Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages
Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages
Number of workers Median weekly earnings
(in thousands)
Characteristic In current dollars In constant (1982)
dollars
2006 2007
2006 2007 2006 2007
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over.................................. 106,106 107,339 $671 $695 $321 $323
Men, 16 years and over.................................. 59,747 60,298 743 766 356 356
16 to 24 years........................................ 6,559 6,458 418 443 200 206
25 years and over..................................... 53,188 53,840 797 823 381 383
Women, 16 years and over................................ 46,358 47,041 600 614 287 286
16 to 24 years........................................ 4,802 4,792 395 409 189 190
25 years and over..................................... 41,556 42,249 627 646 300 301
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White................................................... 86,055 86,653 690 716 330 333
Men................................................... 49,650 49,889 761 788 364 367
Women................................................. 36,405 36,764 609 626 292 291
Black or African American............................... 12,745 13,061 554 569 265 265
Men................................................... 6,025 6,186 591 600 283 279
Women................................................. 6,720 6,874 519 533 248 248
Asian................................................... 4,840 5,155 784 830 375 386
Men................................................... 2,717 2,858 882 936 422 435
Women................................................. 2,123 2,297 699 731 335 340
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............................ 15,693 16,201 486 503 233 234
Men................................................... 10,007 10,248 505 520 242 242
Women................................................. 5,686 5,953 440 473 211 220
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 17, 2008
