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                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                 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.