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                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                              2008          2009          2008          2009    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                               SEX AND AGE                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over............................................    106,648        99,820          $722          $739   
                                                                                                                                
      Men, 16 years and over............................................     59,439        55,108           798           819   
       16 to 24 years...................................................      5,996         5,014           461           458   
       25 years and over................................................     53,444        50,094           857           873   
                                                                                                                                
      Women, 16 years and over..........................................     47,209        44,712           638           657   
       16 to 24 years...................................................      4,625         3,943           420           424   
       25 years and over................................................     42,584        40,769           670           687   
                                                                                                                                
               RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
      White.............................................................     86,022        80,873           742           757   
       Men..............................................................     49,082        45,730           825           845   
       Women............................................................     36,940        35,144           654           669   
                                                                                                                                
      Black or African American.........................................     12,821        11,713           589           601   
       Men..............................................................      6,031         5,386           620           621   
       Women............................................................      6,790         6,327           554           582   
                                                                                                                                
      Asian.............................................................      5,266         4,923           861           880   
       Men..............................................................      2,919         2,727           966           952   
       Women............................................................      2,347         2,196           753           779   
                                                                                                                                
      Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......................................     15,807        14,624           529           541   
       Men..............................................................      9,961         9,150           559           569   
       Women............................................................      5,846         5,474           501           509   

      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.