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

2006 2007 2006 2007

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ............................................................................................... 106,106 107,339 $671 $695

 Men, 16 years and over .............................................................................................. 59,747 60,298 743 766

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................................ 6,559 6,458 418 443

 25 years and over ...................................................................................................... 53,188 53,840 797 823

 Women, 16 years and over ........................................................................................ 46,358 47,041 600 614

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................................ 4,802 4,792 395 409

 25 years and over ...................................................................................................... 41,556 42,249 627 646

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

 White .......................................................................................................................... 86,055 86,653 690 716

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 49,650 49,889 761 788

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 36,405 36,764 609 626

 Black or African American .......................................................................................... 12,745 13,061 554 569

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 6,025 6,186 591 600

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 6,720 6,874 519 533

 Asian ........................................................................................................................... 4,840 5,155 784 830

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 2,717 2,858 882 936

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 2,123 2,297 699 731

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ......................................................................................... 15,693 16,201 486 503

 Men ............................................................................................................................ 10,007 10,248 505 520

 Women ...................................................................................................................... 5,686 5,953 440 473

 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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