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Respondent Cross-Year Summary Earnings

The Respondent Cross-Year Summary Earnings data set contains MEF earnings data for 30,531 respondents derived from the permission sets summarized below. Information is provided for years 1951 through 2023.

Product Details

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30,531
Product Type
Social Security Administration (SSA) Data
Entry Cohort Info
HRS; AHEAD; CODA; WB; EBB; MBB; LBB; EGENX
Updated Through
HRS 2022 Wave
Latest Release
April 2026
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.
Documentation and Links
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.