HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                
 ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                              
 
 37.  Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                        Number of workers           Median weekly earnings   
                                                                          (in thousands)                                     
                          Characteristic                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                       1996           1997           1996           1997     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                           SEX AND AGE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
 Total, 16 years and over........................................     90,918         93,578          $490           $503     
                                                                                                                             
  Men, 16 years and over.........................................     51,895         53,220           557            579     
   16 to 24 years................................................      5,976          6,174           307            317     
   25 years and over.............................................     45,919         47,046           599            615     
                                                                                                                             
  Women, 16 years and over.......................................     39,023         40,358           418            431     
   16 to 24 years................................................      4,307          4,522           284            292     
   25 years and over.............................................     34,715         35,836           444            462     
                                                                                                                             
                  RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  White..........................................................     76,151         77,973           506            519     
    Men..........................................................     44,428         45,349           580            595     
    Women........................................................     31,724         32,624           428            444     
                                                                                                                             
  Black..........................................................     10,871         11,356           387            400     
    Men..........................................................      5,316          5,517           412            432     
    Women........................................................      5,555          5,839           362            375     
                                                                                                                             
  Hispanic origin................................................      9,082          9,996           339            351     
    Men..........................................................      5,831          6,456           356            371     
    Women........................................................      3,251          3,540           316            318     

      NOTE:   Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
 group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Beginning in January 1997,
 data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.