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Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2005 annual averages

 Total, 16 years and over..................................... 103,560 $651 45,154 $585 58,406 $722 81.0

Agriculture and related industries ............................... 914 414 163 345 752 729 47.3

Mining ......................................................................... 592 885 65 693 527 897 77.3

Construction ............................................................... 7,876 622 678 602 7,198 624 96.5

Manufacturing ............................................................. 14,903 676 4,332 541 10,571 739 73.2

Durable goods ........................................................ 9,554 704 2,435 572 7,119 757 75.6

Nondurable goods ................................................... 5,349 624 1,897 508 3,452 702 72.4

Wholesale and retail trade .......................................... 14,569 566 5,747 475 8,822 640 74.2

Wholesale trade ...................................................... 3,734 692 1,029 575 2,705 750 76.7

Retail trade ............................................................. 10,835 516 4,718 450 6,117 598 75.3

Transportation and utilities .......................................... 6,065 743 1,351 644 4,714 774 83.2

Transportation and warehousing ............................. 4,923 716 1,115 631 3,809 746 84.6

Utilities .................................................................... 1,142 884 237 723 905 924 78.2

Information ................................................................. 2,677 820 1,154 696 1,523 946 73.6

Financial activities ...................................................... 7,834 741 4,416 645 3,417 932 69.2

 Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,876 765 3,523 653 2,353 1,061 61.5

 Real estate and rental and leasing ........................ 1,958 654 893 616 1,065 696 88.5

Professional and business services ............................ 9,749 743 3,980 636 5,769 847 75.1

 Professional and technical services ...................... 5,864 965 2,530 754 3,333 1,155 65.3

 Management, administrative, and waste services.. 3,885 493 1,449 473 2,436 506 93.5

Education and health services .................................... 21,325 678 15,643 631 5,682 825 76.5

 Educational services ............................................. 9,216 760 6,210 729 3,005 862 84.6

 Health care and social assistance ......................... 12,109 610 9,433 578 2,676 781 74.0

Leisure and hospitality ................................................ 6,828 414 3,103 388 3,725 449 86.4

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ....................... 1,509 529 609 504 900 571 88.3

 Acomodation and food services ............................ 5,319 388 2,494 361 2,824 412 87.6

Other services ............................................................ 4,062 535 1,799 447 2,263 621 72.0

 Other services, except private households ............ 3,644 579 1,432 493 2,212 625 78.9

 Private households ............................................... 418 351 367 340 51 416 81.7

Public administration................................................... 6,167 788 2,723 682 3,444 896 76.1

Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

Weekly 

Earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

Weekly 

Earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

Weekly 

Earnings

Industry

Both Sexes Women Men

 SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics