Respondent Cross-Year Summary Earnings

The Respondent Cross-Year Summary Earnings data set contains MEF earnings data for 29,146 respondents derived from the permission sets summarized below. Information is provided for years 1951 through 2020.

Product Details

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29,146
Product Type
Social Security Administration (SSA) Data
Entry Cohort Info
HRS; AHEAD; CODA; WB; EBB; MBB; LBB
Updated Through
HRS 2020 Wave
Latest Release
September 2022
Version Notes
  • This data set supersedes all previous Respondent Summary Earnings releases.
  • The Social Security Weights file is not included in this data distribution set.
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Notes: 

Geographic information in HRS public release data sets is recoded to Census Division categories. Files derived from SSA administrative data may merged with these data sets, but may not be merged with any data containing geographic identifiers at a level of detail below Census Division. In addition, data sets derived from SSA administrative data may not be merged with any other restricted data set(s) without the explicit written permission of the Health and Retirement Study.