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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
2019202020192020

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

117,584110,387$917$984

Men, 16 years and over

65,00760,9111,0071,082

16 to 24 years

5,9365,191607622

25 years and over

59,07055,7201,0701,144

Women, 16 years and over

52,57749,476821891

16 to 24 years

4,8304,172540589

25 years and over

47,74745,304865929

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

90,19485,1429451,003

Men

51,11048,0511,0361,110

Women

39,08437,091840905

Black or African American

15,46014,044735794

Men

7,3786,709769830

Women

8,0817,335704764

Asian

7,8987,3531,1741,310

Men

4,3344,0841,3361,447

Women

3,5633,2691,0251,143

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

21,22719,558706758

Men

12,61111,695747797

Women

8,6167,863642705

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, 2021