Table 2.

Characteristics of men’s eight group-based income trajectories from ages 25–49

	Percent	APP	Median income, age 25	Median income, age 49
1. Lowest to very low	2.5%	.931	$1,351	$5,150
2. Very low to low	5.5%	.869	$8,106	$30,055
3. Lowest to middle	5.2%	.888	$2,220	$51,280
4. Low to very low early	1.9%	.935	$13,415	$4,320
5. Low to very low late	7.9%	.860	$16,569	$7,665
6. Low	23%	.833	$21,000	$32,960
7. Middle	37%	.860	$32,960	$56,625
8. Highest	17.1%	.908	$46,100	$116,640

Note: Incomes are presented in 2014 dollars. APP = Average probability of individuals’ placement onto the correct group-based trajectory of income.