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

2010 annual averages

 Total, 16 years and over.................................................... 99,531 $747 44,472 $669 55,059 $824 81.2

Agriculture and related industries ............................................................................ 984 477 178 398 806 490 81.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ................................................................................................... 678 1,035 83 924 594 1,086 85.1

Construction ......................................................................................... 5,844 746 461 729 5,383 748 97.5

Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 12,592 768 3,398 629 9,194 828 76.0

Durable goods .................................................................................... 7,936 808 1,894 661 6,042 875 75.5

Nondurable goods .............................................................................. 4,655 701 1,503 595 3,152 759 78.4

Wholesale and retail trade .................................................................... 12,880 612 5,182 519 7,697 684 75.9

Wholesale trade .................................................................................. 3,062 776 865 689 2,196 826 83.4

Retail trade ......................................................................................... 9,818 575 4,317 498 5,501 633 78.7

Transportation and utilities ................................................................... 5,833 850 1,268 730 4,565 884 82.6

Transportation and warehousing ........................................................ 4,619 805 1,014 702 3,605 838 83.8

Utilities ................................................................................................ 1,214 1,019 254 841 960 1,090 77.2

Information ......................................................................................... 2,501 907 970 779 1,531 1,007 77.4

Financial activities ................................................................................ 7,429 849 4,056 734 3,373 1,075 68.3

Finance and insurance ....................................................................... 5,750 901 3,325 748 2,426 1,233 60.7

Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................... 1,679 711 731 656 947 754 87.0

Professional and business services ..................................................... 10,455 857 4,137 739 6,318 976 75.7

Professional and technical services ................................................... 6,423 1,126 2,699 877 3,724 1,348 65.1

Management, administrative, and waste

 services................................................................. 4,032 548 1,438 517 2,594 573 90.2

Education and health services .............................................................. 23,513 776 17,226 738 6,287 938 78.7

Educational services .......................................................................... 9,930 876 6,659 843 3,271 958 88.0

Health care and social assistance ..................................................... 13,583 706 10,567 665 3,016 909 73.2

Leisure and hospitality .......................................................................... 6,543 475 3,028 430 3,514 508 84.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................................................... 1,571 618 679 570 892 682 83.6

Accomodation and food services ....................................................... 4,972 431 2,349 405 2,623 471 84.5

Other services ...................................................................................... 3,808 615 1,660 533 2,148 695 76.7

Other services, except private households ........................................ 3,486 637 1,383 571 2,104 700 81.6

Private households ............................................................................ 322 410 277 408 ( 1

 ) 422 ( 1 )

Public administration...................................................................................... 6,473 897 2,824 770 3,649 1,006 76.5

Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Industry

Total, both sexes Women Men

 1 Data not shown where the employment base is less than 50,000.

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

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