Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)		 Median weekly earnings
2nd
2011		 2nd
2012		 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
2nd
2011		 2nd
2012		 2nd
2011		 2nd
2012

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

 100,593 102,769 $753 $771 $334 $335

Men, 16 years and over

 56,053 57,319 825 865 366 376

16 to 24 years

 5,009 5,200 446 460 198 200

25 years and over

 51,045 52,119 884 918 392 400

Women, 16 years and over

 44,539 45,450 689 689 305 300

16 to 24 years

 3,661 3,897 417 409 185 178

25 years and over

 40,878 41,553 720 727 319 316

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

 81,516 82,045 770 792 341 344

Men

 46,572 46,765 850 891 377 388

Women

 34,944 35,280 705 701 312 305

Black or African American

 11,612 12,198 623 637 276 277

Men

 5,376 5,785 673 668 298 291

Women

 6,236 6,413 592 616 263 268

Asian

 5,181 5,540 872 930 387 405

Men

 2,872 3,101 972 1,092 431 475

Women

 2,308 2,439 748 771 332 336

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 15,472 16,325 565 576 251 251

Men

 9,649 9,995 586 600 260 261

Women

 5,823 6,330 524 525 233 229

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: July 18, 2012