SALARY is a 7-digit numeric variable.
9999998 = Logical Skip
9999999 = Missing
Description
SALARY provides the respondent's salary for the principal job. Respondents are asked to report their basic annual salary, excluding deductions, bonuses, overtime or additional compensation for summertime teaching or research. If the respondent is not salaried, they are asked to provide an estimate of their annual earned income, excluding business expenses.
Comparability
The top-coding value for SALARY changes across surveys:
SESTAT-NSRCG: top coded at 100,000 current U.S. dollars.
All other surveys: top-coded at 150,000 current U.S. dollars.
In all surveys in 1993, the respondent was able to provide their salary based on the hour, week, month, year, academic year or other. This salary number was annualized and rounded to the nearest thousandth for public use.
Universe
- SESTAT NSRCG 1993: Working week of April 15, 1993
- SESTAT SDR 1993: Working week of April 15, 1993
- SESTAT NSCG 1993: Working week of April 15, 1993
- SESTAT NSRCG 1995: Working week of April 15, 1995
- SESTAT SDR 1995: Working week of April 15, 1995
- SESTAT NSCG 1995: Working week of April 15, 1995
- SESTAT NSRCG 1997: Working week of April 15, 1997
- SESTAT SDR 1997: Working week of April 15, 1997
- SESTAT NSCG 1997: Working week of April 15, 1997
- SESTAT NSRCG 1999: Working week of April 15, 1999
- SESTAT SDR 1999: Working week of April 15, 1999
- SESTAT NSCG 1999: Working week of April 15, 1999
- SESTAT NSRCG 2003: Working during the week of October 1, 2003
- SESTAT SDR 2003: Working during the week of October 1, 2003
- SESTAT NSCG 2003: Working during the week of October 1, 2003
- SESTAT NSRCG 2006: Working during the week of April 1, 2006
- SESTAT SDR 2006: Working during the week of April 1, 2006
- SESTAT NSCG 2006: Working during the week of April 1, 2006
- SESTAT NSRCG 2008: Working during the week of October 1, 2008
- SESTAT SDR 2008: Working during the week of October 1, 2008
- SESTAT NSCG 2008: Working during the week of October 1, 2008
- SESTAT NSRCG 2010: Working during the week of October 1, 2010
- SESTAT SDR 2010: Working during the week of October 1, 2010
- SESTAT NSCG 2010: Working during the week of October 1, 2010
- SESTAT SDR 2013: Working during the week of February 1, 2013
- SESTAT NSCG 2013: Working during the week of October 1, 2010
Availability
| SESTAT | SESTAT | SESTAT | Full SDR | Full SDR | |||
| NSCG | SDR | - | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - | |
| NSCG | SDR | NSRCG | - | - | - | - |
