Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages
| Characteristic | Number of workers (in thousands) |
Median weekly earnings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | In current dollars | In constant (1982) dollars | |||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | |||
SEX AND AGE |
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Total, 16 years and over |
106,648 | 99,820 | $722 | $739 | $323 | $333 |
Men, 16 years and over |
59,439 | 55,108 | 798 | 819 | 358 | 368 |
16 to 24 years |
5,996 | 5,014 | 461 | 458 | 207 | 206 |
25 years and over |
53,444 | 50,094 | 857 | 873 | 384 | 393 |
Women, 16 years and over |
47,209 | 44,712 | 638 | 657 | 286 | 295 |
16 to 24 years |
4,625 | 3,943 | 420 | 424 | 188 | 191 |
25 years and over |
42,584 | 40,769 | 670 | 687 | 300 | 309 |
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX |
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White |
86,022 | 80,873 | 742 | 757 | 333 | 341 |
Men |
49,082 | 45,730 | 825 | 845 | 370 | 380 |
Women |
36,940 | 35,144 | 654 | 669 | 293 | 301 |
Black or African American |
12,821 | 11,713 | 589 | 601 | 264 | 270 |
Men |
6,031 | 5,386 | 620 | 621 | 278 | 279 |
Women |
6,790 | 6,327 | 554 | 582 | 248 | 262 |
Asian |
5,266 | 4,923 | 861 | 880 | 386 | 396 |
Men |
2,919 | 2,727 | 966 | 952 | 433 | 428 |
Women |
2,347 | 2,196 | 753 | 779 | 337 | 351 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
15,807 | 14,624 | 529 | 541 | 237 | 243 |
Men |
9,961 | 9,150 | 559 | 569 | 251 | 256 |
Women |
5,846 | 5,474 | 501 | 509 | 225 | 229 |
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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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