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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        
                                                                            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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Last Modified Date: April 17, 2008

 

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