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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
2014201520142015

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

106,526109,080$791$809

Men, 16 years and over

59,45060,746871895

16 to 24 years

5,4935,476493510

25 years and over

53,95755,270922947

Women, 16 years and over

47,07648,334719726

16 to 24 years

4,0904,314451450

25 years and over

42,98644,020752761

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

84,17785,443816835

Men

48,05848,746897920

Women

36,11936,698734743

Black or African American

12,91013,587639641

Men

6,1296,445680680

Women

6,7817,142611615

Asian

6,2736,638953993

Men

3,4883,6841,0801,129

Women

2,7842,954841877

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

17,47518,311594604

Men

10,75411,142616631

Women

6,7217,168548566

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: February 10, 2016