Table 5.  Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not
     seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                  Number of workers           Median weekly earnings   
                                                                                    (in thousands)                                     
                                 Characteristic                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                  III            III             III            III    
                                                                                  2007           2008            2007           2008   
                                                                                                                                       
                                  SEX AND AGE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
       Total, 16 years and over............................................      21,707         22,345           $218           $223   
                                                                                                                                       
         Men, 16 years and over............................................       6,855          7,262            213            212   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       3,279          3,533            174            169   
           25 years and over...............................................       3,577          3,729            268            280   
                                                                                                                                       
         Women, 16 years and over..........................................      14,851         15,083            221            229   
           16 to 24 years..................................................       4,529          4,517            164            172   
           25 years and over...............................................      10,323         10,566            262            262   
                                                                                                                                       
                  RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
         White.............................................................      18,190         18,677            221            224   
           Men.............................................................       5,543          5,926            214            212   
           Women...........................................................      12,646         12,751            224            230   
                                                                                                                                       
         Black or African American.........................................       2,039          2,122            200            214   
           Men.............................................................         768            782            201            206   
           Women...........................................................       1,271          1,340            198            218   
                                                                                                                                       
         Asian.............................................................         902            879            233            245   
           Men.............................................................         347            301            251            244   
           Women...........................................................         555            578            222            246   
                                                                                                                                       
         Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......................................       2,377          2,781            208            220   
           Men.............................................................         786          1,043            202            226   
           Women...........................................................       1,591          1,739            210            216   

        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.