HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES 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

2007 2008 2007 2008

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ............................................................................................... 107,339 106,648 $695 $722

 Men, 16 years and over .............................................................................................. 60,298 59,439 766 798

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................................ 6,458 5,996 443 461

 25 years and over ...................................................................................................... 53,840 53,444 823 857

 Women, 16 years and over ........................................................................................ 47,041 47,209 614 638

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................................ 4,792 4,625 409 420

 25 years and over ...................................................................................................... 42,249 42,584 646 670

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

 White .......................................................................................................................... 86,653 86,022 716 742

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 49,889 49,082 788 825

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 36,764 36,940 626 654

 Black or African American .......................................................................................... 13,061 12,821 569 589

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 6,186 6,031 600 620

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 6,874 6,790 533 554

 Asian ........................................................................................................................... 5,155 5,266 830 861

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 2,858 2,919 936 966

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 2,297 2,347 731 753

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ......................................................................................... 16,201 15,807 503 529

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 10,248 9,961 520 559

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 5,953 5,846 473 501

 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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