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Subject: U.S. employment and income data
Category: Business and Money > Employment
Asked by: monroe22-ga
List Price: $15.00
Posted: 01 Apr 2004 08:36 PST
Expires: 01 May 2004 09:36 PDT
Question ID: 323566
Provide the following U.S. year end numbers from 1990 to 2003
inclusive, arranged in three columns headed: 1) Number of employed
U.S. citizens 2) Number of U.S. citizens 18 to 65 years old 3) U.S.
median income, adjusted to 2003 dollars.
  I realize that data for the last 2 or 3 years may be estimates, that
there are various, possibly conflicting sources for the data, and that
self-employed persons are not represented in most employment data. Use
your best judgment.
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Subject: Re: U.S. employment and income data
Answered By: skermit-ga on 01 Apr 2004 10:12 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello monroe22-ga,

Here are the statistics you requested. I have some notes for each
section listing on how I came to these numbers,

the references you may use to double check, and any other notes I had
on each section.


** PART 1 **

The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics has a
comprehensive statistics search database which I

pulled these numbers from, it was actually the easiest of the three to
find. The only thing is that it is a

monthly fluctuating number, so I took the averages for each year
(maybe not the best thing to do). Their

searchable database is a bit tricky to get what you want, so I
included the dataset from where I took the

averages from just in case you'd rather use any one month as the
reference instead of the year average.

Online reference:

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Database:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln

Year	Employeed (16+)
2003	137739083
2002	136487166
2001	136943500
2000	136901916
1999	133500916
1998	131475916
1997	129572333
1996	126720166
1995	124908250
1994	123071166
1993	120258666
1992	118487916
1991	117712583
1990	118795666

Series Id:           LNS12000000
Seasonal Adjusted
Series title:        (Seas) Employment Level
Labor force status:  Employed
Type of data:        Number in thousands
Age:                 16 years and over

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	119081	119059	119203	118852	119151	118983	118810	118802	118524	118536	118306	118241
1991	117940	117755	117652	118109	117440	117639	117568	117484	117928	117800	117770	117466
1992	117978	117753	118144	118426	118375	118419	118713	118826	118720	118628	118876	118997
1993	119075	119275	119542	119474	120115	120290	120467	120856	120554	120823	121169	121464
1994	121966	122086	121930	122290	122864	122634	122706	123342	123687	124112	124516	124721
1995	124663	124928	124955	124945	124421	124522	124816	124852	125133	125388	125188	125088
1996	125125	125639	125862	125994	126244	126602	126947	127172	127536	127890	127771	127860
1997	128298	128298	128891	129143	129464	129412	129822	130010	130019	130179	130653	130679
1998	130726	130807	130814	131209	131325	131244	131329	131390	131986	131999	132280	132602
1999	133027	132856	132947	132955	133311	133378	133414	133591	133707	133993	134309	134523
2000	136561	136599	136668	137264	136611	136923	136516	136701	136908	137124	137316	137632
2001	137790	137581	137738	137275	137063	136842	137091	136314	136869	136447	136234	136078
2002	135715	136362	136106	136096	136505	136353	136478	136811	137337	137079	136545	136459
2003	137447	137318	137300	137578	137505	137673	137604	137693	137644	138095	138533	138479


** PART 2 **

The 18-65 population numbers I found are on the Census website. From
1999-1990 (latest numbers from the 2000

Census) there are exact numbers which they broke down by each age
(i.e. age 18, age 19, etc.). I added up all the

numbers from 18-65 and came up with the data below. For 2000-2003, I
relied on the July Estimates for each year

which were released as addendums to the 2000 Census. They are mid-year
numbers, while for 1999-1990, I used the

December number. If you want, it would be quite easy to use July
numbers for all years by revisiting the Data for

1990-1999 below. Also please note for the 2000-2003 it is not 18-65,
it is 18-64, because the data isn't split

into 1 year age groups, instead I had to take the 18+ population and
subtract the 65+ population, leaving 18-64.

These are the most up to date statistics however, and I'm not sure of
a way to get around this.

Online reference:

Population Estimates Webpage 1990-1999:
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/intercensal.php

Data for 1990-1999:
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07.csv

Population Estimates Webpage 2000-2003:
http://eire.census.gov/popest/estimates_dataset.php

Data for 2000-2003:
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/ST-EST2003-AS2003.csv
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/ST-EST2003-AS2002.csv
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/ST-EST2003-AS2001.csv
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/ST-EST2003-AS200007.csv

Year	Age 18-65

2003*	181847097
2002*	179519609
2001*	177152543
2000*	174753991
1999	175346830
1998	172863045
1997	170362142
1996	168014275
1995	166004664
1994	164026540
1993	162294760
1992	160593993
1991	158737724
1990	156903731

*2000-2003 are Age 18-64


** PART 3 **

For the last part of your question, I visited the Income 2002 report
released by the US Census Bureau December

19th, 2003. It is the most recent data, and as such, makes no estimate of 2003.

Online Reference:

US Census Bureau Income 2002 Webpage:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income02.html

US Census Bureau Income 2002 Data:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p60-221.pdf


Year	Median Income
2003	-
2002	42,409
2001	42,900
2000	43,848
1999	43,915
1998	42,844
1997	41,346
1996	40,503
1995	39,931
1994	38,726
1993	38,287
1992	38,482
1991	38,791
1990	39,949


** FINAL **

Arranged in the format you requested here is your final data:

Year	Employeed (16+)	Age 18-65	Median Income
2003*	137739083	181847097	-
2002*	136487166	179519609	42,409
2001*	136943500	177152543	42,900
2000*	136901916	174753991	43,848
1999	133500916	175346830	43,915
1998	131475916	172863045	42,844
1997	129572333	170362142	41,346
1996	126720166	168014275	40,503
1995	124908250	166004664	39,931
1994	123071166	164026540	38,726
1993	120258666	162294760	38,287
1992	118487916	160593993	38,482
1991	117712583	158737724	38,791
1990	118795666	156903731	39,949

*2000-2003 are Age 18-64


I hope these statistics are to your liking, I tried to organize them
as concisely as possible. Please check the

online references for accuracy, and if you need to play with the
numbers at all. The U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics Database can also output graphs, which are
very interesting to look at, and may help

you if you want to see the data graphically. I had an enjoyable time
compiling these statistics, because I've

always been curious about this subject, it was a pleasure to answer your question.

skermit-ga
monroe22-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
skermit-ga: Excellent job! Many thanks,monroe-22

Comments  
Subject: Re: U.S. employment and income data
From: andrewleigh-ga on 27 May 2004 08:18 PDT
 
skermit is right that the CPS figures for 2003 incomes haven't yet
been released. But there's another way to get at this -- we can use
the CES (which surveys employers, not employees).

Their weekly earnings figures for 2002 and 2003 were $506.07 and
$517.36 respectively (ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.ceseeb2.txt).
If we assume that median income grew at the same rate as average
earnings for private sector workers (a reasonable first
approximation), then we can estimate median income in 2003 as
42409*(517.36/506.07)=$43,355.

The same procedure suggests that median income in April 2004 was $43,635.

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