Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2009 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2009 annual averages
Industry	Total, both sexes		Women		Men		Women's earnings as percent of men's
Industry	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Women's earnings as percent of men's
Total, 16 years and over	99,820	$739	44,712	$657	55,108	$819	80.2
Agriculture and related industries	905	477	162	413	743	488	84.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	645	1,048	87	873	557	1,096	79.7
Construction	6,336	748	568	696	5,768	755	92.2
Manufacturing	12,659	768	3,467	618	9,193	837	73.8
Durable goods	7,996	808	1,916	655	6,080	875	74.9
Nondurable goods	4,663	707	1,550	577	3,113	782	73.8
Wholesale and retail trade	13,130	612	5,268	523	7,862	688	76.0
Wholesale trade	3,133	761	879	648	2,253	817	79.3
Retail trade	9,997	578	4,388	504	5,609	634	79.5
Transportation and utilities	5,836	830	1,242	685	4,593	872	78.6
Transportation and warehousing	4,642	791	1,032	662	3,610	828	80.0
Utilities	1,194	989	211	780	984	1,029	75.8
Information	2,551	898	1,015	756	1,536	997	75.8
Financial activities	7,511	841	4,126	732	3,384	1,039	70.5
Finance and insurance	5,793	883	3,393	738	2,401	1,186	62.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,717	728	734	699	983	749	93.3
Professional and business services	10,098	866	4,080	744	6,018	971	76.6
Professional and technical services	6,334	1,094	2,715	872	3,620	1,324	65.9
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,764	568	1,366	518	2,398	594	87.2
Education and health services	23,182	759	17,133	717	6,050	931	77.0
Educational services	9,871	852	6,734	808	3,137	957	84.4
Health care and social assistance	13,312	692	10,399	648	2,913	902	71.8
Leisure and hospitality	6,702	472	3,027	421	3,675	504	83.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,590	606	668	555	923	654	84.9
Accomodation and food services	5,112	423	2,359	398	2,752	471	84.5
Other services	3,881	605	1,703	503	2,178	697	72.2
Other services, except private households	3,528	627	1,386	531	2,142	702	75.6
Private households	353	398	317	399	36	(1)	(1)
Public administration	6,383	904	2,834	783	3,550	998	78.5
Footnotes: (1) Data not shown where the employment base is less than 50,000.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011