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