Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, first quarter 2009 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, first quarter 2009 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 
                                                                   thousands) earnings thousands) earnings thousands)  earnings
                                                                                                                               
                                 TOTAL                                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
       16 years and over...........................................  100,370      $738    55,231      $823    45,139      $649 
         16 to 24 years............................................    9,020       456     5,009       461     4,010       448 
           16 to 19 years..........................................      978       364       612       370       366       350 
           20 to 24 years..........................................    8,042       472     4,398       476     3,644       464 
         25 years and over.........................................   91,350       772    50,222       879    41,128       679 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   74,082       767    40,981       865    33,101       672 
             25 to 34 years........................................   23,802       674    13,369       716    10,433       619 
             35 to 44 years........................................   24,733       803    13,824       914    10,910       696 
             45 to 54 years........................................   25,547       851    13,789       994    11,758       705 
           55 years and over.......................................   17,268       807     9,241       942     8,027       707 
             55 to 64 years........................................   14,669       835     7,815       962     6,854       728 
             65 years and over.....................................    2,599       683     1,426       787     1,173       593 
                                                                                                                               
                                 White                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................   81,201       758    45,882       855    35,319       666 
         16 to 24 years............................................    7,328       460     4,184       455     3,144       467 
         25 years and over.........................................   73,873       801    41,698       912    32,175       697 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   59,353       793    33,762       898    25,591       690 
           55 years and over.......................................   14,520       836     7,937       961     6,584       721 
                                                                                                                               
                       Black or African American                                                                               
       16 years and over...........................................   12,023       577     5,448       595     6,575       559 
         16 to 24 years............................................    1,125       411       537       457       588       388 
         25 years and over.........................................   10,897       596     4,911       616     5,986       581 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    9,136       587     4,104       597     5,031       579 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,762       663       807       760       955       591 
                                                                                                                               
                                 Asian                                                                                         
       16 years and over...........................................    4,828       869     2,662       951     2,166       773 
         16 to 24 years............................................      275       505       138       511       138       493 
         25 years and over.........................................    4,553       891     2,524       968     2,028       817 
           25 to 54 years..........................................    3,861       918     2,182       989     1,679       828 
           55 years and over.......................................      692       729       342       711       350       745 
                                                                                                                               
                      Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                             
       16 years and over...........................................   14,497       545     9,125       577     5,372       510 
         16 to 24 years............................................    1,626       404     1,055       401       571       412 
         25 years and over.........................................   12,871       578     8,071       605     4,801       522 
           25 to 54 years..........................................   11,277       580     7,081       608     4,196       520 
           55 years and over.......................................    1,595       553       990       556       605       548 
     
        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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