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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
CharacteristicNumber of workers
(in thousands)
Median weekly earnings
2010201120102011

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

99,531100,457$747$756

Men, 16 years and over

55,05955,971824832

16 to 24 years

4,7704,951443455

25 years and over

50,28951,020874886

Women, 16 years and over

44,47244,486669684

16 to 24 years

3,7823,772422421

25 years and over

40,69140,714704718

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

80,65681,336765775

Men

45,68546,360850856

Women

34,97134,976684703

Black or African American

11,65811,604611615

Men

5,3765,414633653

Women

6,2836,191592595

Asian

4,9465,197855866

Men

2,7532,912936970

Women

2,1932,284773751

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

14,83715,147535549

Men

9,2399,448560571

Women

5,5985,700508518

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.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012