Income in 1940

In 1940, census enumerators were instructed to enter an individual's income on the census. If that income was over $5,000, the enumerator was to enter: $5,000+. Since we cannot include the "+" in the Income field, please do the following, beginning immediately.

Type 5000 in the Income field
Type Income: $5,000+ in the individual's Remarks field

Here are the instructions for the enumerators:

https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1940.shtml