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Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages

Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)
Median weekly earnings
2023 2024 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
2023 2024 2023 2024

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

120,907 120,053 $1,117 $1,159 $367 $369

Men, 16 years and over

66,700 65,941 1,202 1,261 394 402

16 to 24 years

6,356 6,054 736 778 242 248

25 years and over

60,344 59,887 1,273 1,346 418 429

Women, 16 years and over

54,207 54,111 1,005 1,043 330 333

16 to 24 years

5,069 4,763 691 709 227 226

25 years and over

49,138 49,349 1,060 1,103 348 352

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

91,336 90,546 1,138 1,177 373 375

Men

51,583 50,926 1,225 1,288 402 411

Women

39,752 39,620 1,021 1,061 335 338

Black or African American

16,452 16,270 920 959 302 306

Men

7,943 7,826 970 1,002 318 320

Women

8,508 8,444 889 922 292 294

Asian

8,597 8,671 1,474 1,525 484 486

Men

4,730 4,727 1,635 1,726 537 550

Women

3,867 3,944 1,299 1,365 426 435

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

22,834 23,572 874 902 287 288

Men

13,434 13,902 915 963 300 307

Women

9,399 9,670 800 832 263 265

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. People 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: January 22, 2025