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
I I
2008 2009
I I I I
2008 2009 2008 2009
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over....................................... 106,507 100,370 $719 $738 $327 $336
Men, 16 years and over....................................... 59,324 55,231 790 823 360 375
16 to 24 years............................................. 5,888 5,009 466 461 212 210
25 years and over.......................................... 53,436 50,222 848 879 386 400
Women, 16 years and over..................................... 47,182 45,139 637 649 290 295
16 to 24 years............................................. 4,531 4,010 419 448 191 204
25 years and over.......................................... 42,652 41,128 666 679 303 309
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White........................................................ 85,721 81,201 742 758 338 345
Men........................................................ 48,810 45,882 822 855 374 389
Women...................................................... 36,911 35,319 652 666 297 303
Black or African American.................................... 12,922 12,023 582 577 265 263
Men........................................................ 6,101 5,448 604 595 275 271
Women...................................................... 6,821 6,575 556 559 253 254
Asian........................................................ 5,297 4,828 842 869 383 396
Men........................................................ 2,981 2,662 939 951 427 433
Women...................................................... 2,316 2,166 754 773 343 352
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 15,588 14,497 520 545 237 248
Men........................................................ 9,819 9,125 538 577 245 263
Women...................................................... 5,769 5,372 501 510 228 232
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: April 16, 2009
