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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