Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

     Table 1.  Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not
     seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                          Number of workers                 Median weekly earnings            
                                                                            (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                              Characteristic                                                       In current dollars      In constant (1982) 
                                                                                                                               dollars        
                                                                            II          II                                                    
                                                                           2007        2008                                                   
                                                                                                     II          II          II          II   
                                                                                                    2007        2008        2007        2008  
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                                SEX AND AGE                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                              
       Total, 16 years and over.......................................   106,879     107,119        $690        $719        $320        $320  
                                                                                                                                              
         Men, 16 years and over.......................................    60,507      59,759         763         800         355         356  
           16 to 24 years.............................................     6,537       6,169         436         469         203         209  
           25 years and over..........................................    53,970      53,589         819         862         381         384  
                                                                                                                                              
         Women, 16 years and over.....................................    46,372      47,360         607         634         282         282  
           16 to 24 years.............................................     4,633       4,692         404         415         188         185  
           25 years and over..........................................    41,739      42,668         635         668         295         297  
                                                                                                                                              
                RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                              
         White........................................................    86,393      86,389         713         738         331         329  
           Men........................................................    50,162      49,412         783         827         364         368  
           Women......................................................    36,232      36,977         620         648         288         289  
                                                                                                                                              
         Black or African American....................................    13,048      12,889         562         591         261         263  
           Men........................................................     6,190       6,105         597         615         278         274  
           Women......................................................     6,858       6,785         521         568         242         253  
                                                                                                                                              
         Asian........................................................     5,025       5,267         827         855         384         381  
           Men........................................................     2,766       2,804         942         975         438         434  
           Women......................................................     2,258       2,463         709         741         330         330  
                                                                                                                                              
         Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................    15,943      15,951         503         537         234         239  
           Men........................................................    10,249      10,059         523         569         243         253  
           Women......................................................     5,694       5,892         470         494         218         220  

        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.  Persons 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.

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Last Modified Date: July 17, 2008