Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)		 Median weekly earnings
4th
2010		 4th
2011		 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
4th
2010		 4th
2011		 4th
2010		 4th
2011

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

 100,120 101,458 $752 $764 $344 $338

Men, 16 years and over

 55,500 56,678 830 843 379 373

16 to 24 years

 4,652 4,943 449 466 205 206

25 years and over

 50,848 51,735 878 893 401 395

Women, 16 years and over

 44,620 44,779 679 688 310 304

16 to 24 years

 3,612 3,787 436 420 199 186

25 years and over

 41,008 40,993 709 724 324 320

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

 81,038 82,124 772 786 353 348

Men

 45,917 46,881 857 871 391 385

Women

 35,121 35,242 695 709 318 314

Black or African American

 11,838 11,718 614 621 281 275

Men

 5,535 5,533 629 660 287 292

Women

 6,303 6,185 605 601 276 266

Asian

 4,951 5,271 828 880 378 389

Men

 2,771 2,929 947 960 433 425

Women

 2,180 2,341 719 771 329 341

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 15,054 15,222 539 537 246 238

Men

 9,374 9,542 567 562 259 248

Women

 5,680 5,680 510 508 233 225

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.

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Last Modified Date: January 24, 2012