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                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                       1997           1998           1997           1998     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                           SEX AND AGE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
 Total, 16 years and over........................................     93,578         95,595          $503           $523     
                                                                                                                             
  Men, 16 years and over.........................................     53,220         54,313           579            598     
   16 to 24 years................................................      6,174          6,325           317            334     
   25 years and over.............................................     47,046         47,988           615            639     
                                                                                                                             
  Women, 16 years and over.......................................     40,358         41,282           431            456     
   16 to 24 years................................................      4,522          4,721           292            305     
   25 years and over.............................................     35,836         36,561           462            485     
                                                                                                                             
                  RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  White..........................................................     77,973         79,403           519            545     
    Men..........................................................     45,349         46,087           595            615     
    Women........................................................     32,624         33,316           444            468     
                                                                                                                             
  Black..........................................................     11,356         11,776           400            426     
    Men..........................................................      5,517          5,751           432            468     
    Women........................................................      5,839          6,025           375            400     
                                                                                                                             
  Hispanic origin................................................      9,996         10,532           351            370     
    Men..........................................................      6,456          6,716           371            390     
    Women........................................................      3,540          3,816           318            337     

      NOTE:   Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
 group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Beginning in January 1998,
 data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.