Table 14.  Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics: New Jersey, 2001 to 2017
                  (Family Totals in Thousands)  (Income in 2017 dollars) 
Two-year 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017
Moving Average Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number  Number   Number  
of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median of Median  of  Median
Family Characteristics Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income Families  Income  Families   Income
ALL FAMILIES 2,292 $91,778 2,259 $93,447 2,244 $93,564 2,268 $95,879 2,296 $98,474 2,246 $95,945 2,188 $94,361 2,232 $91,689 2,218 $87,412 2,176 $86,270 2,220 $86,034 2,218 $85,425 2,234 $84,656 2,304 $88,471 2,314 $91,563      2,281 $89,368
RACE
  White Family 1,840 $96,180 1,791 $97,536 1,782 $98,604 1,809 $101,417 1,798 $102,789 1,722 $101,116 1,672 $100,393 1,713 $98,103 1,712 $94,788 1,675 $91,390 1,697 $90,441 1,671 $88,766 1,677 $86,566 1,729 $90,693 1,730 $93,102      1,710 $90,878
  Black Family 281 $58,482 289 $57,275 286 $57,276 289 $61,203 293 $59,165 286 $53,983 273 $51,579 283 $52,595 296 $53,020 296 $52,608 302 $54,673 305 $55,842 301 $54,552 291 $62,231 294 $60,919        316 $59,220
  Hispanic Family 260 $56,976 271 $59,607 275 $52,088 319 $50,969 351 $53,996 340 $57,125 333 $55,514 345 $55,223 359 $57,400 372 $50,187 399 $43,342 389 $46,290 375 $48,557 386 $49,136 387 $48,527        389 $49,605
LABOR FORCE MEMBERS
  Families with no Labor-
    Force Member 347 $36,655 300 $32,365 274 $32,725 280 $35,187 267 $35,362 263 $32,532 269 $31,995 255 $33,567 252 $31,619 281 $34,435 157 $38,445 167 $36,249 254 $39,278 295 $39,671 176 $36,114        231 $39,140
  Families with 1 Labor-
    Force Member 647 $72,385 670 $72,132 701 $71,107 678 $73,648 689 $72,406 694 $64,326 676 $67,120 682 $69,234 660 $63,795 634 $61,677 367 $62,066 453 $64,921 617 $65,944 664 $65,101 406 $65,747 524 $63,923
  Families with 2 Labor-
    Force Members 1,026 $116,901 1,014 $117,451 971 $120,031 979 $118,957 1,011 $118,258 990 $120,402 946 $119,294 996 $111,793 995 $107,375 931 $109,089 706 $109,537 731 $110,437 891 $106,898 991 $109,651 746 $113,306 799 $112,873
  Families with 3 or more
    Labor-Force Members 272 $136,184 276 $133,235 297 $129,113 332 $125,569 329 $129,795 299 $134,783 296 $139,365 300 $135,538 311 $126,255 330 $119,364 991 $118,409 868 $124,600 472 $125,002 355 $122,504 987 $130,756 726 $138,581
DEMOGRAPHICS
  Married-Couple Families 1,777 $105,101 1,727 $107,584 1,727 $109,232 1,739 $110,507 1,745 $112,447 1,699 $112,192 1,642 $112,333 1,654 $113,408 1,630 $110,095 1,577 $104,439 1,607 $104,147 1,671 $103,265 1,689 $102,921 1,724 $104,621 1,762 $103,400      1,768 $105,501
  Married-Couple Families:
    Spouse in Labor Force 1,190 $127,798 1,190 $125,488 1,172 $124,400 1,202 $124,633 1,240 $127,705 1,197 $129,596 1,150 $129,526 1,166 $130,158 1,155 $120,701 1,099 $115,841 1,130 $123,122 1,157 $123,016 1,143 $118,814 1,193 $121,720 1,176 $127,051      1,120 $125,477
  Married-Couple Families:
Spouse not in Labor Force 588 $62,804 537 $64,367 555 $67,396 537 $69,346 505 $69,166 501 $66,013 489 $70,980 487 $75,567 475 $66,554 478 $62,581 476 $64,377 513 $63,683 543 $68,836 530 $70,050 585 $68,533        600 $69,879
  Female-Householder
    Families (Spouse Absent) 397 $47,237 403 $49,932 370 $51,572 381 $51,057 412 $47,813 420 $43,949 405 $41,472 402 $42,206 415 $42,354 430 $40,515 437 $39,237 399 $39,178 405 $40,401 418 $43,129 394 $44,334 373 $39,392
EDUCATION (HOUSEHOLDER 25 YEARS AND OVER)
  Less than High School 293 $41,482 269 $40,003 252 $37,881 267 $41,141 269 $43,889 241 $44,103 218 $45,776 206 $45,201 190 $39,801 183 $34,254 201 $35,379 207 $39,566 195 $37,362 187 $29,939 158 $33,722        146 $36,064
  High School Diploma 726 $74,275 732 $75,738 704 $73,950 662 $73,826 650 $76,910 659 $72,627 647 $65,927 663 $64,379 658 $61,521 626 $58,785 606 $59,453 587 $64,897 613 $67,183 628 $64,636 647 $62,740        600 $63,541
  Some college/Asso. degree 471 $100,700 458 $91,199 458 $88,984 479 $88,956 486 $89,697 450 $86,948 434 $85,857 467 $83,615 501 $82,564 483 $82,450 461 $82,414 471 $78,099 479 $73,345 480 $73,161 497 $75,435        522 $78,228
  College degree or higher 803 $137,730 800 $136,062 829 $132,686 860 $140,953 892 $149,117 897 $142,775 889 $137,283 897 $138,096 869 $139,853 883 $132,786 952 $128,639 952 $127,801 947 $124,197 963 $123,743 1,012 $128,679      1,012 $128,205
   
Note: The New Jersey income figures were inflated by the average of New York-metro and Philadelphia-metro
          Consumer Price Indexes for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U).  The US figures were inflated by the national CPI-U.
Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2001 through 2018.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Economic & Demographic Research, 10/2018.