Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted

     Table 2.  Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
     and sex, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                           Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
              Age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity           Number of           Number of           Number of          
                                                                     workers    Median   workers    Median   workers    Median 
                                                                       (in      weekly     (in      weekly     (in      weekly 
                                                                    thousand-  earnings thousand-  earnings thousand-  earnings
                                                                        s)                  s)                  s)             
                                                                                                                               
                                 TOTAL                                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
       16 years and over...........................................  107,194      $720    60,170      $796    47,025      $631 
         16 to 24 years............................................   11,325       425     6,439       446     4,886       406 
           16 to 19 years..........................................    1,883       332     1,087       347       797       315 
           20 to 24 years..........................................    9,442       458     5,353       475     4,089       428 
         25 years and over.........................................   95,869       763    53,731       857    42,139       666 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   78,664       757    44,276       845    34,388       661 
             25 to 34 years........................................   25,690       656    14,763       699    10,926       614 
             35 to 44 years........................................   26,297       802    15,103       901    11,194       669 
             45 to 54 years........................................   26,678       842    14,410       964    12,267       716 
           55 years and over.......................................   17,205       798     9,455       916     7,751       692 
             55 to 64 years........................................   14,661       826     7,964       937     6,696       715 
             65 years and over.....................................    2,545       654     1,490       751     1,054       566 
                                                                                                                               
                                 White                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................   86,600       739    49,727       816    36,873       649 
         16 to 24 years............................................    9,172       430     5,329       448     3,843       408 
         25 years and over.........................................   77,428       786    44,398       879    33,030       687 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   62,875       776    36,250       866    26,624       678 
           55 years and over.......................................   14,553       831     8,148       939     6,405       720 
                                                                                                                               
                       Black or African American                                                                               
       16 years and over...........................................   12,878       589     6,085       646     6,793       530 
         16 to 24 years............................................    1,415       396       709       410       705       376 
         25 years and over.........................................   11,463       615     5,376       683     6,087       564 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    9,798       619     4,629       687     5,169       575 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,665       590       747       655       918       524 
                                                                                                                               
                                 Asian                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................    5,266       854     3,004       960     2,261       723 
         16 to 24 years............................................      378       587       206       595       173       575 
         25 years and over.........................................    4,887       894     2,799       989     2,089       744 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    4,155       917     2,380     1,008     1,775       768 
           55 years and over.......................................      732       749       419       865       313       661 
                                                                                                                               
                      Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                             
       16 years and over...........................................   16,095       529    10,197       566     5,898       498 
         16 to 24 years............................................    2,074       398     1,271       406       803       376 
         25 years and over.........................................   14,022       569     8,926       595     5,095       515 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   12,504       568     7,966       596     4,538       513 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,518       577       960       592       557       525 

        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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