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Table 8 Socioeconomic profiles of post-1991 immigrant professionals from Eastern Europe by country of origin, 2006–2009 ACS

From: Segmented socioeconomic adaptation of New Eastern European professionals in the United States

Country

Percent with Master’s degree or higher

Most prevalent occupational category

Average personal income

N/N weighted

Albania

33.6

Management (21.8%)

49,527

227/5072

Belarus

48.1

Computers (22.0%)

60,910

326/6641

Bosnia and Herzegovina

24.1

Management (32.5%)

53,886

279/6503

Bulgaria

64.7

Management (25.6%)

56,895

558/11,989

Croatia

49.1

Management (29.3%)

78,198

115/2240

Czech Republic

69.4

Management (21.9%)

72,670

135/2579

Hungary

54.9

Management (24.4%)

68,338

227/4364

Latvia

43.0

Management (22.7%)

64,381

91/2078

Lithuania

42.5

Management (31.2%)

60,118

165/3715

Macedonia

28.6

Management (22%)

54,374

55/1021

Moldova

44.5

Management (26.1%)

58,754

155/3047

Poland

49.1

Management (27.0%)

51,840

1178/26,167

Romania

56.7

Management (19.8%)

65,267

936/19,688

Russia

59.2

Computers (20.5%)

62,655

2697/57,254

Slovakia

71.3

Management (23.4%)

53,233

125/2576

Ukraine

50.8

Management (20.4%)

62,647

1602/33,589