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
2007 2008
2007 2008 2007 2008
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over.................................. 107,339 106,648 $695 $722 $323 $323
Men, 16 years and over.................................. 60,298 59,439 766 798 356 358
16 to 24 years........................................ 6,458 5,996 443 461 206 207
25 years and over..................................... 53,840 53,444 823 857 383 384
Women, 16 years and over................................ 47,041 47,209 614 638 286 286
16 to 24 years........................................ 4,792 4,625 409 420 190 188
25 years and over..................................... 42,249 42,584 646 670 301 300
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White................................................... 86,653 86,022 716 742 333 333
Men................................................... 49,889 49,082 788 825 367 370
Women................................................. 36,764 36,940 626 654 291 293
Black or African American............................... 13,061 12,821 569 589 265 264
Men................................................... 6,186 6,031 600 620 279 278
Women................................................. 6,874 6,790 533 554 248 248
Asian................................................... 5,155 5,266 830 861 386 386
Men................................................... 2,858 2,919 936 966 435 433
Women................................................. 2,297 2,347 731 753 340 337
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............................ 16,201 15,807 503 529 234 237
Men................................................... 10,248 9,961 520 559 242 251
Women................................................. 5,953 5,846 473 501 220 225
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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