United States Census Bureau (2015). American Community Survey Summary File: 5-Year Estimates: B20017. Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2010 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) by Sex by Work Experience in the Past 12 Months for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings in the Past 12 Months | Country: USA | State: Michigan | Demographic Indicator*: Total : | Race/Ethnicity*: All, 2010-2012. Data-Planet™ Statistical Ready Reference by Conquest Systems, Inc. [Data-file]. Dataset-ID: 001-050-316.
Dataset: Presents an estimate of median earnings of males and females ages 16+ in the United States, segmented by whether they worked full-time/year-round vs other than full-time/year-round in the 12 months prior to when the survey was completed. Estimates are reported for the population in total, and for race/ethnicity groups, 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 are calculated only for individuals with earnings.
The American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the United States Census Bureau provides period 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 three 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 2012 5-year estimates were collected January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2012). 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 compr...