Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

      Table 5.  Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not
      seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                  Number of workers           Median weekly earnings   
                                                                                    (in thousands)                                     
                                 Characteristic                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                 III            III              III            III    
                                                                                 2008           2009             2008           2009   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                  SEX AND AGE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
       Total, 16 years and over............................................      22,345         24,291           $223           $229   
                                                                                                                                       
         Men, 16 years and over............................................       7,262          8,512            212            227   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       3,533          3,708            169            180   
           25 years and over...............................................       3,729          4,804            280            278   
                                                                                                                                       
         Women, 16 years and over..........................................      15,083         15,779            229            230   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       4,517          4,553            172            172   
           25 years and over...............................................      10,566         11,226            262            266   
                                                                                                                                       
                  RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
           White...........................................................      18,677         20,308            224            230   
               Men.........................................................       5,926          7,038            212            229   
               Women.......................................................      12,751         13,270            230            231   
                                                                                                                                       
           Black or African American.......................................       2,122          2,440            214            219   
               Men.........................................................         782            886            206            219   
               Women.......................................................       1,340          1,554            218            219   
                                                                                                                                       
           Asian...........................................................         879            969            245            246   
               Men.........................................................         301            355            244            230   
               Women.......................................................         578            614            246            256   
                                                                                                                                       
           Hispanic or Latino ethnicity....................................       2,781          3,358            220            230   
               Men.........................................................       1,043          1,430            226            241   
               Women.......................................................       1,739          1,928            216            222   
      
         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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