HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
 ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
 37.  Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                        Number of workers           Median weekly earnings   
                                                                          (in thousands)                                     
                          Characteristic                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                       1998           1999           1998           1999     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                           SEX AND AGE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
 Total, 16 years and over........................................     95,595         97,626          $523           $549     
                                                                                                                             
   Men, 16 years and over........................................     54,313         55,181           598            618     
    16 to 24 years...............................................      6,325          6,444           334            356     
    25 years and over............................................     47,988         48,738           639            668     
                                                                                                                             
   Women, 16 years and over......................................     41,282         42,444           456            473     
    16 to 24 years...............................................      4,721          4,830           305            324     
    25 years and over............................................     36,561         37,615           485            497     
                                                                                                                             
                  RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
   White.........................................................     79,403         80,849           545            573     
     Men.........................................................     46,087         46,825           615            638     
     Women.......................................................     33,316         34,024           468            483     
                                                                                                                             
   Black.........................................................     11,776         12,190           426            445     
     Men.........................................................      5,751          5,846           468            488     
     Women.......................................................      6,025          6,344           400            409     
                                                                                                                             
   Hispanic origin...............................................     10,532         10,950           370            385     
     Men.........................................................      6,716          6,788           390            406     
     Women.......................................................      3,816          4,162           337            348     

      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. Beginning in January 1999,
 data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.