Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, third quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
and sex, third quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Total Men Women
Age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Number of Number of Number of
workers Median workers Median workers Median
(in weekly (in weekly (in weekly
thousands) earnings thousands) earnings thousands) earnings
TOTAL
16 years and over.......................................... 100,060 $738 55,359 $812 44,701 $657
16 to 24 years........................................... 9,465 429 5,261 448 4,204 415
16 to 19 years......................................... 1,380 330 819 346 561 313
20 to 24 years......................................... 8,085 458 4,442 479 3,643 435
25 years and over........................................ 90,595 774 50,098 870 40,497 691
25 to 54 years......................................... 73,185 767 40,856 849 32,329 691
25 to 34 years....................................... 23,790 678 13,499 713 10,291 637
35 to 44 years....................................... 24,295 817 13,789 912 10,506 720
45 to 54 years....................................... 25,100 836 13,568 944 11,532 727
55 years and over...................................... 17,410 813 9,242 957 8,169 693
55 to 64 years....................................... 14,884 838 7,798 979 7,086 706
65 years and over.................................... 2,526 691 1,444 791 1,083 599
White
16 years and over.......................................... 81,315 753 45,963 835 35,352 668
16 to 24 years........................................... 7,798 429 4,401 450 3,396 415
25 years and over........................................ 73,518 795 41,562 890 31,955 705
25 to 54 years......................................... 58,936 785 33,713 871 25,224 703
55 years and over...................................... 14,581 838 7,850 980 6,732 709
Black or African American
16 years and over.......................................... 11,514 607 5,335 622 6,179 593
16 to 24 years........................................... 992 411 484 425 508 396
25 years and over........................................ 10,522 627 4,852 666 5,671 609
25 to 54 years......................................... 8,756 623 4,059 649 4,698 609
55 years and over...................................... 1,766 659 793 780 973 611
Asian
16 years and over.......................................... 4,919 877 2,764 941 2,155 777
16 to 24 years........................................... 311 533 165 540 145 524
25 years and over........................................ 4,608 899 2,599 973 2,010 800
25 to 54 years......................................... 3,820 926 2,158 998 1,663 841
55 years and over...................................... 788 766 441 876 347 665
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
16 years and over.......................................... 14,586 527 9,203 539 5,383 513
16 to 24 years........................................... 1,743 385 1,057 380 686 391
25 years and over........................................ 12,843 560 8,146 577 4,697 537
25 to 54 years......................................... 11,328 554 7,241 569 4,086 534
55 years and over...................................... 1,515 612 905 665 610 566
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
