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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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
2018201920182019

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

115,567117,584$886$917

Men, 16 years and over

64,14265,0079731,007

16 to 24 years

5,8185,936575607

25 years and over

58,32459,0701,0261,070

Women, 16 years and over

51,42552,577789821

16 to 24 years

4,6114,830522540

25 years and over

46,81447,747830865

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

88,95390,194916945

Men

50,57051,1101,0021,036

Women

38,38439,084817840

Black or African American

15,04115,460694735

Men

7,2827,378735769

Women

7,7608,081654704

Asian

7,6437,8981,0951,174

Men

4,1694,3341,2411,336

Women

3,4743,5639371,025

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

20,29721,227680706

Men

12,22612,611720747

Women

8,0718,616617642

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 22, 2020