Table 16. Median usual weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers in current dollars by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979‐2009 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 16. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in current dollars by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979–2009 annual averages
Year	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total both sexes
1979	$241	$248	$199	-	$194
1980	262	269	212	-	209
1981	284	291	235	-	223
1982	302	310	245	-	240
1983	313	320	261	-	250
1984	326	336	269	-	259
1985	344	356	277	-	270
1986 (1)	359	371	291	-	277
1987	374	384	301	-	285
1988	385	395	314	-	290
1989	399	409	319	-	298
1990 (1)	412	424	329	-	304
1991	426	442	348	-	312
1992	440	458	357	-	321
1993	459	475	369	-	331
1994 (1)	467	484	371	-	324
1995	479	494	383	-	329
1996	490	506	387	-	339
1997 (1)	503	519	400	-	351
1998 (1)	523	545	426	-	370
1999 (1)	549	573	445	-	385
2000 (1)	576	590	474	$615	399
2001	596	610	491	639	417
2002	608	623	498	658	424
2003 (1)	620	636	514	693	440
2004	638	657	525	708	456
2005	651	672	520	753	471
2006	671	690	554	784	486
2007	695	716	569	830	503
2008 (1)	722	742	589	861	529
2009	739	757	601	880	541
Women
1979	$182	$184	$169	-	$157
1980	201	203	185	-	172
1981	219	221	206	-	190
1982	239	242	217	-	203
1983	252	254	232	-	215
1984	265	268	241	-	223
1985	277	281	252	-	230
1986 (1)	291	294	264	-	241
1987	303	307	276	-	251
1988	315	318	288	-	260
1989	328	334	301	-	269
1990 (1)	346	353	308	-	278
1991	366	373	323	-	292
1992	380	387	335	-	302
1993	393	401	348	-	313
1994 (1)	399	408	346	-	305
1995	406	415	355	-	305
1996	418	428	362	-	316
1997 (1)	431	444	375	-	318
1998 (1)	456	468	400	-	337
1999 (1)	473	483	409	-	348
2000 (1)	493	502	429	$547	366
2001	512	522	454	563	388
2002	529	547	473	566	397
2003 (1)	552	567	491	598	410
2004	573	584	505	613	419
2005	585	596	499	665	429
2006	600	609	519	699	440
2007	614	626	533	731	473
2008 (1)	638	654	554	753	501
2009	657	669	582	779	509
Men
1979	$292	$298	$227	-	$219
1980	313	320	244	-	234
1981	340	350	268	-	251
1982	364	375	278	-	269
1983	379	387	294	-	274
1984	392	401	303	-	287
1985	407	418	305	-	296
1986 (1)	419	433	319	-	299
1987	434	450	327	-	306
1988	449	465	348	-	308
1989	468	482	348	-	315
1990 (1)	481	494	361	-	318
1991	493	506	375	-	323
1992	501	514	380	-	339
1993	510	524	392	-	346
1994 (1)	522	547	400	-	343
1995	538	566	411	-	350
1996	557	580	412	-	356
1997 (1)	579	595	432	-	371
1998 (1)	598	615	468	-	390
1999 (1)	618	638	488	-	406
2000 (1)	641	662	510	$685	417
2001	670	689	529	732	440
2002	679	702	524	756	451
2003 (1)	695	715	555	772	464
2004	713	732	569	802	480
2005	722	743	559	825	489
2006	743	761	591	882	505
2007	766	788	600	936	520
2008 (1)	798	825	620	966	559
2009	819	845	621	952	569
Women's earnings as a percent of men's
1979	62.3	61.7	74.4	-	71.7
1980	64.2	63.4	75.8	-	73.5
1981	64.4	63.1	76.9	-	75.7
1982	65.7	64.5	78.1	-	75.5
1983	66.5	65.6	78.9	-	78.5
1984	67.6	66.8	79.5	-	77.7
1985	68.1	67.2	82.6	-	77.7
1986 (1)	69.5	67.9	82.8	-	80.6
1987	69.8	68.2	84.4	-	82.0
1988	70.2	68.4	82.8	-	84.4
1989	70.1	69.3	86.5	-	85.4
1990 (1)	71.9	71.5	85.3	-	87.4
1991	74.2	73.7	86.1	-	90.4
1992	75.8	75.3	88.2	-	89.1
1993	77.1	76.5	88.8	-	90.5
1994 (1)	76.4	74.6	86.5	-	88.9
1995	75.5	73.3	86.4	-	87.1
1996	75.0	73.8	87.9	-	88.8
1997 (1)	74.4	74.6	86.8	-	85.7
1998 (1)	76.3	76.1	85.5	-	86.4
1999 (1)	76.5	75.7	83.8	-	85.7
2000 (1)	76.9	75.8	84.1	79.9	87.8
2001	76.4	75.8	85.8	76.9	88.2
2002	77.9	77.9	90.3	74.9	88.0
2003 (1)	79.4	79.3	88.5	77.5	88.4
2004	80.4	79.8	88.8	76.4	87.3
2005	81.0	80.2	89.3	80.6	87.7
2006	80.8	80.0	87.8	79.3	87.1
2007	80.2	79.4	88.8	78.1	91.0
2008 (1)	79.9	79.3	89.4	78.0	89.6
2009	80.2	79.2	93.7	81.8	89.5
Footnotes: (1) The comparability of historical labor force data has been affected at various times by methodological and conceptual changes in the Current Population Survey (CPS). For an explanation, see the Historical Comparability documentation provided at https://www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.
NOTE: Beginning in 2003, estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) include persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race. Data for 2000-02 are for the category Asians and Pacific Islanders. Starting in 2003, Asians constitute a separate category. For more information, see the Historical Comparability documentation. Data for Asians were not tabulated prior to 2000. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011