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                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                   I              I               I              I     
                                                                                  2007           2008            2007           2008   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                  SEX AND AGE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
       Total, 16 years and over............................................      22,369         22,195           $211           $216   
                                                                                                                                       
         Men, 16 years and over............................................       7,172          6,975            199            207   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       3,572          3,375            150            161   
           25 years and over...............................................       3,600          3,600            273            272   
                                                                                                                                       
         Women, 16 years and over..........................................      15,197         15,220            216            221   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       4,637          4,412            152            156   
           25 years and over...............................................      10,560         10,808            259            258   
                                                                                                                                       
                  RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
         White.............................................................      18,896         18,638            211            218   
           Men.............................................................       5,987          5,800            198            208   
           Women...........................................................      12,909         12,838            217            223   
                                                                                                                                       
         Black or African American.........................................       2,071          2,111            206            207   
           Men.............................................................         685            710            199            209   
           Women...........................................................       1,386          1,401            209            206   
                                                                                                                                       
         Asian.............................................................         815            879            237            220   
           Men.............................................................         281            283            233            211   
           Women...........................................................         534            596            240            225   
                                                                                                                                       
         Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......................................       2,581          2,647            203            212   
           Men.............................................................         954            995            221            222   
           Women...........................................................       1,627          1,652            195            206   
     
        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.