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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
2015201620152016

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

109,080111,091$809$832

Men, 16 years and over

60,74661,930895915

16 to 24 years

5,4765,646510512

25 years and over

55,27056,284947969

Women, 16 years and over

48,33449,161726749

16 to 24 years

4,3144,430450486

25 years and over

44,02044,731761784

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

85,44386,474835862

Men

48,74649,310920942

Women

36,69837,163743766

Black or African American

13,58713,963641678

Men

6,4456,728680718

Women

7,1427,235615641

Asian

6,6387,0309931,021

Men

3,6843,8881,1291,151

Women

2,9543,142877902

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

18,31118,950604624

Men

11,14211,666631663

Women

7,1687,284566586

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 8, 2017