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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
CharacteristicNumber of workers
(in thousands)
Median weekly earnings
2012201320122013

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

102,749104,262$768$776

Men, 16 years and over

57,28657,994854860

16 to 24 years

5,1645,207468479

25 years and over

52,12252,787910912

Women, 16 years and over

45,46246,268691706

16 to 24 years

3,8664,041416423

25 years and over

41,59742,228727740

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

81,77982,672792802

Men

46,67247,053879884

Women

35,10835,619710722

Black or African American

12,23012,439621629

Men

5,7565,851665664

Women

6,4746,588599606

Asian

5,7906,073920942

Men

3,2313,3761,0551,059

Women

2,5602,698770819

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

16,30216,859568578

Men

9,88710,325592594

Women

6,4146,534521541

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.

 

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014