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                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                 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.