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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