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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
CharacteristicNumber of workers
(in thousands)
Median weekly earnings
2011201220112012

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

100,457102,749$756$768

Men, 16 years and over

55,97157,286832854

16 to 24 years

4,9515,164455468

25 years and over

51,02052,122886910

Women, 16 years and over

44,48645,462684691

16 to 24 years

3,7723,866421416

25 years and over

40,71441,597718727

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

81,33681,779775792

Men

46,36046,672856879

Women

34,97635,108703710

Black or African American

11,60412,230615621

Men

5,4145,756653665

Women

6,1916,474595599

Asian

5,1975,790866920

Men

2,9123,2319701,055

Women

2,2842,560751770

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

15,14716,302549568

Men

9,4489,887571592

Women

5,7006,414518521

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013