January 26, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2011
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, not seasonally adjusted, 4th quarter 2011
Characteristic |
Men |
Women |
Age |
|
|
16 to 24 years |
$466 |
$420 |
25 to 34 years |
715 |
655 |
35 to 44 years |
943 |
737 |
45 to 54 years |
993 |
757 |
55 to 64 years |
1,029 |
742 |
65 years and over |
894 |
659 |
Race and ethnicity, 16 years and over |
|
|
White |
871 |
709 |
Black or African American |
660 |
601 |
Asian |
960 |
771 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
562 |
508 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2011.
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