April 25, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Median weekly earnings in first quarter 2011 by demographics

Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, not seasonally adjusted, first quarter 2011
Ethnicity	Total	Men	Women
Total	$755	$829	$683
White	774	856	699
Black or African American	604	621	590
Asian	831	948	762
Hispanic or Latino	549	570	515

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