INCOME OF FULL-TIME, YEAR-ROUND WORKERS: 1955-2004
Current dollars 2004 dollars
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Median income Mean income Median income Mean income
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Year Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
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1955 4.241 2.735 4.651 2.801 25.308 16.321 27.755 16.715
1956 4.467 2.829 5.032 2.902 26.258 16.629 29.579 17.059
1957 4.722 3.007 5.245 3.026 26.895 17.127 29.874 17.235
1958 4.949 3.101 5.506 3.192 27.394 17.165 30.477 17.668
1959 5.241 3.206 5.824 3.326 28.836 17.639 32.044 18.300
1960 5.434 3.296 6.136 3.397 29.369 17.814 33.163 18.360
1961 5.663 3.341 6.486 3.544 30.309 17.882 34.714 18.968
1962 5.826 3.457 6.577 3.603 30.881 18.324 34.862 19.098
1963 6.070 3.556 6.811 3.781 31.746 18.598 35.622 19.775
1964 6.284 3.710 7.056 3.947 32.434 19.149 36.418 20.372
1965 6.598 3.816 7.512 4.060 33.489 19.369 38.128 20.607
1966 6.955 4.026 7.946 4.273 34.350 19.884 39.245 21.104
1967 7.289 4.198 8.023 4.414 34.934 20.120 38.452 21.155
1968 7.814 4.568 8.783 4.764 36.007 21.050 40.472 21.953
1969 8.668 5.077 9.737 5.405 38.276 22.419 42.996 23.867
1970 9.184 5.440 10.312 5.856 38.691 22.918 43.443 24.671
1971 9.631 5.701 10.834 6.109 38.849 22.996 43.701 24.642
1972 10.538 6.053 11.797 6.526 41.238 23.687 46.164 25.538
1973 11.468 6.488 12.619 6.912 42.234 23.894 46.472 25.455
1974 12.162 7.174 13.757 7.684 40.752 24.039 46.097 25.747
1975 12.934 7.719 14.714 8.262 40.024 23.886 45.532 25.567
1976 13.859 8.312 15.701 8.956 40.560 24.326 45.950 26.211
1977 15.070 8.814 16.929 9.535 41.458 24.247 46.572 26.231
1978 16.062 9.641 18.305 10.403 42.365 25.429 48.281 27.439
1979 17.479 10.531 19.935 11.448 42.143 25.391 48.064 27.602
1980 19.173 11.591 21.436 12.731 41.630 25.167 46.543 27.642
1981 20.692 12.457 23.219 13.870 41.070 24.725 46.086 27.530
1982 21.655 13.663 24.809 15.142 40.581 25.604 46.492 28.376
1983 22.508 14.479 25.752 15.994 40.497 26.051 46.333 28.777
1984 24.004 15.422 27.238 17.068 41.531 26.683 47.127 29.531
1985 24.999 16.252 28.747 18.088 41.858 27.212 48.133 30.286
1986 25.894 16.843 30.128 18.918 42.579 27.696 49.541 31.108
1987 26.681 17.564 31.455 20.025 42.427 27.930 50.019 31.843
1988 27.342 18.545 32.637 21.072 41.951 28.454 50.075 32.331
1989 28.419 19.638 34.746 22.329 41.808 28.890 51.116 32.849
1990 28.979 20.591 35.076 23.392 40.612 28.857 49.156 32.782
1991 30.331 21.245 36.058 24.307 41.023 28.734 48.769 32.875
1992 30.832 22.093 37.198 25.241 40.680 29.150 49.080 33.304
1993 31.077 22.469 39.862 26.718 40.006 28.925 51.315 34.395
1994 31.612 23.265 41.099 27.816 39.855 29.332 51.816 35.070
1995 32.199 23.777 42.325 28.146 39.633 29.266 52.097 34.644
1996 33.538 24.935 44.172 30.107 40.202 29.889 52.949 36.089
1997 35.248 26.029 46.120 31.362 41.368 30.549 54.128 36.808
1998 36.252 26.855 47.459 32.714 41.956 31.080 54.926 37.861
1999 37.450 27.366 50.315 33.307 42.450 31.019 57.032 37.753
2000 38.891 29.123 52.801 35.006 42.659 31.945 57.917 38.398
2001 40.136 30.420 54.061 37.361 42.829 32.461 57.689 39.868
2002 40.507 30.970 54.531 37.603 42.549 32.531 57.279 39.498
2003 41.503 31.653 55.334 39.170 42.618 32.504 56.821 40.223
2004 41.667 32.101 56.475 39.930 41.667 32.101 56.475 39.930
Source: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/p36ar.html (median income)
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/p37ar.html (mean income)
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