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Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, first quarter 2008 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, first quarter 2008 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...........................................  106,507      $719    59,324      $790    47,182      $637 
         16 to 24 years............................................   10,419       445     5,888       466     4,531       419 
           16 to 19 years..........................................    1,381       343       832       370       548       316 
           20 to 24 years..........................................    9,038       469     5,056       483     3,982       443 
         25 years and over.........................................   96,088       757    53,436       848    42,652       666 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   78,799       751    44,142       834    34,657       664 
             25 to 34 years........................................   25,469       659    14,532       701    10,938       618 
             35 to 44 years........................................   26,559       805    15,086       915    11,474       688 
             45 to 54 years........................................   26,770       809    14,524       927    12,246       700 
           55 years and over.......................................   17,289       781     9,295       932     7,995       674 
             55 to 64 years........................................   14,746       819     7,898       957     6,848       702 
             65 years and over.....................................    2,543       643     1,396       751     1,146       530 
                                                                                                                               
                                 White                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................   85,721       742    48,810       822    36,911       652 
         16 to 24 years............................................    8,376       453     4,790       475     3,585       422 
         25 years and over.........................................   77,345       780    44,019       881    33,326       683 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   62,740       774    35,997       864    26,743       680 
           55 years and over.......................................   14,605       816     8,023       960     6,583       693 
                                                                                                                               
                       Black or African American                                                                               
       16 years and over...........................................   12,922       582     6,101       604     6,821       556 
         16 to 24 years............................................    1,277       390       665       402       612       380 
         25 years and over.........................................   11,645       602     5,436       632     6,209       581 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    9,941       599     4,694       621     5,247       581 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,704       639       742       726       962       584 
                                                                                                                               
                                 Asian                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................    5,297       842     2,981       939     2,316       754 
         16 to 24 years............................................      384       557       193       520       191       604 
         25 years and over.........................................    4,913       875     2,788       974     2,125       769 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    4,188       914     2,396     1,027     1,791       781 
           55 years and over.......................................      726       696       391       694       334       700 
                                                                                                                               
                      Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                             
       16 years and over...........................................   15,588       520     9,819       538     5,769       501 
         16 to 24 years............................................    2,016       408     1,279       417       737       392 
         25 years and over.........................................   13,572       555     8,540       577     5,032       519 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   12,163       554     7,682       576     4,482       520 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,409       563       858       582       550       516 
     
        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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