HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

     Table 37.  Median weekly earnings of full-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..................................    89,282     90,918       $479       $490 
                                                                                                           
        Men, 16 years and over.................................    51,222     51,895        538        557 
          16 to 24 years.......................................     6,118      5,976        303        307 
          25 years and over....................................    45,104     45,919        588        599 
                                                                                                           
        Women, 16 years and over...............................    38,060     39,023        406        418 
          16 to 24 years.......................................     4,366      4,307        275        284 
          25 years and over....................................    33,695     34,715        428        444 
                                                                                                           
                   RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                          
                                                                                                           
        White..................................................    74,874     76,151        494        506 
          Men..................................................    43,747     44,428        566        580 
          Women................................................    31,127     31,724        415        428 
                                                                                                           
        Black..................................................    10,596     10,871        383        387 
          Men..................................................     5,279      5,316        411        412 
          Women................................................     5,317      5,555        355        362 
                                                                                                           
        Hispanic origin........................................     8,719      9,082        329        339 
          Men..................................................     5,597      5,831        350        356 
          Women................................................     3,122      3,251        305        316 

          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.