Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not
seasonally adjusted
Number of workers Median weekly earnings
(in thousands)
Characteristic In current dollars In constant (1982)
dollars
III III
2008 2009
III III III III
2008 2009 2008 2009
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over....................................... 107,194 100,060 $720 $738 $317 $330
Men, 16 years and over....................................... 60,170 55,359 796 812 350 363
16 to 24 years............................................. 6,439 5,261 446 448 196 201
25 years and over.......................................... 53,731 50,098 857 870 377 389
Women, 16 years and over..................................... 47,025 44,701 631 657 278 294
16 to 24 years............................................. 4,886 4,204 406 415 179 186
25 years and over.......................................... 42,139 40,497 666 691 293 309
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White........................................................ 86,600 81,315 739 753 325 337
Men........................................................ 49,727 45,963 816 835 359 373
Women...................................................... 36,873 35,352 649 668 286 299
Black or African American.................................... 12,878 11,514 589 607 259 272
Men........................................................ 6,085 5,335 646 622 284 278
Women...................................................... 6,793 6,179 530 593 233 265
Asian........................................................ 5,266 4,919 854 877 376 392
Men........................................................ 3,004 2,764 960 941 422 421
Women...................................................... 2,261 2,155 723 777 318 348
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 16,095 14,586 529 527 233 236
Men........................................................ 10,197 9,203 566 539 249 241
Women...................................................... 5,898 5,383 498 513 219 229
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.
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Last Modified Date: October 16, 2009
