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Chapter 11. Income2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 11.7: Individual Income in 1993 and 1999 by Educational Attainment, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Total Males FemalesEducational attainment No. of Persons Median ($) Mean ($) No. of persons Median ($) Mean ($) No. of persons Median ($) Mean ($)1994Persons withincome 25+ years 8,299 1,105 3,064 5,235 1,503 3,631 3,064 890 2,112No education 532 741 1,422 332 806 1,746 200 654 884Elementary1-3 grades 249 783 1,859 154 875 2,499 95 669 8204-7 grades 1,136 769 1,097 658 837 1,287 478 691 835Elem. grads. 1,094 863 1,671 657 988 1,925 437 741 1,343High school9-11 grades 1,390 778 1,512 908 821 1,840 482 709 89412, no diploma 535 1,033 2,264 328 1,239 2,581 207 924 1,761HS graduates 1,408 1,739 2,749 859 2,090 3,064 549 1,260 2,257College 1,955 4,894 7,072 1,339 5,261 7,938 616 4,172 5,189Some, no degree 907 3,380 4,896 592 3,750 5,436 315 2,882 3,880Assoc. academic 327 4,900 5,902 227 4,740 6,129 100 5,227 5,386Assoc. vocational 333 5,792 6,568 224 5,994 6,641 109 5,331 6,418Bachelors 312 7,625 9,199 234 8,229 9,897 78 6,304 7,105Masters or higher 76 16,000 31,545 62 16,818 35,739 14 13,750 12,9752000Persons withincome 25+ years 19,090 785 2,133 10,536 888 2,672 8,554 686 1,469No education 2,978 665 1,148 1,502 729 1,646 1,476 610 640Elementary1-3 grades 629 754 1,310 338 809 1,553 291 700 1,0284-7 grades 2,905 687 1,807 1,586 766 2,587 1,319 612 870Elem. grads. 2,789 705 1,273 1,412 814 1,521 1,377 620 1,018High school9-11 grades 3,878 675 1,319 2,209 742 1,518 1,669 603 1,05612, no diploma 1,421 825 2,026 827 936 2,326 594 709 1,609HS graduates 1,861 987 2,618 1,035 1,396 3,119 826 873 1,990College 2,629 4,151 5,633 1,627 4,822 6,393 1,002 3,132 4,400Some, no degree 1,450 1,794 3,515 844 2,400 3,938 606 1,034 2,926Assoc. academic 404 5,690 6,798 268 6,087 7,445 136 5,106 5,523Assoc. vocational 390 5,990 7,169 239 6,331 7,476 151 5,368 6,683Bachelors 310 7,357 10,065 219 7,887 11,040 91 6,118 7,719Masters or higher 75 12,708 14,016 57 15,227 15,406 18 8,333 9,614Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P183; 2000 FSM Census, Table P11-12Workers economic activities naturally has a bearing on their income. Table 11.8 shows the median income of each ofthe economic activity categories by sex in 1994 and 2000. Although the data on income refer to a different time periodthan economic status, the majority of these persons’ economic status would not have changed. Those personsemployed in the formal work sector had the highest median income at $2,810 in 1994, which increased to $3,700 in2000. Surprisingly, those persons who were not in the labor force but could have taken a job had a median incomehigher than the persons in subsistence. Those who could have taken a job had an income of $628 in 2000, and those inthe subsistence category had a median income of $582. This would suggest that about 79 percent of the subsistenceworkers and about 77 percent not in the labor force were receiving income from a source other than wages or salary.Females had consistently lower median incomes at every economic status.Table 11.8: Individual Median Income in 1993 and 1999 by Economic Status the Week Before the Census, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Percent of 1994 work force Median income ($)Percent of 2000 work force Median income ($)claiming incomeclaiming incomeEconomic status Number Total Males Females Number Total Males FemalesPersons 15+ yearswith income 31.9 9,283 987 1,378 852 55.8 19,090 785 888 686In labor force 56.4 6,288 1,916 2,024 1,723 46.9 11,257 978 1,226 842Employed 62.9 5,614 2,295 2,289 2,307 46.6 11,016 992 1,268 853Formal work 87.6 4,709 2,810 2,898 2,627 32.8 4,398 3,700 3,579 3,949Agriculture/fishing 25.5 905 679 693 622 64.6 6,618 667 716 606Subsistence 22.5 701 643 658 591 78.8 3,431 582 602 560Market oriented 47.4 204 836 843 800 54.1 3,187 792 860 686Unemployed 30.4 674 599 619 580 66.8 241 603 619 584Not in labor force 16.7 2,995 660 721 617 76.9 7,833 612 643 591Could have taken a job 20.4 679 591 598 586 73.6 4,231 628 681 599Not available for work 15.9 2,316 684 764 628 81.1 3,602 594 609 581Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P185 and unpublished data; 2000 FSM Census, Table P11-14 and unpublished dataNote: Occupation refers to the most recent job, while the income data refers to 1993 & 1999 income.Table 11.9 shows median income for different occupations. Not all persons who had income in 1993 and 1999reported an occupation. Some persons with income were not working or had not had a job in the 5 years prior to the106 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs