Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)		Median weekly earnings
Characteristic	2nd 2011	2nd 2012	2nd 2011	2nd 2012
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over	24,307	24,616	$226	$226

Men, 16 years and over	8,345	8,484	219	220
16 to 24 years	3,560	3,735	177	171
25 years and over	4,785	4,749	263	277

Women, 16 years and over	15,962	16,132	231	229
16 to 24 years	4,624	4,720	166	172
25 years and over	11,338	11,412	271	263

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White	20,163	19,741	229	228
Men	6,712	6,683	221	220
Women	13,451	13,058	235	233

Black or African American	2,487	2,787	206	218
Men	979	949	207	220
Women	1,508	1,838	206	217

Asian	1,027	1,140	260	240
Men	380	457	254	242
Women	647	682	264	238

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	3,317	3,846	229	218
Men	1,433	1,431	247	230
Women	1,883	2,414	218	213
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.

Last Modified Date: July 18, 2012

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics