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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
2017201820172018

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

113,272115,567$860$886

Men, 16 years and over

62,98064,142941973

16 to 24 years

5,7915,818547575

25 years and over

57,19058,3249961,026

Women, 16 years and over

50,29151,425770789

16 to 24 years

4,4904,611499522

25 years and over

45,80146,814810830

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

87,73088,953890916

Men

50,00350,5709711,002

Women

37,72738,384795817

Black or African American

14,52115,041682694

Men

6,9287,282710735

Women

7,5937,760657654

Asian

7,3207,6431,0431,095

Men

4,0144,1691,2071,241

Women

3,3063,474903937

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

19,61520,297655680

Men

11,89612,226690720

Women

7,7198,071603617

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: January 18, 2019