Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

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) ......... 129,549 76,929 8,882 26,204 27,478 14,365 52,620 30,888 21,732

Percent distribution of consumer units ............... 100.0 59.4 6.9 20.2 21.2 11.1 40.6 23.8 16.8

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ......................................... $74,664 $46,779 $27,926 $40,272 $51,063 $62,112 $115,432 $100,224 $137,048

Income after taxes ............................................ 64,175 43,417 27,263 38,184 47,002 56,094 94,523 83,311 110,460

Age of reference person ................................... 50.9 51.8 57.3 53.4 49.3 50.1 49.7 48.7 51.1

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................ 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6

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

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

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

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 44 43 45 43 44 52 51 53

Women ........................................................... 53 56 57 55 57 56 48 49 47

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 56 44 55 55 66 72 69 77

With mortgage .............................................. 36 27 14 23 29 39 48 47 50

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 29 30 32 26 27 24 22 26

Renter ............................................................ 38 44 56 45 45 34 28 31 23

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 16 18 16 15 14 9 10 8

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 84 82 84 85 86 91 90 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 17 34 17 14 12 8 9 5

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 83 66 83 86 88 92 91 95

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 5 29 3 2 1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 50 68 97 18 14 5 7 3

College ........................................................... 65 45 n.a. n.a. 81 86 94 93 96

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 84 67 82 87 93 93 92 94

Annual aggregate expenditures ......................... $7,423,468 43.5 3.2 13.0 16.9 10.4 56.5 29.0 27.5

Food ................................................................. 932,575 46.9 4.2 13.6 18.4 10.6 53.1 28.5 24.7

Food at home ................................................. 524,199 50.5 5.0 15.7 18.9 11.0 49.5 27.4 22.1

Cereals and bakery products ....................... 67,893 51.1 4.9 15.7 19.7 10.9 48.9 27.1 21.8

Cereals and cereal products ...................... 22,235 51.7 5.4 14.7 20.4 11.2 48.3 27.6 20.6

Bakery products ......................................... 45,658 50.8 4.7 16.1 19.3 10.7 49.2 26.8 22.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...................... 115,219 52.9 6.0 17.1 19.0 10.9 47.1 27.0 20.1

Beef ............................................................ 31,555 54.9 6.0 17.4 20.9 10.6 45.1 27.8 17.3

Pork ............................................................ 21,868 57.5 7.8 19.5 19.2 11.1 42.5 24.3 18.2

Other meats ............................................... 15,560 52.9 4.9 17.2 20.7 10.1 47.1 27.1 20.0

Poultry ........................................................ 22,205 51.8 5.9 16.5 17.5 12.0 48.2 27.2 21.0

Fish and seafood ........................................ 16,795 44.3 4.6 14.1 15.2 10.3 55.7 29.1 26.6

Eggs ........................................................... 7,235 53.0 6.1 16.6 19.2 11.0 47.0 26.0 21.0

Dairy products .............................................. 53,050 49.7 5.1 15.0 18.7 10.9 50.3 27.6 22.7

Fresh milk and cream ................................. 17,989 52.6 6.3 16.5 18.2 11.6 47.4 27.1 20.3

Other dairy products ................................... 35,060 48.2 4.4 14.2 19.0 10.6 51.8 27.9 23.9

Fruits and vegetables ................................... 101,357 47.1 4.8 14.5 17.4 10.3 52.9 28.0 24.9

Fresh fruits ................................................. 37,287 45.5 5.1 13.6 16.7 10.0 54.5 28.2 26.4

Fresh vegetables ........................................ 32,832 45.9 4.7 14.6 16.3 10.2 54.1 28.6 25.6

Processed fruits ......................................... 14,071 48.1 4.6 14.1 19.3 10.2 51.9 27.4 24.6

Processed vegetables ................................ 17,167 52.2 4.7 16.8 19.5 11.2 47.8 26.8 21.0

Other food at home ...................................... 186,681 50.9 4.5 15.6 19.3 11.5 49.1 27.3 21.8

Sugar and other sweets ............................. 19,142 50.2 4.3 16.1 18.1 11.7 49.8 27.2 22.6

Fats and oils ............................................... 14,419 51.1 5.0 15.3 19.1 11.8 48.9 27.2 21.7

Miscellaneous foods ................................... 95,075 49.8 4.2 14.5 19.7 11.4 50.2 28.1 22.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

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

Nonalcoholic beverages ............................. 50,908 54.9 5.4 18.4 19.5 11.6 45.1 25.4 19.6

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ....................................... 7,137 37.9 3.1 8.7 16.1 9.9 62.1 30.9 31.1

Food away from home ................................... 408,376 42.3 3.2 11.1 17.8 10.2 57.7 29.8 27.9

Alcoholic beverages ......................................... 62,654 37.6 2.6 8.0 17.0 10.1 62.4 29.9 32.5

Housing ............................................................ 2,446,505 45.1 3.9 14.1 17.0 10.1 54.9 28.8 26.1

Shelter ............................................................ 1,441,630 43.6 3.9 13.7 16.3 9.7 56.4 29.8 26.6

Owned dwellings .......................................... 815,568 36.8 2.4 10.5 14.0 9.9 63.2 31.9 31.3

Mortgage interest and charges .................. 374,324 33.7 1.7 8.7 13.3 9.9 66.3 33.9 32.3

Property taxes ............................................ 255,122 36.7 2.4 11.5 13.9 8.8 63.3 31.4 31.9

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses .................................................. 186,122 43.0 3.5 12.8 15.3 11.4 57.0 28.6 28.4

Rented dwellings .......................................... 522,688 57.7 7.0 19.9 21.1 9.7 42.3 26.4 15.9

Other lodging ................................................ 103,374 26.0 .9 6.9 10.8 7.4 74.0 30.6 43.4

Utilities, fuels, and public services ................. 503,158 53.5 4.6 17.7 19.7 11.5 46.5 26.0 20.5

Natural gas ................................................... 45,935 49.8 4.7 16.9 18.4 9.8 50.2 27.0 23.2

Electricity ...................................................... 187,044 56.7 5.3 19.7 20.0 11.7 43.3 24.5 18.9

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................. 11,043 53.2 5.3 21.0 16.9 10.1 46.8 21.3 25.5

Telephone services ...................................... 185,387 52.2 4.0 16.2 20.1 11.9 47.8 27.1 20.8

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards ............................................. 39,814 53.7 5.8 18.7 18.4 10.8 46.3 25.1 21.1

Cellular phone service ................................ 145,573 51.7 3.5 15.6 20.5 12.1 48.3 27.6 20.7

Water and other public services ................... 73,749 51.3 4.4 16.4 18.8 11.6 48.7 27.0 21.6

Household operations .................................... 179,276 36.2 2.5 10.5 14.6 8.6 63.8 28.7 35.1

Personal services ......................................... 59,152 28.6 2.7 8.1 11.0 6.8 71.4 28.4 43.0

Other household expenses .......................... 120,124 39.9 2.4 11.6 16.4 9.6 60.1 28.9 31.2

Housekeeping supplies .................................. 85,507 49.3 4.6 14.5 19.2 11.1 50.7 26.9 23.8

Laundry and cleaning supplies ..................... 20,703 54.0 6.3 17.1 18.5 12.1 46.0 23.9 22.1

Other household products ............................ 47,039 49.0 4.6 14.4 19.1 11.0 51.0 27.8 23.2

Postage and stationery ................................ 17,765 44.4 2.5 11.6 20.2 10.1 55.6 28.4 27.2

Household furnishings and equipment ........... 236,934 41.8 2.8 11.7 16.9 10.5 58.2 29.4 28.7

Household textiles ........................................ 12,749 49.6 3.4 14.9 21.5 9.8 50.4 28.5 22.0

Furniture ....................................................... 59,565 42.3 3.1 12.1 15.3 11.8 57.7 28.3 29.4

Floor coverings ............................................. 2,631 31.9 3.3 9.5 11.6 7.5 68.1 29.5 38.6

Major appliances .......................................... 36,642 49.1 3.6 13.8 17.9 13.8 50.9 24.9 26.0

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares ................................................ 15,946 43.0 4.3 12.8 16.6 9.2 57.0 29.8 27.2

Miscellaneous household equipment ........... 109,400 38.3 2.0 10.2 17.0 9.0 61.7 31.6 30.0

Apparel and services ........................................ 233,410 44.0 4.5 11.7 17.4 10.4 56.0 28.9 27.1

Men and boys ................................................. 55,245 45.5 5.0 12.4 18.3 9.8 54.5 29.3 25.2

Men, 16 and over ......................................... 41,828 44.8 5.0 12.1 17.7 10.1 55.2 29.7 25.5

Boys, 2 to 15 ................................................ 13,417 47.9 5.1 13.3 20.4 9.1 52.1 28.0 24.0

Women and girls ............................................ 86,076 42.9 4.2 10.8 17.4 10.6 57.1 30.3 26.7

Women, 16 and over .................................... 73,959 42.0 4.1 10.2 17.6 10.1 58.0 30.2 27.8

Girls, 2 to 15 ................................................. 12,117 48.4 4.8 14.3 16.0 13.4 51.6 31.3 20.3

Children under 2 ............................................. 8,583 45.5 33.9 12.2 17.6 11.8 54.5 23.8 30.7

Footwear ........................................................ 50,203 49.3 5.3 12.7 18.9 12.5 50.7 28.6 22.1

Other apparel products and services ............. 33,303 36.1 3.7 11.3 13.6 7.6 63.9 26.3 37.6

Transportation .................................................. 1,172,223 48.4 3.0 14.7 18.3 12.4 51.6 27.7 24.0

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ....................... 470,770 49.0 2.7 15.4 17.5 13.4 51.0 27.8 23.2

Cars and trucks, new ................................... 213,697 40.5 31.4 13.8 14.0 11.3 59.5 33.7 25.8

Cars and trucks, used .................................. 248,561 55.7 3.4 16.4 20.5 15.4 44.3 23.1 21.2

Other vehicles .............................................. 8,512 68.4 313.6 27.2 20.7 36.8 31.6 17.9 313.7

Gasoline and motor oil ................................... 247,294 54.0 4.0 17.2 20.4 12.4 46.0 26.1 19.9

Other vehicle expenses .................................. 373,486 48.8 2.8 14.2 19.4 12.5 51.2 27.2 24.0

Vehicle finance charges ............................... 29,248 53.4 2.7 14.4 20.9 15.3 46.6 27.2 19.4

Maintenance and repairs .............................. 109,983 49.0 3.2 14.4 20.1 11.3 51.0 26.4 24.6

Vehicle insurance ......................................... 148,766 54.6 3.3 16.2 20.7 14.4 45.4 24.2 21.2

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges ...................................................... 85,488 37.0 1.5 10.3 15.7 9.6 63.0 33.4 29.6

Public and other transportation ...................... 80,673 25.2 2.5 5.4 10.8 6.6 74.8 33.6 41.2

Healthcare ........................................................ 597,428 46.7 3.4 15.1 17.0 11.3 53.3 27.8 25.6

Health insurance ............................................ 409,386 47.5 3.3 15.5 17.4 11.3 52.5 27.8 24.7

Medical services ............................................. 108,598 42.1 2.7 13.0 14.8 11.5 57.9 29.2 28.8

Drugs .............................................................. 59,925 50.7 5.0 16.9 18.3 10.5 49.3 25.5 23.8

Medical supplies ............................................. 19,518 42.7 2.9 12.3 16.5 11.1 57.3 26.8 30.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

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

Entertainment ................................................... 377,271 41.5 2.6 11.6 17.1 10.2 58.5 30.4 28.1

Fees and admissions ..................................... 88,223 24.6 .8 4.9 11.9 7.1 75.4 33.5 41.9

Audio and visual equipment and services ...... 140,551 52.4 4.3 16.9 19.6 11.6 47.6 26.9 20.7

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment .................................................... 95,880 42.3 2.4 11.6 18.0 10.3 57.7 29.6 28.1

Pets .............................................................. 75,525 41.5 2.6 10.2 17.7 11.0 58.5 29.7 28.8

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .. 20,355 45.1 1.5 16.6 19.3 7.8 54.9 29.1 25.8

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services ................................................. 52,617 39.0 1.4 9.0 17.5 11.1 61.0 36.0 25.0

Personal care products and services ............... 91,521 43.6 3.0 11.9 17.4 11.3 56.4 29.4 27.0

Reading ............................................................ 15,268 34.8 1.7 10.9 14.5 7.7 65.2 28.5 36.8

Education ......................................................... 172,129 27.0 .3 4.6 16.3 5.8 73.0 31.3 41.6

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ......... 43,686 78.2 7.4 29.4 28.2 13.2 21.8 15.6 6.2

Miscellaneous .................................................. 124,294 45.2 2.5 15.1 16.6 11.0 54.8 29.8 25.0

Cash contributions ........................................... 269,573 32.2 1.6 8.0 14.4 8.1 67.8 28.5 39.4

Personal insurance and pensions .................... 884,933 32.9 1.7 9.0 13.0 9.2 67.1 32.6 34.5

Life and other personal insurance .................. 41,707 38.8 2.8 11.5 14.6 9.9 61.2 28.8 32.4

Pensions and Social Security ......................... 843,226 32.6 1.7 8.9 12.9 9.2 67.4 32.8 34.6

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ............................. $9,672,707 37.2 2.6 10.9 14.5 9.2 62.8 32.0 30.8

Wages and salaries ........................................ 7,425,644 35.4 1.9 9.9 14.0 9.6 64.6 32.2 32.5

Self-employment income ................................ 812,321 21.6 1.8 5.7 8.0 6.1 78.4 49.4 29.0

Social Security, private and government

retirement ..................................................... 1,036,476 59.2 7.3 21.4 20.5 10.0 40.8 19.8 21.0

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ........................................... 226,859 31.0 1.5 6.4 17.7 5.4 69.0 29.4 39.7

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP) ........................ 67,197 86.3 16.0 35.0 25.1 10.2 13.7 10.0 3.8

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular

contributions for support ............................... 57,556 51.0 4.9 14.1 21.0 11.0 49.0 29.4 19.6

Other income .................................................. 46,655 57.5 6.8 13.7 30.6 6.4 42.5 22.5 20.0

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values) ............................................................ 1,358,841 19.0 .4 4.0 8.2 6.4 81.0 38.4 42.5

Federal income taxes ..................................... 1,083,995 17.2 .3 3.4 7.4 6.0 82.8 39.3 43.5

State and local income taxes ......................... 265,116 25.4 .8 6.3 10.6 7.7 74.6 35.3 39.3

Other taxes ..................................................... 9,729 49.6 2.5 6.7 33.2 7.2 50.4 27.0 23.4

Income after taxes ............................................ 8,313,867 40.2 2.9 12.0 15.5 9.7 59.8 31.0 28.9

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

3 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2017