Table 1

Reference Group Medians and Fraction Under Median

Average Reference Group Median				Fraction Under Median
	1980	1990	2000		1980	1990	2000
Native White Non-Hispanic Men
<High school	37,798	32,594	30,104	<High school	0.72	0.74	0.70
High school exactly	41,536	37,520	36,284	High school exactly	0.64	0.66	0.67
Some college	44,848	43,816	43,175	Some college	0.68	0.69	0.70
College graduate+	58,697	63,034	66,151	College graduate+	0.79	0.77	0.78
All	47,690	46,773	49,078	All	0.71	0.71	0.72
Native Black Non-Hispanic Men
<High school	28,007	26,730	24,835	<High school	0.73	0.84	0.79
High school exactly	31,031	28,137	27,830	High school exactly	0.63	0.71	0.68
Some college	35,712	34,707	34,376	Some college	0.65	0.71	0.69
College graduate+	45,049	47,653	48,695	College graduate+	0.72	0.75	0.73
All	33,336	32,576	33,271	All	0.67	0.73	0.70
Native Hispanic Men
<High school	30,077	26,477	22,738	<High school	0.66	0.71	0.64
High school exactly	33,896	30,581	28,247	High school exactly	0.58	0.62	0.59
Some college	39,098	38,121	36,429	Some college	0.63	0.64	0.65
College graduate+	48,120	51,461	50,989	College graduate+	0.75	0.73	0.72
All	36,217	34,946	33,896	All	0.63	0.65	0.64

Note: <High school refers to men without a high school degree, High school exactly refers to men with exactly 12 years of schooling, Some college refers to men with some college but no four-year degree and College graduate+ refers to men with a four-year college degree or more education.