22.42 48.00 43.12 54.39 39.43 47.72 43.73 95.70

CV(%) ............................................. 7.73 7.22 14.46 18.23 12.62 19.89 13.92 16.15 21.52

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean ............................................... 8,513 3,332 563 2,418 3,924 5,889 16,552 12,114 22,844

Share .............................................. 12.7 7.4 2.0 6.0 8.2 9.7 16.4 14.3 18.5

SE ................................................... 314.53 170.96 248.49 261.53 279.18 382.05 613.81 420.34 1,260.38

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 5.13 44.11 10.81 7.11 6.49 3.71 3.47 5.52

Federal income taxes

Mean ............................................... 6,680 2,430 86 1,708 2,940 4,478 13,274 9,541 18,566

Share .............................................. 10.0 5.4 .3 4.2 6.1 7.4 13.2 11.3 15.0

SE ................................................... 273.18 135.28 167.97 208.96 222.82 324.12 537.10 338.54 1,119.49

CV(%) ............................................. 4.09 5.57 195.35 12.23 7.58 7.24 4.05 3.55 6.03

State and local income taxes

Mean ............................................... 1,782 856 284 682 963 1,386 3,218 2,517 4,211

Share .............................................. 2.7 1.9 1.0 1.7 2.0 2.3 3.2 3.0 3.4

SE ................................................... 72.22 44.92 43.50 59.55 71.67 90.18 131.11 117.07 207.08

CV(%) ............................................. 4.05 5.25 15.33 8.73 7.44 6.51 4.07 4.65 4.92

Other taxes

Mean ............................................... 52 46 194 28 22 25 60 55 67

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .7 .1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .1 .1 .1

SE ................................................... 16.21 24.02 190.86 7.01 4.09 4.88 12.62 18.86 10.91

CV(%) ............................................. 31.43 52.17 98.51 25.04 18.91 19.65 20.97 34.01 16.30

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Income after taxes

Mean ............................................... 58,364 41,704 27,467 37,842 43,967 54,782 84,218 72,514 100,810

Share .............................................. 87.3 92.6 98.0 94.0 91.8 90.3 83.6 85.7 81.5

SE ................................................... 898.38 638.17 1,343.95 736.88 1,221.42 1,408.44 1,471.88 1,311.69 2,800.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 1.53 4.89 1.95 2.78 2.57 1.75 1.81 2.78

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean ............................................... $7,431 $7,418 $1,887 $3,699 $14,114 $5,198 $7,452 $12,860 - $214

SE ................................................... 3,809.43 2,524.74 1,203.92 2,242.17 8,419.15 2,989.31 9,541.77 2,769.87 24,044.40

CV(%) ............................................. 51.26 34.03 63.81 60.61 59.65 57.50 128.04 21.54 -11,233.49

Net change in total assets

Mean ............................................... 15,798 11,406 2,341 6,124 19,124 12,687 22,612 24,283 20,243

SE ................................................... 3,687.91 2,364.90 1,409.89 2,421.49 8,366.55 2,578.62 9,151.91 2,782.92 21,772.89

CV(%) ............................................. 23.34 20.73 60.22 39.54 43.75 20.32 40.47 11.46 107.56

Net change in total liabilities

Mean ............................................... 8,366 3,988 454 2,425 5,010 7,489 15,160 11,423 20,457

SE ................................................... 1,423.42 614.71 418.78 614.36 952.61 1,939.40 3,398.42 1,641.47 8,021.36

CV(%) ............................................. 17.01 15.41 92.15 25.33 19.01 25.90 22.42 14.37 39.21

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean ............................................... 659 274 48 112 471 353 1,258 784 1,930

SE ................................................... 145.76 64.15 28.38 21.58 147.24 120.27 347.21 157.43 797.93

CV(%) ............................................. 22.10 23.44 59.28 19.28 31.23 34.05 27.60 20.08 41.34

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean ............................................... -1,816 -1,161 -510 -1,033 -1,325 -1,545 -2,831 -2,437 -3,389

SE ................................................... 45.37 44.51 61.11 66.33 87.40 77.28 71.29 83.81 127.91

CV(%) ............................................. -2.50 -3.83 -11.99 -6.42 -6.59 -5.00 -2.52 -3.44 -3.77

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean ............................................... 160,814 106,771 72,939 97,071 111,295 140,559 244,681 204,234 302,017

SE ................................................... 3,304.66 3,030.61 7,900.07 3,184.74 4,552.60 8,188.87 5,793.58 4,737.63 10,625.49

CV(%) ............................................. 2.05 2.84 10.83 3.28 4.09 5.83 2.37 2.32 3.52

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean ............................................... 908 656 423 619 691 824 1,299 1,136 1,530

SE ................................................... 11.65 10.61 23.63 14.31 20.06 20.66 18.69 21.88 33.12

CV(%) ............................................. 1.28 1.62 5.58 2.31 2.90 2.51 1.44 1.93 2.16

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean ............................................... 1,063 594 380 503 655 794 1,786 1,468 2,250

SE ................................................... 48.65 35.44 70.25 45.77 57.80 115.58 100.97 145.24 168.00

CV(%) ............................................. 4.58 5.97 18.48 9.10 8.82 14.55 5.65 9.90 7.47

Food

Mean ............................................... 75 38 20 34 39 56 131 124 142

SE ................................................... 5.90 3.54 6.37 5.02 5.77 12.03 15.00 19.68 19.50

CV(%) ............................................. 7.89 9.31 32.32 14.55 14.75 21.51 11.46 15.82 13.74

Alcoholic beverages

Mean ............................................... 14 6 1 ( ) 6 6 12 24 17 35

SE ................................................... 1.84 1.28 .06 1.98 2.16 3.99 3.95 3.46 8.08

CV(%) ............................................. 13.51 19.85 79.05 33.67 33.51 33.39 16.15 20.08 22.78

Housing

Mean ............................................... 222 143 93 134 159 163 345 256 473

SE ................................................... 14.41 16.93 19.63 21.34 36.21 25.68 22.32 24.10 44.46

CV(%) ............................................. 6.48 11.86 21.16 15.90 22.74 15.74 6.48 9.42 9.39

Housekeeping supplies

Mean ............................................... 23 18 11 15 19 28 31 28 34

SE ................................................... 2.06 2.68 4.86 3.10 4.97 6.64 2.91 3.88 4.39

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 14.61 42.34 20.65 25.80 23.88 9.46 13.64 12.74

Household textiles

Mean ............................................... 9 6 2 ( ) 2 4 20 14 5 27

SE ................................................... 1.70 2.00 2 ( ) 1.28 1.46 11.07 2.93 1.54 6.85

CV(%) ............................................. 18.96 35.60 2 ( ) 51.55 37.27 56.19 20.96 28.05 25.34

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean ............................................... 22 14 10 26 6 10 34 20 54

SE ................................................... 3.84 4.40 6.12 12.78 1.26 3.31 5.76 3.12 12.63

CV(%) ............................................. 17.65 31.51 63.41 49.59 19.36 33.16 17.15 15.55 23.46

Major appliances

Mean ............................................... 8 6 2 11 2 5 11 8 15

SE ................................................... 2.00 2.33 1.27 6.59 .66 2.99 3.23 2.26 6.48

CV(%) ............................................. 25.35 40.71 77.63 57.72 33.83 59.18 28.64 26.63 42.38

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean ............................................... 14 8 8 14 5 5 22 12 39

SE ................................................... 2.90 3.64 5.63 10.66 1.10 1.47 4.72 3.08 10.62

CV(%) ............................................. 20.97 44.12 70.40 74.27 24.29 29.85 21.17 26.69 27.54

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean ............................................... 42 28 12 20 26 55 63 53 78

SE ................................................... 3.81 3.41 5.53 4.16 4.45 14.69 8.60 8.62 18.12

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 12.37 44.94 21.16 16.88 26.63 13.62 16.24 23.13

Other housing

Mean ............................................... 127 77 59 71 103 51 203 149 280

SE ................................................... 11.68 13.71 15.38 11.47 33.60 14.48 18.06 20.38 35.02

CV(%) ............................................. 9.23 17.72 25.93 16.10 32.57 28.66 8.90 13.70 12.51

Apparel and services

Mean ............................................... 201 167 150 132 182 212 254 209 323

SE ................................................... 10.29 13.23 29.21 20.26 20.52 32.42 17.94 17.35 35.60

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 7.94 19.48 15.29 11.30 15.29 7.06 8.31 11.02

Males, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 50 40 42 31 42 50 67 65 70

SE ................................................... 4.47 5.00 12.24 9.47 7.84 11.45 8.69 9.56 14.68

CV(%) ............................................. 8.85 12.64 29.40 30.85 18.58 23.03 12.99 14.78 20.95

Females, 2 and over

Mean ............................................... 69 62 28 60 72 70 78 53 117

SE ................................................... 5.53 7.77 10.13 15.25 11.57 16.49 8.37 7.89 16.23

CV(%) ............................................. 8.05 12.47 36.19 25.56 16.07 23.71 10.69 14.89 13.88

Children under 2

Mean ............................................... 31 25 38 18 29 21 39 32 50

SE ................................................... 2.98 3.38 12.24 7.14 5.24 6.51 4.95 5.26 12.04

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 13.52 31.98 39.81 18.30 30.49 12.68 16.56 24.06

Other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 52 40 42 24 39 71 70 59 86

SE ................................................... 5.02 4.39 16.72 6.01 7.37 15.63 11.61 11.31 23.32

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 11.03 39.73 24.87 19.01 21.87 16.59 19.07 27.10

Jewelry and watches

Mean ............................................... 16 8 1 5 9 16 29 27 31

SE ................................................... 3.69 1.52 .95 1.88 2.25 6.19 9.19 9.84 18.16

CV(%) ............................................. 22.89 19.40 73.45 34.40 26.27 39.77 31.76 36.18 57.92

All other apparel products and services

Mean ............................................... 36 32 41 19 30 56 41 32 55

SE ................................................... 3.14 4.07 16.77 5.71 7.08 13.34 5.63 6.24 11.25

CV(%) ............................................. 8.83 12.76 41.09 30.53 23.42 23.86 13.73 19.44 20.57

Transportation

Mean ............................................... 108 70 79 75 54 88 168 167 170

SE ................................................... 14.51 15.87 55.23 25.40 12.99 43.66 28.26 39.75 44.52

CV(%) ............................................. 13.38 22.64 70.30 33.94 24.24 49.78 16.82 23.82 26.26

Healthcare

Mean ............................................... 35 6 1 7 8 6 80 110 39

SE ................................................... 13.26 1.15 .62 2.14 1.50 2.74 33.98 57.13 8.35

CV(%) ............................................. 37.57 18.47 53.18 32.85 19.14 46.83 42.29 51.99 21.65

Entertainment

Mean ............................................... 89 54 16 45 61 84 142 125 168

SE ................................................... 5.79 4.88 4.54 6.06 8.14 20.50 11.80 13.41 21.74

CV(%) ............................................. 6.50 8.99 28.87 13.39 13.33 24.55 8.30 10.74 12.97

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean ............................................... 28 19 6 17 25 16 42 43 41

SE ................................................... 2.66 3.23 2.34 4.34 6.57 5.54 5.22 6.76 6.62

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 17.45 37.96 25.95 26.37 34.28 12.36 15.79 16.03

Other entertainment

Mean ............................................... 61 36 10 29 36 67 100 82 126

SE ................................................... 5.16 3.85 3.73 4.28 4.86 19.00 10.50 11.26 20.59

CV(%) ............................................. 8.46 10.78 38.93 14.97 13.46 28.20 10.51 13.72 16.30

Personal care products and services

Mean ............................................... 13 9 5 2 16 8 19 11 31

SE ................................................... 1.78 1.67 2.46 1.07 3.87 3.31 3.72 3.02 6.91

CV(%) ............................................. 13.92 19.03 54.05 53.49 23.98 40.64 19.70 27.95 22.17

Reading

Mean ............................................... 4 3 1 ( ) 3 3 2 6 4 9

SE ................................................... .47 .53 .08 .95 .85 .43 .74 .89 1.37

CV(%) ............................................. 11.92 20.69 99.58 32.08 24.50 26.62 12.04 22.07 15.00

Education

Mean ............................................... 236 65 10 29 88 124 502 352 715

SE ................................................... 30.19 11.85 5.86 11.61 22.79 46.91 71.84 92.48 114.24

CV(%) ............................................. 12.79 18.34 55.89 39.62 25.80 37.81 14.32 26.28 15.98

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

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

All other gifts

Mean ............................................... 65 34 7 35 38 40 115 93 145

SE ................................................... 6.18 5.26 2.61 6.18 10.70 10.02 13.33 13.86 29.54

CV(%) ............................................. 9.46 15.69 37.19 17.66 27.99 24.98 11.64 14.88 20.39

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2015