HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of workers | Median weekly earnings | (in thousands) | Characteristic | | _____________________________ _____________________________ | | | | | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | SEX AND AGE | | | | Total, 16 years and over........................................| 87,379 | 89,282 | $467 | $479 | | | | Men, 16 years and over.........................................| 49,992 | 51,222 | 522 | 538 16 to 24 years................................................| 6,040 | 6,118 | 294 | 303 25 years and over.............................................| 43,952 | 45,104 | 576 | 588 | | | | Women, 16 years and over.......................................| 37,386 | 38,060 | 399 | 406 16 to 24 years................................................| 4,403 | 4,366 | 276 | 275 25 years and over.............................................| 32,983 | 33,695 | 421 | 428 | | | | | | | | RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX | | | | White..........................................................| 73,500 | 74,874 | 484 | 494 Men..........................................................| 42,816 | 43,747 | 547 | 566 Women........................................................| 30,685 | 31,127 | 408 | 415 | | | | Black..........................................................| 10,199 | 10,596 | 371 | 383 Men..........................................................| 5,099 | 5,279 | 400 | 411 Women........................................................| 5,100 | 5,317 | 346 | 355 | | | | Hispanic origin................................................| 8,274 | 8,719 | 324 | 329 Men..........................................................| 5,295 | 5,597 | 343 | 350 Women........................................................| 2,979 | 3,122 | 305 | 305 | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.