Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2007-08 annual averages
Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary works for the foreign born and native born by selected
characteristics, 2007-08 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2007 2008
Foreign Born Native Born Earnings Foreign Born Native Born Earnings
of of
Characteristic foreign foreign
born as born as
Median Median percent Median Median percent
Number weekly Number weekly of Number weekly Number weekly of
earnings earnings native earnings earnings native
born (1) born (1)
Total, 16 years and over......... 17,876 $554 89,463 $722 76.8 17,328 $595 89,320 $744 79.9
Men................................ 11,329 585 48,969 809 72.3 10,848 613 48,591 842 72.9
Women.............................. 6,547 509 40,494 627 81.2 6,480 557 40,729 651 85.5
AGE
16 to 24 years................... 1,650 391 9,599 435 89.8 1,337 402 9,284 451 89.1
25 to 34 years................... 5,078 520 20,792 669 77.8 4,786 572 20,857 689 83.0
35 to 44 years................... 5,186 604 21,814 807 74.7 5,118 635 21,290 842 75.4
45 to 54 years................... 3,816 615 22,877 817 75.2 3,846 663 22,794 848 78.2
55 to 64 years................... 1,761 632 12,435 828 76.3 1,849 661 12,914 849 77.9
65 years and over................ 386 518 1,946 622 83.3 392 568 2,181 659 86.2
RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY (2)
White non-Hispanic or Latino .... 3,084 805 68,484 762 105.6 2,984 846 68,334 788 107.3
Black non-Hispanic or Latino .... 1,442 585 11,160 569 102.8 1,472 601 10,905 588 102.2
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino .... 3,876 832 1,188 832 100.0 3,988 864 1,184 865 99.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..... 9,297 448 6,904 605 74.0 8,686 483 7,122 621 77.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over....... 16,225 586 79,864 763 76.7 15,992 614 80,036 788 78.0
Less than a high school diploma.. 4,582 405 4,164 479 84.6 4,213 417 3,908 493 84.6
High school graduates, no
college (3) .................... 3,928 511 24,069 617 82.9 3,920 523 23,472 633 82.7
Some college or associate degree 2,539 617 23,651 714 86.5 2,582 651 23,944 729 89.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (4) 5,177 1,057 27,980 1,075 98.3 5,277 1,092 28,713 1,119 97.6
1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ slightly from percents computed using the rounded
medians displayed in this table.
2 Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for
further information.
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