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                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                 2009          2010          2009          2010    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                  SEX AND AGE                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
       Total, 16 years and over............................................     99,820        99,531          $739          $747   
                                                                                                                                   
         Men, 16 years and over............................................     55,108        55,059           819           824   
          16 to 24 years...................................................      5,014         4,770           458           443   
          25 years and over................................................     50,094        50,289           873           874   
                                                                                                                                   
         Women, 16 years and over..........................................     44,712        44,472           657           669   
          16 to 24 years...................................................      3,943         3,782           424           422   
          25 years and over................................................     40,769        40,691           687           704   
                                                                                                                                   
                  RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
         White.............................................................     80,873        80,656           757           765   
          Men..............................................................     45,730        45,685           845           850   
          Women............................................................     35,144        34,971           669           684   
                                                                                                                                   
         Black or African American.........................................     11,713        11,658           601           611   
          Men..............................................................      5,386         5,376           621           633   
          Women............................................................      6,327         6,283           582           592   
                                                                                                                                   
         Asian.............................................................      4,923         4,946           880           855   
          Men..............................................................      2,727         2,753           952           936   
          Women............................................................      2,196         2,193           779           773   
                                                                                                                                   
         Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......................................     14,624        14,837           541           535   
          Men..............................................................      9,150         9,239           569           560   
          Women............................................................      5,474         5,598           509           508   

         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.