HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     Table 38. Median weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                  Number of workers       Median weekly    
                                                                    (in thousands)           earnings      
                           Characteristic                                                                  
                                                                                                           
                                                                   1995       1996       1995       1996   
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                            SEX AND AGE                                                                    
                                                                                                           
     Total, 16 years and over..................................    20,550     20,810       $140       $144 
                                                                                                           
        Men, 16 years and over.................................     6,331      6,432        130        134 
          16 to 24 years.......................................     3,397      3,403        109        110 
          25 years and over....................................     2,934      3,029        170        177 
                                                                                                           
        Women, 16 years and over...............................    14,220     14,378        145        148 
          16 to 24 years.......................................     4,296      4,388        106        109 
          25 years and over....................................     9,924      9,990        168        173 
                                                                                                           
                   RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                          
                                                                                                           
        White..................................................    17,702     17,960        141        146 
          Men..................................................     5,312      5,410        128        134 
          Women................................................    12,390     12,550        146        150 
                                                                                                           
        Black..................................................     2,035      2,006        135        132 
          Men..................................................       718        695        133        129 
          Women................................................     1,317      1,311        135        134 
                                                                                                           
        Hispanic origin........................................     1,668      1,711        139        139 
          Men..................................................       616        622        144        144 
          Women................................................     1,052      1,089        136        137 

          NOTE:   Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data
     for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black
     population groups.