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
I I
2007 2008
I I I I
2007 2008 2007 2008
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over....................................... 105,888 106,507 $693 $719 $328 $327
Men, 16 years and over....................................... 59,052 59,324 759 790 359 360
16 to 24 years............................................. 6,102 5,888 451 466 214 212
25 years and over.......................................... 52,951 53,436 811 848 384 386
Women, 16 years and over..................................... 46,836 47,182 615 637 291 290
16 to 24 years............................................. 4,632 4,531 414 419 196 191
25 years and over.......................................... 42,203 42,652 646 666 306 303
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White........................................................ 85,359 85,721 714 742 338 338
Men........................................................ 48,802 48,810 783 822 371 374
Women...................................................... 36,557 36,911 625 652 296 297
Black or African American.................................... 13,007 12,922 561 582 266 265
Men........................................................ 6,135 6,101 585 604 277 275
Women...................................................... 6,872 6,821 540 556 256 253
Asian........................................................ 5,146 5,297 798 842 378 383
Men........................................................ 2,845 2,981 864 939 409 427
Women...................................................... 2,301 2,316 743 754 352 343
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 16,037 15,588 502 520 238 237
Men........................................................ 10,092 9,819 520 538 246 245
Women...................................................... 5,946 5,769 471 501 223 228
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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