Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2010-2011 annual averages

Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2010-2011 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2010 2011
Foreign born Native born Earnings
of foreign
born as
percent of
native
born(1)		 Foreign born Native born Earnings
of foreign
born as
percent of
native
born(1)
Number Median
weekly
earnings		 Number Median
weekly
earnings		 Number Median
weekly
earnings		 Number Median
weekly
earnings

Total, 16 years and over

 16,253 $598 83,278 $771 77.5 16,441 $609 84,015 $780 78.0

Men

 10,056 610 45,003 873 69.9 10,177 624 45,794 879 71.0

Women

 6,197 577 38,275 686 84.1 6,264 585 38,222 701 83.5

AGE

16 to 24 years

 1,037 392 7,515 443 88.5 1,081 405 7,643 448 90.3

25 to 34 years

 4,288 551 19,813 709 77.7 4,120 569 20,177 718 79.3

35 to 44 years

 4,784 649 19,038 864 75.2 4,812 671 18,970 875 76.7

45 to 54 years

 3,810 643 21,396 878 73.2 3,962 680 21,172 899 75.6

55 to 64 years

 1,911 651 13,230 887 73.4 2,039 662 13,602 910 72.8

65 years and over

 422 584 2,287 708 82.4 429 621 2,452 760 81.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY(2)

White non-Hispanic or Latino

 2,809 850 64,060 824 103.2 2,876 883 64,359 837 105.5

Black non-Hispanic or Latino

 1,490 614 9,696 613 100.1 1,467 614 9,638 617 99.5

Asian non-Hispanic or Latino

 3,665 871 1,179 841 103.5 3,876 868 1,226 878 98.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 8,092 480 6,745 629 76.4 8,044 489 7,103 636 77.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Total, 25 years and over

 15,216 615 75,764 818 75.2 15,361 628 76,373 831 75.6

Less than a high school diploma

 3,895 416 3,258 486 85.5 3,822 417 3,197 497 83.9

High school graduates, no college(3)

 3,687 521 21,512 648 80.4 3,828 530 21,328 661 80.2

Some college or associate degree

 2,560 656 22,335 741 88.4 2,580 665 22,625 746 89.2

Bachelor's degree and higher(4)

 5,073 1,119 28,658 1,147 97.6 5,131 1,148 29,222 1,151 99.8

Footnotes
 (1) These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this table.
(2) Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
(3) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(4) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: May 24, 2012