B20018. Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months for the Population 16 Years and Over Who Worked Full-Time, Year-Round with Earnings in the Past 12 Months from the American Community Survey Summary File: 5-Year Estimates, 2016-2020 database shown in Dollars Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Demographic Indicator: Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2019 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

Corporate Author: United States Census Bureau
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc. 2025

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Presents an estimate of median earnings of individuals ages 16 and over, employed full-time and year-round. Estimates are reported for specified geographic areas. Earnings are defined as the sum of wage or salary income and net income from self-employment, before deductions for personal income taxes, Social Security, bond purchases, union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. The median divides the earnings distribution into two equal parts: one- half of the cases falling below the median and one-half above the median. Median earnings is calculated only for individuals with earnings. Values are inflation adjusted to the reference year using the Consumer Price Index. The American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the US Census Bureau provides estimates of the characteristics of the population over a specific time period. The ACS collects data from the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, where it is called the Puerto Rico Community Survey. It is a continuous survey, in which each month a sample of housing unit addresses receives a questionnaire, with approximately 3.5 million addresses surveyed each year. Each year the survey produces data pooled to produce 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates for geographic areas in the US and Puerto Rico, ranging from neighborhoods to congressional districts to the entire nation. Data for each release of the 5-year estimates were collected over a 5-year period ending December 31 of the reference year (eg, data in the 2020 5-year estimates were collected January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020). The statistics reported represent the characteristics of the population for the entire period vs a specific year within that period. The 5-year estimates are published for areas with populations of all sizes and are the most reliable and precise of the ACS period estimates as well as the most comprehensive, albeit the least current. (The 1-year estimates provide data on areas with populations of 65,000+ and 20,000+, respectively.) The ACS estimates provide information about the social and economic needs of communities and are used to help determine how billions in federal and state funds are distributed each year. It is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

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9781544332048 Sage Data CORE

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Statistical data with bibliographic citation and abstract.

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