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   Table P-45A Occupation of Longest Job--Full-Time, Year-Round Workers
   (Both Sexes Combined) by Median and Mean Earnings: 2002 to 2007

   (Workers 15 years old and over with earnings as of March of the following
   year.  Earnings in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
   __________________________________________________________________________
   Occupation of       Number      Median earnings          Mean earnings
   longest job           with   _____________________   _____________________
   and year          earnings     Current        2007     Current        2007
                     (thous.)     dollars     dollars     dollars     dollars
   __________________________________________________________________________
   TOTAL

   2007               108,597     $40,320     $40,320     $51,556     $51,556
   2006               107,717      38,489      39,581      51,007      52,454
   2005               104,851      36,911      39,203      49,069      52,115
   2004 35/           102,468      36,215      39,753      47,311      51,933
   2003               100,680      35,795      40,354      46,421      52,333
   2002               100,637      35,038      40,383      45,508      52,450




   Management, business, and finacial operations occupations

   2007               18,706     $60,277     $60,277     $77,101     $77,101
   2006               18,533      57,242      58,866      76,355      78,521
   2005               17,879      56,006      59,483      75,423      80,106
   2004 35/           17,184      52,166      57,262      70,285      77,151
   2003               17,224      51,281      57,812      68,209      76,896
   2002               17,298      50,646      58,371      66,117      76,202




   Professional and related occupations

   2007               22,795     $52,080     $52,080     $65,670     $65,670
   2006               22,125      51,189      52,641      66,029      67,902
   2005               20,912      50,504      53,640      63,020      66,933
   2004 35/           20,508      48,326      53,047      61,615      67,634
   2003               20,393      47,171      53,179      60,220      67,890
   2002               19,954      46,697      53,820      59,000      68,000




   Healthcare support occupations

   2007                2,098     $25,072     $25,072     $28,362     $28,362
   2006                2,152      23,334      23,996      26,172      26,914
   2005                2,086      22,150      23,525      25,352      26,926
   2004 35/            1,830      22,058      24,213      26,455      29,039
   2003                1,765      22,156      24,978      23,702      26,721
   2002                1,817      22,611      26,060      24,646      28,405




   Protective service occupations

   2007                2,516     $46,178     $46,178     $53,204     $53,204
   2006                2,513      45,076      46,355      53,903      55,432
   2005                2,429      42,269      44,893      49,919      53,018
   2004 35/            2,408      41,816      45,901      46,733      51,298
   2003                2,394      42,148      47,516      46,174      52,055
   2002                2,053      38,337      44,185      44,928      51,781




   Food preparation and serving related occupations

   2007                3,818     $20,841     $20,841     $23,376     $23,376
   2006                3,696      19,849      20,412      23,911      24,589
   2005                3,622      19,887      21,122      21,822      23,177
   2004 35/            3,426      17,701      19,430      19,513      21,419
   2003                3,262      18,090      20,394      20,976      23,648
   2002                3,670      18,431      21,242      23,722      27,340




   Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

   2007                3,547     $23,029     $23,029     $28,090     $28,090
   2006                3,409      22,745      23,390      27,995      28,789
   2005                3,527      21,648      22,992      24,532      26,055
   2004 35/            3,387      20,954      23,001      23,766      26,088
   2003                3,146      20,599      23,222      24,396      27,503
   2002                3,028      20,975      24,174      24,621      28,377




   Personal care and service occupations

   2007                2,646     $24,566     $24,566     $29,686     $29,686
   2006                2,441      22,124      22,752      26,759      27,518
   2005                2,424      21,630      22,973      25,218      26,784
   2004 35/            2,405      21,951      24,095      24,547      26,945
   2003                2,310      21,051      23,732      24,348      27,449
   2002                2,311      21,127      24,350      28,838      33,237




   Sales and related occupations

   2007               11,283     $38,433     $38,433     $52,239     $52,239
   2006               11,517      37,259      38,316      51,999      53,474
   2005               11,210      35,998      38,233      51,832      55,050
   2004 35/           11,022      36,105      39,632      50,742      55,699
   2003               10,705      35,584      40,116      48,422      54,589
   2002               10,987      34,607      39,886      48,289      55,655




   Office and administrative support occupations

   2007               14,298     $32,068     $32,068     $37,200     $37,200
   2006               14,106      31,388      32,278      36,272      37,301
   2005               13,896      30,681      32,586      34,139      36,259
   2004 35/           13,797      30,202      33,153      33,461      36,730
   2003               14,090      29,630      33,404      33,402      37,656
   2002               14,005      28,599      32,961      32,280      37,204




   Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

   2007                  653     $23,644     $23,644     $26,723     $26,723
   2006                  612      21,177      21,778      25,982      26,719
   2005                  584      21,654      22,998      24,377      25,890
   2004 35/              662      21,666      23,783      25,067      27,516
   2003                  599      21,161      23,856      24,722      27,871
   2002                  613      21,516      24,798      24,267      27,969




   Construction and extraction occupations

   2007                6,676     $35,554     $35,554     $41,169     $41,169
   2006                7,391      35,077      36,072      39,652      40,777
   2005                7,102      32,044      34,033      39,785      42,255
   2004 35/            6,569      32,161      35,303      37,968      41,677
   2003                5,907      31,859      35,917      37,277      42,025
   2002                6,088      31,413      36,205      36,973      42,613




   Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

   2007                4,478     $41,226     $41,226     $44,933     $44,933
   2006                4,492      40,443      41,590      43,469      44,702
   2005                4,460      39,922      42,401      41,916      44,518
   2004 35/            4,516      37,696      41,379      40,731      44,710
   2003                4,294      37,373      42,133      40,718      45,904
   2002                4,270      36,169      41,686      40,801      47,025




   Production occupations

   2007                7,768     $32,591     $32,591     $37,916     $37,916
   2006                7,907      30,985      31,864      37,375      38,435
   2005                7,799      31,203      33,140      35,240      37,428
   2004 35/            7,980      30,862      33,877      35,151      38,585
   2003                7,866      30,214      34,062      33,727      38,022
   2002                7,971      28,375      32,703      32,658      37,640




   Transportation and material moving occupations

   2007                6,605     $34,213     $34,213     $38,610     $38,610
   2006                6,247      31,630      32,527      38,228      39,312
   2005                6,258      31,660      33,626      37,253      39,566
   2004 35/            6,136      31,421      34,491      37,262      40,902
   2003                6,009      30,707      34,618      37,168      41,902
   2002                5,915      29,917      34,480      35,421      40,824




   Armed Forces

   2007                 709     $41,961     $41,961     $48,573     $48,573
   2006                 576      40,484      41,632      49,349      50,749
   2005                 664      40,128      42,619      46,124      48,988
   2004 35/             639      40,738      44,718      45,664      50,125
   2003                 717      35,974      40,556      41,194      46,440
   2002                 658      36,759      42,366      40,843      47,073
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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