HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics

Characteristic

Number of workers

(in thousands) Median weekly earnings

2002 2003 2002 2003

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ....................................................................................... 100,081 100,302 $608 $620

 Men, 16 years and over ...................................................................................... 56,345 56,227 679 695

 16 to 24 years .................................................................................................... 6,317 6,158 391 398

 25 years and over .............................................................................................. 50,027 50,069 732 744

 Women, 16 years and over ................................................................................ 43,737 44,076 529 552

 16 to 24 years .................................................................................................... 4,804 4,632 367 371

 25 years and over .............................................................................................. 38,933 39,444 568 584

RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

 White 1 ................................................................................................................ 82,324 81,916 623 636

 Men ................................................................................................................... 47,417 47,001 702 715

 Women ............................................................................................................. 34,908 34,916 547 567

 Black 1 ................................................................................................................ 12,109 11,887 498 514

 Men ................................................................................................................... 5,789 5,585 524 555

 Women ............................................................................................................. 6,319 6,301 473 491

 Asian 1 ................................................................................................................ 4,613 4,314 658 693

 Men ................................................................................................................... 2,556 2,442 756 772

 Women ............................................................................................................. 2,058 1,872 566 598

 Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................................... 13,137 13,634 424 440

 Men ................................................................................................................... 8,272 8,677 451 464

 Women ............................................................................................................. 4,865 4,957 397 410

1 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only;

persons who selected more than one race group are not included. Prior to

2003, persons who reported more than one race group were included in

the group they identified as their main race.

 NOTE: Estimates for the race groups (white, black or African American,

and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all

races. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or

Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well

as race. Data for 2002 have been revised to incorporate changes to the

class of worker status associated with the introduction of the 2002 Census

industry and occupational classification systems into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised

population controls used in the household survey.

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