Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected
characteristics, 2006-07 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2006 2007
Foreign Born Native Born Earnings Foreign Born Native Born Earnings
of of
Characteristic foreign foreign
born as born as
Median Median percent Median Median percent
Number weekly Number weekly of Number weekly Number weekly of
earnings earnings native earnings earnings native
born (1) born (1)
Total, 16 years and over......... 17,267 $532 88,839 $698 76.2 17,876 $554 89,463 $722 76.8
Men................................ 10,931 563 48,816 782 72.0 11,329 585 48,969 809 72.3
Women.............................. 6,336 502 40,022 611 82.1 6,547 509 40,494 627 81.2
AGE
16 to 24 years................... 1,608 379 9,753 414 91.5 1,650 391 9,599 435 89.8
25 to 34 years................... 5,008 508 20,407 647 78.4 5,078 520 20,792 669 77.8
35 to 44 years................... 5,035 597 22,159 776 76.9 5,186 604 21,814 807 74.7
45 to 54 years................... 3,567 612 22,814 801 76.4 3,816 615 22,877 817 75.2
55 to 64 years................... 1,703 608 11,919 787 77.3 1,761 632 12,435 828 76.3
65 years and over................ 345 554 1,787 588 94.3 386 518 1,946 622 83.3
RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY (2)
White non-Hispanic or Latino .... 3,051 765 68,410 740 103.3 3,084 805 68,484 762 105.6
Black non-Hispanic or Latino .... 1,349 563 10,939 557 101.1 1,442 585 11,160 569 102.8
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino .... 3,685 790 1,066 789 100.1 3,876 832 1,188 832 100.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..... 9,010 430 6,683 572 75.1 9,297 448 6,904 605 74.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over....... 15,659 575 79,085 743 77.4 16,225 586 79,864 763 76.7
Less than a high school
diploma......................... 4,542 396 4,487 462 85.8 4,582 405 4,164 479 84.6
High school graduates, no
college (3)..................... 3,813 507 24,210 607 83.5 3,928 511 24,069 617 82.9
Some college or associate
degree.......................... 2,446 613 23,580 701 87.4 2,539 617 23,651 714 86.5
Bachelor's degree and higher (4). 4,857 1,024 26,808 1,042 98.2 5,177 1,057 27,980 1,075 98.3
1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ slightly from percents computed using the rounded
medians displayed in this table.
2 Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for
further information.
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