Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2002

Income from Pensions (Recipients Only)

Private Pensions or Annuities

Aged Units

Units 65 or Older

Persons 65 or Older

Government Employee Pensions

Aged Units

Units 65 or Older

Persons 65 or Older

Employer Pensions

Persons 65 or Older


Table 5.C1 Percentage distribution of recipients, by marital status and age
Private pension or
annuity (dollars)
All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 1.4 2.2 2.1 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 3.0 2.9
500–999 1.7 4.0 5.0 1.0 3.3 3.0 3.1 5.1 7.2
1,000–1,499 4.6 3.9 4.8 4.1 2.5 3.0 5.5 6.1 6.8
1,500–1,999 3.8 3.6 6.2 3.7 3.0 3.9 4.0 4.6 8.6
2,000–2,499 3.3 2.0 5.6 3.2 2.2 3.9 3.4 1.7 7.3
2,500–2,999 1.8 2.4 3.4 1.4 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.2 4.1
3,000–3,499 2.3 2.9 3.6 0.8 1.8 3.4 5.1 4.8 3.7
3,500–3,999 2.5 1.9 4.1 1.9 1.2 2.7 3.6 3.1 5.6
4,000–4,499 1.7 2.7 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.5 2.6 3.8 2.7
4,500–4,999 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.7 1.7 3.3 1.8 5.3 3.9
5,000–5,999 2.4 4.6 5.1 2.3 3.2 4.6 2.5 7.0 5.6
6,000–6,999 5.2 4.4 5.6 4.3 5.4 5.6 6.8 2.7 5.5
7,000–7,999 3.0 3.6 5.4 1.8 3.6 5.7 5.3 3.7 5.1
8,000–8,999 3.4 3.6 4.7 3.2 2.0 5.9 3.6 6.2 3.4
9,000–9,999 2.9 4.1 4.4 2.2 3.5 5.0 4.2 5.0 3.9
10,000–10,999 2.7 2.2 3.5 2.6 2.0 3.9 2.7 2.6 3.0
11,000–11,999 0.9 2.3 2.4 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.0 3.1 2.2
12,000–12,999 4.1 4.0 3.4 4.1 5.5 3.9 4.1 1.4 2.9
13,000–13,999 1.4 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.4 2.0 1.5 3.6 1.4
14,000–14,999 2.5 3.3 2.4 2.4 3.7 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.6
15,000–19,999 8.5 10.4 7.4 7.6 12.1 8.9 10.2 7.5 5.7
20,000–24,999 10.6 9.7 4.7 11.5 12.0 6.1 9.0 5.9 3.2
25,000–29,999 6.2 4.9 2.9 7.6 4.5 4.6 3.7 5.6 1.2
30,000–34,999 6.5 3.9 1.6 6.9 5.8 2.2 5.6 0.6 1.0
35,000–39,999 3.2 2.4 0.9 4.2 3.6 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.4
40,000–44,999 1.7 1.5 0.6 2.6 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.3
45,000–49,999 0.3 0 0.1 0.5 0 0.2 0 0 0
50,000 or more 8.5 4.5 2.3 11.6 5.9 3.6 2.5 2.1 0.9
Median income (dollars) 12,792 10,584 6,588 16,800 13,728 8,460 8,800 7,000 4,668
Number (thousands) 1,345 1,006 7,532 881 634 3,885 464 372 3,647
 
Table 5.C2 Percentage distribution of recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status and age
Private pension or
annuity (dollars)
Beneficiary a Nonbeneficiary
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 2.7 1.7 2.0 1.0 3.9 4.1
500–999 1.2 4.4 5.1 1.9 2.6 2.8
1,000–1,499 8.1 4.1 4.8 3.6 3.0 4.7
1,500–1,999 9.6 2.5 6.4 2.2 7.0 1.3
2,000–2,499 3.1 1.9 5.5 3.3 2.5 7.4
2,500–2,999 2.5 2.7 3.6 1.6 1.3 0
3,000–3,499 4.0 2.8 3.4 1.8 3.2 6.9
3,500–3,999 1.9 2.0 4.2 2.7 1.5 2.1
4,000–4,499 3.3 2.9 2.6 1.3 2.0 1.2
4,500–4,999 4.3 3.5 3.6 2.7 1.6 1.8
5,000–5,999 3.3 4.6 5.2 2.1 4.4 2.8
6,000–6,999 8.8 4.6 5.4 4.2 3.7 8.9
7,000–7,999 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.1 4.3 5.2
8,000–8,999 6.3 3.4 4.6 2.6 4.0 6.0
9,000–9,999 5.6 3.9 4.5 2.2 4.5 3.6
10,000–10,999 1.8 2.8 3.5 2.9 0.4 3.2
11,000–11,999 0.4 2.3 2.4 1.0 2.4 3.3
12,000–12,999 4.9 4.7 3.4 3.9 1.6 2.7
13,000–13,999 0.7 2.7 1.8 1.6 0.4 0.7
14,000–14,999 3.2 3.4 2.4 2.3 2.8 1.5
15,000–19,999 7.1 10.6 7.4 8.9 9.7 6.5
20,000–24,999 3.5 8.2 4.6 12.6 14.5 9.5
25,000–29,999 1.9 4.5 2.9 7.4 6.2 4.2
30,000–34,999 0.7 4.2 1.6 8.1 3.0 1.4
35,000–39,999 0 2.5 0.8 4.0 2.1 2.3
40,000–44,999 1.7 2.0 0.6 1.7 0 1.6
45,000–49,999 0 0 0.1 0.4 0 0.7
50,000 or more 3.4 3.6 2.3 9.8 7.2 3.6
Median income (dollars) 6,528 10,584 6,540 16,800 10,800 8,316
Number (thousands) 290 761 7,258 1,054 246 273
a. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
Table 5.C3 Percentage distribution of recipients, by marital status and quintiles of total money income
Private pension or
annuity (dollars)
All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 10.3 6.3 1.8 1.0 0.4 6.6 1.7 1.1 1.1 0 8.7 11.0 5.0 1.1 0.6
500–999 22.5 14.8 4.6 2.2 1.6 17.3 4.8 1.6 0.9 1.6 25.4 18.9 13.0 2.7 2.6
1,000–1,499 16.5 12.5 6.2 1.8 1.9 8.1 5.0 2.2 2.4 1.2 15.1 17.4 12.8 4.4 1.2
1,500–1,999 10.0 14.3 7.1 4.3 3.2 7.5 6.8 3.3 3.2 1.7 9.5 15.3 14.8 6.1 4.9
2,000–2,499 9.1 12.8 8.4 2.9 2.4 11.9 7.8 1.7 2.7 2.4 6.9 10.3 13.4 7.4 2.1
2,500–2,999 3.0 5.3 5.2 3.2 1.5 4.8 5.4 2.7 1.1 2.1 1.2 5.8 4.9 4.6 2.8
3,000–3,499 4.4 6.7 4.8 2.6 2.0 10.0 6.3 2.2 2.7 1.3 5.2 1.4 6.6 3.4 2.5
3,500–3,999 1.4 9.0 6.9 2.2 2.0 1.1 5.3 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.5 4.2 10.3 6.7 1.8
4,000–4,499 1.5 2.4 4.4 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.1 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.7 1.7 2.4 4.4 1.1
4,500–4,999 0.6 3.3 5.5 3.6 2.5 2.5 3.7 4.7 1.8 3.4 0.3 2.1 3.8 5.7 2.7
5,000–5,999 0.9 2.8 9.7 5.4 2.5 4.2 9.5 5.1 2.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 3.5 9.0 4.8
6,000–6,999 8.8 3.2 7.8 6.3 3.4 3.8 7.7 8.2 3.9 2.7 15.0 1.0 3.6 9.1 3.1
7,000–7,999 4.4 2.7 8.1 6.7 2.9 7.5 8.6 7.6 3.6 2.5 4.6 1.6 2.6 9.1 3.2
8,000–8,999 3.5 1.1 5.1 7.6 2.9 5.0 9.1 7.9 4.0 2.6 0 4.5 0.9 5.5 3.0
9,000–9,999 2.6 0.6 4.3 7.5 3.1 1.4 5.0 8.7 3.5 2.8 0 1.7 0.9 6.1 4.5
10,000–10,999 0 1.0 3.8 5.6 2.3 0.5 3.8 6.0 3.5 2.8 0 1.7 0.6 5.1 3.1
11,000–11,999 0 0.4 1.0 4.8 2.2 0.7 1.4 5.2 1.9 2.0 0 0 0.3 2.2 4.5
12,000–12,999 0 0.7 1.2 5.4 4.6 0.9 1.0 4.8 5.4 4.3 0 0 0.6 2.2 6.4
13,000–13,999 0 0.1 0.9 3.1 1.8 0.2 0.7 3.4 2.2 1.9 0 0 0 1.6 2.6
14,000–14,999 0.5 0 0.7 4.3 3.0 0 0.8 5.2 3.7 2.9 1.2 0 0 0.8 4.1
15,000–19,999 0 0.1 1.8 11.5 11.8 2.3 0.8 10.6 14.3 9.7 0 0 0.1 2.3 15.8
20,000–24,999 0 0 0.7 3.8 12.0 0 1.6 1.7 14.2 8.0 0 0 0 0.3 10.1
25,000–29,999 0 0 0 1.4 8.9 0 0 0.9 9.9 8.3 0 0 0 0 3.9
30,000–34,999 0 0 0 0.2 5.5 0 0 0.3 4.5 4.5 0 0 0 0 3.3
35,000–39,999 0 0 0 0.3 2.8 0 0 0.4 1.9 3.6 0 0 0 0 1.2
40,000–44,999 0 0 0 0.1 2.2 0 0 0 0.7 3.8 0 0 0 0 1.0
45,000–49,999 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0
50,000 or more 0 0 0 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 17.7 0 0 0 0 3.0
Median income (dollars) 1,584 2,112 4,545 8,664 15,600 2,400 5,050 8,400 13,200 18,000 1,584 1,560 2,184 5,380 12,000
Number (thousands) 301 963 1,772 2,393 2,103 232 772 1,062 1,023 796 128 327 791 1,278 1,123
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,721, $15,181, $23,880, and $40,982 for all units; $18,648, $27,744, $39,000, and $63,108 for married couples; and $7,892, $11,448, $15,638, and $24,855 for nonmarried persons.
Table 5.C4 Percentage distribution of recipients, by sex and marital status
Private pension or
annuity (dollars)
All persons Men Women
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 2.3 1.3 1.5 0.7 3.8 3.2 4.0
500–999 5.5 3.2 2.9 4.0 8.6 8.6 8.7
1,000–1,499 5.3 3.5 3.2 4.4 7.5 6.6 7.9
1,500–1,999 6.6 4.7 3.8 7.5 9.0 8.7 9.1
2,000–2,499 5.9 4.1 3.9 4.6 8.3 7.6 8.5
2,500–2,999 3.5 2.8 3.0 2.3 4.5 3.2 5.0
3,000–3,499 3.7 3.8 3.4 4.9 3.5 4.5 3.2
3,500–3,999 4.3 3.1 3.0 3.6 5.8 4.0 6.5
4,000–4,499 2.7 2.1 2.4 1.0 3.5 3.7 3.4
4,500–4,999 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.5 3.9
5,000–5,999 5.1 4.3 3.9 5.4 6.2 7.4 5.7
6,000–6,999 5.8 6.5 6.5 6.3 5.0 4.7 5.2
7,000–7,999 5.6 6.1 6.4 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0
8,000–8,999 4.3 5.7 5.9 4.9 2.5 2.1 2.7
9,000–9,999 4.5 5.7 5.5 6.4 3.0 3.7 2.7
10,000–10,999 3.3 4.0 3.8 4.6 2.4 2.9 2.3
11,000–11,999 2.4 2.8 2.7 3.1 1.9 2.2 1.8
12,000–12,999 3.3 4.1 4.0 4.4 2.4 2.9 2.2
13,000–13,999 1.8 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.4 2.3 1.1
14,000–14,999 2.2 2.6 3.2 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.8
15,000–19,999 6.8 8.8 8.6 9.2 4.3 5.0 4.0
20,000–24,999 4.1 5.5 5.8 4.6 2.4 1.9 2.6
25,000–29,999 2.2 3.1 3.6 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.1
30,000–34,999 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.9
35,000–39,999 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3
40,000–44,999 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2
45,000–49,999 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 0
50,000 or more 2.0 3.2 3.6 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.4
Median income (dollars) 6,000 8,148 8,400 7,200 3,816 4,356 3,600
Number (thousands) 8,018 4,559 3,388 1,170 3,459 982 2,477
 
Table 5.C5 Percentage distribution of recipients, by sex and age
Private pension or
annuity (dollars)
All persons Men Women
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 1.9 1.1 2.7 3.7 2.2 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.1 4.4 6.4
500–999 2.7 5.4 6.5 7.4 2.0 3.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 8.7 9.6 11.2
1,000–1,499 2.9 6.2 5.4 6.4 1.6 5.0 3.7 3.8 4.9 7.9 7.5 9.2
1,500–1,999 5.1 6.0 6.4 8.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 6.5 6.4 8.6 9.1 11.1
2,000–2,499 6.9 5.8 4.2 6.7 4.1 3.7 2.8 5.9 11.6 8.8 5.9 7.5
2,500–2,999 2.7 3.1 4.5 3.9 2.0 2.0 4.3 3.2 3.8 4.7 4.8 4.5
3,000–3,499 3.8 3.7 2.4 4.7 3.2 3.5 2.8 5.7 4.7 4.0 1.9 3.6
3,500–3,999 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.4 3.2 2.3 3.5 3.6 4.7 7.0 6.4 5.2
4,000–4,499 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.4 1.1 2.8 1.6 2.8 4.9 2.0 3.2 4.1
4,500–4,999 3.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 3.9 4.1 3.7 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.6
5,000–5,999 4.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 3.6 4.9 3.9 4.8 5.7 6.1 7.2 5.7
6,000–6,999 6.1 5.5 6.4 5.4 4.6 6.9 8.0 6.4 8.5 3.5 4.5 4.2
7,000–7,999 6.6 5.5 5.8 4.7 6.5 6.9 5.0 5.9 6.9 3.4 6.7 3.5
8,000–8,999 4.5 4.8 4.8 3.3 5.8 5.3 6.9 4.7 2.3 4.1 2.2 1.8
9,000–9,999 4.1 4.8 4.2 5.0 5.3 4.5 6.1 7.1 2.2 5.2 1.9 2.6
10,000–10,999 3.0 4.0 2.6 3.6 3.1 4.7 3.3 4.8 3.0 2.9 1.7 2.3
11,000–11,999 3.0 2.5 2.7 1.7 3.5 2.8 3.3 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.5
12,000–12,999 4.3 3.2 3.9 2.1 4.5 4.2 4.6 3.1 4.1 1.7 3.0 1.1
13,000–13,999 1.0 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 2.4 2.1 2.5 0.3 2.1 2.0 1.3
14,000–14,999 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.4 4.7 2.8 1.9 0.9 0.8 1.8 2.0 2.0
15,000–19,999 7.6 7.1 6.8 5.9 9.8 8.7 8.7 7.7 4.0 4.7 4.6 4.0
20,000–24,999 6.6 4.4 3.3 2.3 8.6 5.4 4.2 3.4 3.5 2.9 2.4 1.2
25,000–29,999 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.4 1.8 0.3 1.0 1.1
30,000–34,999 1.8 1.7 1.1 0.6 2.2 2.1 1.2 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8
35,000–39,999 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.2 0.3 0 0.4
40,000–44,999 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.3 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.5 0 0 0.6 0.1
45,000–49,999 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
50,000 or more 3.7 1.3 2.2 0.9 5.3 2.3 3.6 1.7 1.3 0 0.5 0.1
Median income (dollars) 7,200 6,100 6,000 4,640 9,600 8,000 8,040 6,600 4,800 3,816 4,000 3,000
Number (thousands) 1,959 2,084 1,890 2,084 1,213 1,234 1,033 1,079 746 851 857 1,005
 
Table 5.C6 Percentage distribution of recipients, by marital status and age
Government employee pension a (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.0
500–999 0 1.4 0.8 0 1.1 0.6 0 1.8 1.1
1,000–1,499 1.5 0.3 2.0 1.2 0.6 1.8 2.0 0 2.2
1,500–1,999 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.4 1.3 0 0 1.4
2,000–2,499 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.5 3.1 1.9
2,500–2,999 0.5 2.0 1.8 0.4 1.1 1.7 0.7 3.3 2.0
3,000–3,999 3.5 4.7 3.9 3.7 5.2 3.3 3.2 4.0 4.5
4,000–4,999 2.3 4.5 3.5 1.3 4.8 1.8 4.2 4.1 5.2
5,000–5,999 0.3 1.7 2.1 0 1.4 1.4 0.9 2.1 2.8
6,000–6,999 3.0 3.0 4.5 0.8 3.3 3.3 6.6 2.6 5.9
7,000–7,999 1.9 1.1 5.4 0.9 0.7 2.9 3.7 1.8 8.0
8,000–8,999 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.3
9,000–9,999 3.3 2.2 4.3 3.7 2.4 2.7 2.5 1.9 6.0
10,000–10,999 1.7 3.3 3.5 2.4 2.4 3.3 0.6 4.7 3.7
11,000–11,999 0.7 1.5 2.1 0.6 1.7 1.9 1.0 1.1 2.3
12,000–12,999 4.6 4.1 5.1 5.2 4.1 5.2 3.4 4.2 4.9
13,000–13,999 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.5 1.9 2.8 4.0 3.7 2.3
14,000–14,999 4.7 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.1 4.3 4.6 1.0 2.8
15,000–19,999 12.2 11.4 12.2 11.0 7.7 13.4 14.4 17.0 11.0
20,000–24,999 13.2 13.5 11.1 14.8 12.8 12.0 10.4 14.5 10.1
25,000–29,999 8.9 10.5 6.2 9.2 11.1 7.7 8.4 9.5 4.5
30,000–34,999 7.6 5.6 4.9 5.8 6.2 5.4 10.6 4.7 4.4
35,000–39,999 7.5 4.5 3.9 9.2 5.9 4.4 4.6 2.5 3.3
40,000–44,999 3.8 4.4 3.4 3.2 7.2 4.9 4.9 0 1.8
45,000–49,999 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0 0.9 0.3
50,000 or more 11.5 11.0 6.5 14.7 13.0 9.5 6.0 7.9 3.3
Median income (dollars) 21,600 20,000 14,400 23,640 24,000 18,000 18,900 16,000 11,500
Number (thousands) 942 525 3,548 595 316 1,819 346 209 1,728
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
Table 5.C7 Percentage distribution of recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status and age
Government employee pension a (dollars) Beneficiary b Nonbeneficiary
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 0.5 1.5 1.4 0.3 0 0
500–999 0 1.9 0.9 0 0.6 0.5
1,000–1,499 2.1 0.2 2.2 1.4 0.5 0.1
1,500–1,999 2.8 1.4 1.5 0.1 0 0
2,000–2,499 0 1.1 1.8 1.4 1.9 0.1
2,500–2,999 1.4 2.9 1.7 0.4 0.7 2.5
3,000–3,999 4.8 6.0 4.3 3.3 3.0 0.1
4,000–4,999 0 6.1 3.8 2.7 2.3 0.5
5,000–5,999 1.7 1.5 2.1 0.1 2.0 2.1
6,000–6,999 7.6 2.8 4.9 2.3 3.4 1.0
7,000–7,999 7.5 0.7 5.8 1.2 1.8 1.2
8,000–8,999 5.0 2.8 1.8 1.4 0 2.4
9,000–9,999 6.7 1.8 4.5 2.8 2.8 2.8
10,000–10,999 1.5 4.1 3.7 1.7 2.3 1.8
11,000–11,999 1.5 1.5 2.0 0.6 1.5 3.1
12,000–12,999 0.7 5.3 5.4 5.1 2.5 2.0
13,000–13,999 5.0 2.1 2.7 2.8 3.3 0.9
14,000–14,999 3.9 1.2 3.8 4.8 0.9 1.1
15,000–19,999 10.0 9.1 12.0 12.5 14.6 13.9
20,000–24,999 10.9 10.8 10.3 13.5 17.2 18.6
25,000–29,999 3.2 9.5 5.6 9.7 11.8 11.9
30,000–34,999 2.3 6.3 4.6 8.3 4.6 7.7
35,000–39,999 10.7 2.9 4.0 7.1 6.8 3.1
40,000–44,999 0.4 5.0 2.6 4.3 3.4 10.8
45,000–49,999 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.1
50,000 or more 9.6 11.1 6.1 11.8 10.8 10.4
Median income (dollars) 14,184 17,736 13,680 23,000 21,000 24,000
Number (thousands) 113 305 3,210 829 220 338
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
b. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
Table 5.C8 Percentage distribution of recipients, by marital status and quintiles of total money income
Government employee pension a (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 b 7.6 0.4 1.0 0.1 b 0 1.5 0.3 0 b b 2.3 0.5 0.7
500–999 b 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.3 b 0.1 1.4 0.7 0.1 b b 1.6 0.6 0.6
1,000–1,499 b 6.0 3.6 1.8 0.5 b 5.9 1.8 1.8 0 b b 4.4 2.8 0.4
1,500–1,999 b 2.6 1.9 1.3 0.8 b 2.2 1.8 0.9 1.1 b b 2.8 2.2 0.3
2,000–2,499 b 5.1 2.4 0.8 1.2 b 2.6 1.2 1.2 0.6 b b 3.7 1.9 1.1
2,500–2,999 b 3.4 4.0 2.0 0.4 b 1.1 3.6 1.2 0.2 b b 3.8 3.6 0.5
3,000–3,999 b 9.4 5.7 2.1 3.8 b 8.9 1.2 3.5 2.8 b b 9.9 5.5 2.8
4,000–4,999 b 12.7 7.0 2.0 1.3 b 3.9 3.2 0.7 0.9 b b 11.6 6.5 2.0
5,000–5,999 b 6.4 3.2 1.8 0.8 b 2.7 1.5 1.6 0.4 b b 5.7 3.9 0.8
6,000–6,999 b 12.0 10.0 3.1 2.0 b 6.7 3.9 3.3 1.2 b b 14.3 10.0 1.3
7,000–7,999 b 11.5 12.9 5.1 1.3 b 5.4 4.4 2.1 0.6 b b 14.8 12.7 4.1
8,000–8,999 b 3.4 3.3 2.1 0.7 b 0.2 4.0 0.7 0.9 b b 4.4 3.3 1.0
9,000–9,999 b 4.5 10.6 3.7 2.2 b 7.1 2.0 1.6 1.9 b b 5.9 9.8 4.1
10,000–10,999 b 2.5 5.1 5.7 1.3 b 5.5 6.9 2.5 0.7 b b 1.4 5.3 3.5
11,000–11,999 b 4.8 2.5 3.0 0.9 b 3.5 3.4 0.7 1.0 b b 4.3 3.8 1.3
12,000–12,999 b 2.8 6.8 5.9 4.2 b 6.7 5.7 7.5 2.3 b b 5.9 6.2 4.4
13,000–13,999 b 2.1 1.6 4.3 1.7 b 2.6 5.1 2.5 1.8 b b 2.4 2.5 2.3
14,000–14,999 b 1.0 2.7 5.6 2.8 b 7.0 4.6 4.4 2.5 b b 0.1 3.1 3.5
15,000–19,999 b 0.5 13.1 18.3 9.4 b 15.7 19.2 14.4 7.3 b b 0.6 12.3 13.9
20,000–24,999 b 0 2.6 17.4 11.8 b 10.7 15.7 15.9 7.3 b b 0 3.4 17.5
25,000–29,999 b 0 0 6.4 9.8 b 1.3 5.0 8.6 12.0 b b 0 0 8.7
30,000–34,999 b 0 0 4.4 8.4 b 0 2.1 7.7 8.3 b b 0 0 8.5
35,000–39,999 b 0 0 0.7 9.0 b 0 0.8 8.5 5.5 b b 0 0 6.4
40,000–44,999 b 0 0 0.4 8.0 b 0 0 7.1 8.8 b b 0 0 3.5
45,000–49,999 b 0 0 0 1.4 b 0 0 0.3 2.5 b b 0 0 0.5
50,000 or more b 0 0 0 15.9 b 0 0 0.1 29.2 b b 0 0 6.3
Median income (dollars) b 5,172 7,800 14,400 26,400 b 10,920 13,200 19,488 32,160 b b 6,000 7,992 20,000
Number (thousands) 61 250 596 1,194 1,448 46 224 432 528 590 28 69 219 513 900
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,721, $15,181, $23,880, and $40,982 for all units; $18,648, $27,744, $39,000, and $63,108 for married couples; and $7,892, $11,448, $15,638, and $24,855 for nonmarried persons.
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
b. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.
Table 5.C9 Percentage distribution of recipients, by sex and marital status
Government employee pension a (dollars) All persons Men Women
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.0 1.1 2.5
500–999 0.9 0.1 0 0.3 1.6 2.3 1.3
1,000–1,499 2.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 3.1 3.9 2.7
1,500–1,999 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.7 1.6 1.4 1.6
2,000–2,499 1.6 1.3 1.0 2.2 2.0 2.5 1.7
2,500–2,999 2.1 1.6 1.3 2.6 2.6 4.6 1.7
3,000–3,999 3.9 3.2 3.2 3.4 4.6 3.8 4.9
4,000–4,999 3.6 1.8 1.7 1.9 5.4 3.1 6.4
5,000–5,999 2.2 1.6 1.0 3.3 2.7 2.9 2.7
6,000–6,999 4.7 2.3 2.3 2.1 7.1 7.0 7.2
7,000–7,999 5.5 3.2 2.5 5.5 7.8 5.5 8.9
8,000–8,999 2.3 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.6 3.4 2.2
9,000–9,999 4.2 2.4 2.3 2.7 6.0 3.4 7.2
10,000–10,999 3.5 2.6 2.4 3.0 4.3 5.1 3.9
11,000–11,999 2.3 2.0 2.2 1.3 2.5 2.2 2.7
12,000–12,999 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.9 5.7 8.2 4.5
13,000–13,999 2.7 2.3 2.6 1.3 3.1 4.3 2.6
14,000–14,999 3.2 3.7 3.5 4.6 2.7 4.2 2.1
15,000–19,999 13.5 16.1 17.5 11.8 11.0 11.7 10.7
20,000–24,999 11.1 14.4 14.1 15.5 7.8 6.9 8.2
25,000–29,999 5.8 7.3 7.9 5.7 4.2 4.3 4.1
30,000–34,999 4.6 5.8 5.8 5.6 3.5 2.4 4.0
35,000–39,999 3.6 4.7 4.3 6.0 2.4 2.6 2.4
40,000–44,999 3.5 5.6 6.2 3.7 1.4 2.0 1.1
45,000–49,999 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
50,000 or more 4.9 8.0 8.5 6.3 1.9 1.3 2.2
Median income (dollars) 14,100 18,180 18,920 17,580 10,200 10,800 9,600
Number (thousands) 3,707 1,848 1,391 457 1,859 588 1,271
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
Table 5.C10 Percentage distribution of recipients, by sex, Social Security beneficiary status, and marital status
Employer pension a (dollars) Total Beneficiary b Nonbeneficiary
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
All persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 1.9 1.9 1.5 2.5 1.5 0.7 2.7
500–999 3.9 4.1 3.2 5.1 1.5 0.8 2.5
1,000–1,499 4.1 4.3 3.4 5.4 1.5 0.8 2.7
1,500–1,999 4.8 5.1 3.8 6.5 1.0 1.3 0.6
2,000–2,499 4.5 4.6 3.7 5.7 3.9 4.9 2.3
2,500–2,999 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.3 1.0 0 2.6
3,000–3,999 6.4 6.6 5.6 7.7 4.2 5.1 3.1
4,000–4,999 5.6 5.9 5.4 6.5 1.6 1.6 1.7
5,000–5,999 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.8 1.6 0.6 3.1
6,000–6,999 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.2 3.7 2.1 6.1
7,000–7,999 5.7 5.8 5.4 6.2 4.1 4.9 3.0
8,000–8,999 3.7 3.7 4.4 3.0 3.7 2.7 5.3
9,000–9,999 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5 2.7 2.3 3.3
10,000–10,999 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.8
11,000–11,999 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.9 2.3 3.6
12,000–12,999 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.7 4.6 2.3
13,000–13,999 2.2 2.3 2.7 1.8 1.1 1.9 0
14,000–14,999 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.2 1.7 2.5 0.6
15,000–19,999 8.9 8.7 9.7 7.6 11.8 13.1 9.9
20,000–24,999 6.5 5.9 6.6 5.1 13.6 14.5 12.4
25,000–29,999 3.4 3.1 4.1 1.9 7.3 6.9 8.0
30,000–34,999 2.5 2.4 2.8 1.9 4.7 3.2 6.8
35,000–39,999 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.6 2.6
40,000–44,999 1.5 1.0 1.4 0.5 8.5 10.5 5.5
45,000–49,999 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.3
50,000 or more 3.1 2.8 3.9 1.4 7.2 7.9 6.2
Median income (dollars) 8,160 7,596 9,108 6,100 16,800 17,448 15,540
Number (thousands) 11,436 10,618 5,734 4,884 818 487 331
Men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.4
500–999 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.7 1.3 0 5.1
1,000–1,499 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.7 0.8 1.1 0
1,500–1,999 3.6 3.9 3.2 5.9 0.1 0.1 0
2,000–2,499 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.5 5.6 5.3 6.7
2,500–2,999 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 1.9 0 7.4
3,000–3,999 5.6 5.6 5.3 6.7 5.6 5.3 6.4
4,000–4,999 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.4 1.0 1.3 0
5,000–5,999 3.6 3.7 3.5 4.5 1.8 0 7.0
6,000–6,999 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.2 3.6 2.9 5.5
7,000–7,999 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.7 4.6 6.1 0.1
8,000–8,999 4.6 4.7 4.9 3.9 3.9 2.8 7.0
9,000–9,999 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.5 1.4 0 5.6
10,000–10,999 3.4 3.6 3.4 4.1 0.7 0.7 0.9
11,000–11,999 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.9 0.9 1.2 0
12,000–12,999 4.4 4.4 4.2 5.2 3.9 4.6 1.6
13,000–13,999 2.2 2.4 2.6 1.9 0.3 0.4 0
14,000–14,999 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.3 2.2 3.0 0
15,000–19,999 10.7 10.8 11.0 10.2 8.4 9.1 6.6
20,000–24,999 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.8 17.0 18.5 12.6
25,000–29,999 4.4 4.2 4.9 2.1 7.5 7.5 7.6
30,000–34,999 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.2 4.0 4.0 4.1
35,000–39,999 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.2 3.4
40,000–44,999 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.5 9.4 12.0 1.8
45,000–49,999 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.3
50,000 or more 4.8 4.4 4.9 2.8 10.8 11.1 9.9
Median income (dollars) 10,331 9,948 10,435 9,120 20,000 20,556 9,600
Number (thousands) 6,277 5,824 4,337 1,487 453 338 115
Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–499 3.0 3.1 2.7 3.2 2.3 0 3.9
500–999 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.1 1.7 2.5 1.1
1,000–1,499 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.2 2.4 0 4.1
1,500–1,999 6.2 6.5 5.8 6.8 2.2 4.0 1.0
2,000–2,499 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.6 1.7 4.1 0
2,500–2,999 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.8 0 0 0
3,000–3,999 7.4 7.7 6.7 8.2 2.6 4.6 1.3
4,000–4,999 6.9 7.3 7.1 7.4 2.4 2.1 2.6
5,000–5,999 5.0 5.3 6.2 5.0 1.4 1.9 1.0
6,000–6,999 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.2 3.9 0.2 6.5
7,000–7,999 6.0 6.2 5.6 6.5 3.5 2.0 4.6
8,000–8,999 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.5 2.2 4.4
9,000–9,999 3.9 3.8 3.4 4.0 4.2 7.3 2.1
10,000–10,999 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.1 4.9 6.3 3.9
11,000–11,999 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 5.3 5.0 5.6
12,000–12,999 3.6 3.6 4.6 3.2 3.5 4.7 2.7
13,000–13,999 2.2 2.2 3.2 1.8 2.2 5.3 0
14,000–14,999 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.4 0.9
15,000–19,999 6.8 6.2 5.6 6.4 16.0 22.2 11.7
20,000–24,999 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.9 9.4 5.4 12.3
25,000–29,999 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 7.1 5.7 8.1
30,000–34,999 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.8 5.5 1.6 8.2
35,000–39,999 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.1 2.3 2.4 2.2
40,000–44,999 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.1 7.3 7.1 7.5
45,000–49,999 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.7 1.3 0.2
50,000 or more 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.8 0.7 4.2
Median income (dollars) 5,952 5,400 5,820 5,292 15,000 13,200 16,800
Number (thousands) 5,159 4,794 1,396 3,397 365 150 216
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions and private pensions or annuities.
b. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.