Respondents income

rincome

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Did you earn any income from (OCCUPATION DESCRIBED IN OCC-INDUSTRY) in (the previous year)? Yes ............. (ASK RINCOME) No .............. (See REMARKS) A. IF YES: In which of these groups did your earnings from (OCCUPATION IN OCC) for last year–(the previous year)–fall? That is, before taxes or other deductions. Just tell me the letter.

Values

• [1] under $1,000

• [2] $1,000 to $2,999

• [3] $3,000 to $3,999

• [4] $4,000 to $4,999

• [5] $5,000 to $5,999

• [6] $6,000 to $6,999

• [7] $7,000 to $7,999

• [8] $8,000 to $9,999

• [9] $10,000 to $14,999

• [10] $15,000 to $19,999

• [11] $20,000 to $24,999

• [12] $25,000 or more

• [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C/-	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D	2006
Full	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for rincome.

Counts by year:

year	iap	under $1,000	$1,000 to $2,999	$3,000 to $3,999	$4,000 to $4,999	$5,000 to $5,999	$6,000 to $6,999	$7,000 to $7,999	$8,000 to $9,999	$10,000 to $14,999	$15,000 to $19,999	$20,000 to $24,999	$25,000 or more	don't know	refused	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1974	593	69	116	49	67	64	48	57	89	155	60	30	35	15	37	-	-	1484
1975	567	92	109	70	65	50	47	59	101	175	59	30	23	6	21	16	-	1490
1976	625	56	104	59	60	45	55	44	78	166	85	34	42	10	23	13	-	1499
1977	493	60	86	67	45	64	59	57	103	215	110	40	49	8	20	54	-	1530
1978	551	70	113	48	53	52	42	44	80	195	123	60	57	12	24	8	-	1532
1980	496	45	76	37	29	45	31	36	88	179	136	80	100	8	23	59	-	1468
1982	651	60	78	61	49	46	49	42	78	235	152	132	143	8	54	22	-	1860
1983	532	49	68	39	31	38	36	39	75	191	132	115	181	12	46	15	-	1599
1984	493	44	67	33	39	39	29	41	52	176	115	122	176	15	23	9	-	1473
1985	530	42	56	47	24	32	46	34	42	164	123	113	235	8	38	-	-	1534
1986	532	41	50	39	34	28	26	32	46	155	124	105	226	6	26	-	-	1470
1987	576	52	72	40	43	37	35	48	64	194	144	145	317	11	29	12	-	1819
1988	473	34	53	44	21	26	28	35	40	147	117	121	279	5	44	14	-	1481
1989	522	36	41	23	28	41	28	18	52	139	128	108	300	11	53	9	-	1537
1990	430	25	38	37	27	32	21	23	34	124	117	115	282	11	47	9	-	1372
1991	463	36	34	35	29	35	16	14	41	119	127	105	321	7	40	95	-	1517
1993	523	26	38	33	28	24	25	16	34	120	132	123	420	11	48	5	-	1606
1994	709	55	58	63	43	43	30	35	105	240	228	253	807	33	115	175	-	2992
1996	633	28	88	39	36	39	41	36	73	230	207	241	889	27	115	182	-	2904
1998	597	42	42	40	27	32	43	41	63	199	198	238	884	26	118	242	-	2832
2000	792	41	53	37	30	30	33	28	73	197	181	200	915	37	142	28	-	2817
2002	833	44	69	37	24	37	20	26	60	163	155	181	964	35	95	22	-	2765
2004	923	38	48	27	36	22	28	22	35	143	145	179	965	48	113	40	-	2812
2006	1472	53	75	47	53	41	42	37	61	231	221	248	1560	71	245	53	-	4510
2008	693	22	39	27	13	19	16	20	24	110	82	120	697	16	85	40	-	2023
2010	684	29	43	33	23	26	28	19	34	110	88	107	662	13	145	-	-	2044
2012	723	27	32	30	22	20	24	22	23	103	89	105	649	28	77	-	-	1974
2014	923	32	36	38	25	32	24	14	30	111	87	143	951	19	73	-	-	2538
2016	1136	25	51	32	30	31	31	24	34	96	112	138	1028	14	85	-	-	2867
2018	899	33	32	32	21	21	12	18	33	94	61	107	899	26	60	-	-	2348
2021	1307	36	52	28	24	32	27	30	43	149	119	147	1769	161	63	-	45	4032
2022	1308	23	35	29	20	26	17	20	52	113	91	140	1424	111	113	-	22	3544
2024	1170	30	38	25	30	31	20	20	32	91	77	110	1372	129	92	-	42	3309
Total	23852	1395	1990	1325	1129	1180	1057	1051	1872	5229	4125	4235	19621	958	2332	1122	109	72582

See also

Other Core: adults, babies, earnrs, granborn, hompop, income, preteen, teens, unrelat

Other Income: income