Highlights of Women’s 

Earnings in 2000 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

August 2001 

Report 952

NOTE: The statistics in this report for the 

year 2000 were revised after this report 

was published. 

These data were revised in 2003 to incorporate 

Census 2000-based population controls and other 

changes to the survey, but the report was not 

reissued. 

To obtain revised data for these years, contact the 

Division of Labor Force Statistics by email at 

cpsinfo@bls.gov or by telephone at (202) 691-6378.
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Highlights of Women’s

Earnings in 2000

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

August 2001

Report 952

Introduction

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n 2000, median weekly earnings for female full-time

wage and salary workers were $491, or 76 percent of the

$646 median for their male counterparts. In 1979, when

comparable earnings data were first available, women earned

about 63 percent as much as men did. (See chart 1.)

The women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio varies considerably by demographic group. Among blacks and Hispanics, for example, the ratios were about 85 and 88 percent,

respectively; for whites, the ratio was about 75 percent.

Young women and men (those 16 to 24 years old) had fairly

similar earnings; however, in the older age groups, women’s

earnings were much lower than men’s.

This report presents earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a national monthly survey of approximately 50,000 households conducted by the

U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The

earnings data are collected from one-fourth of the CPS

monthly sample. Users should note that the comparisons

by sex in this report are on a broad level and do not control

for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of the source of

the data and an explanation of the concepts and definitions

used, see the Technical Note included at the end of this

report.

Highlights

Following are some highlights of women’s and men’s earnings in 2000:

Full-time workers

• Among women, 45- to 54-year-olds had the highest

earnings ($565), followed by 35- to 44-year-olds ($520). Men’s

earnings also peaked among 45- to 54-year-olds ($777). The

difference between women’s and men’s earnings is larger

among middle-aged and older workers than it is among

younger ones. For example, among workers aged 45 to 54,

women earned 72.7 percent as much as men did and, among

those 55 to 64 years old, the women’s-to-men’s earnings

ratio was just 68.5 percent. In contrast, among those 25 to 34

years old, women’s earnings were 81.9 percent of those of

men, and 20- to 24-year-old women earned 91.9 percent as

much as did men. (See tables 1 and 8.)

• Between 1979 and 2000, the earnings gap between

women and men narrowed for most major age groups. The

women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio among 35- to 44-year-olds,

for example, increased from 58.3 percent in 1979 to 71.1 percent in 2000, and that for 45- to 54-year-olds rose from 56.9

percent to 72.7 percent. The earnings ratios for teenagers

and for workers aged 65 and over, however, showed no clear

trend over the period. (See table 13.)

• White workers of either gender earned more than their

black or Hispanic counterparts. The differences among

women were much smaller than those among men. White

women’s earnings ($500) were 16.6 percent higher than black

women’s ($429), and 37.4 percent higher than those of Hispanic women ($364). In contrast, white men’s earnings ($669)

were 33 percent higher than the earnings of their black counterparts ($503) and 61.6 percent greater than those of Hispanic men ($414). (See table 1.)

• The earnings difference between women and men was

widest for whites. White women earned 74.7 percent as much

as white men did. Black women’s earnings were 85.2 percent

of black men’s, and Hispanic women made 87.7 percent as

much as did Hispanic men. (See table 1 and chart 2.)

• Between 1979 and 2000, inflation-adjusted earnings

for white women grew fairly steadily, rising by 22.9 percent.

Over the same period, earnings growth among black women,

at 14.7 percent, was much smaller, and Hispanic women’s

earnings rose just 4.6 percent. In contrast, real earnings for

both white and black men showed little or no net change

from 1979 to 2000, while those for Hispanic men fell. (See

table 14.)

• Median weekly earnings of full-time workers aged 25

and over without a high school diploma were considerably

below those of persons with college degrees. Among women,

those without a high school diploma earned $303 per week,

compared with $760 for those with college degrees. Among
2

men, school dropouts had earnings of $409 a week, compared with $1,022 for college graduates. (See table 7.)

• At all levels of education, women have fared better

over time with respect to earnings growth than have men.

Although both women and men without a high school diploma have experienced a decline in inflation-adjusted earnings since 1979, women’s earnings have fallen significantly

less—9.8 percent, compared with a 26.7-percent drop for men.

Earnings for women with college degrees have increased by

30.4 percent since 1979 on an inflation-adjusted basis, while

those of male college graduates rose by only 16.7 percent.

(See table 15 and chart 3.)

• Women working full time in professional specialty occupations earned $725, more than did women in any other

occupational category. Within the professional specialty

occupations, women working as engineers, computer scientists, pharmacists, and lawyers had the highest median earnings. (See tables 2 and 3.)

• Women’s share of employment in occupations typified by high earnings has grown. In 2000, 47 percent of fulltime wage and salary workers in executive, administrative,

and managerial occupations were women, up from 34.2 percent in 1983 (the first year for which comparable data are

available). Over the same period, women’s share of employment in professional specialty occupations rose from 46.8

percent to 51.9 percent. (See table 2.)

• Despite increased representation in the higher paying

managerial and professional occupations, women remained

a relatively small proportion of other high paying occupations, such as protective service and precision production,

craft, and repair. Men were about 8 times as likely as women

to be employed in precision production, craft, and repair

occupations and about 4 times as likely to be in protective

service occupations. The proportions of women and men in

these occupations were very similar in 1983. (See tables 2

and 3.)

• In both the managerial and professional occupational

categories, women and men tend to work in different specific occupations. In the professional specialty occupations,

where women earned the most, they were much less likely

than men to be employed in some of the highest paying

occupations, such as engineers and mathematical and computer scientists. Women were more likely to work in relatively lower paying professional occupations, such as teachers (except college and university) and registered nurses.

(See table 3.)

• The earnings gap among parents was wider than that

among workers overall. Mothers earned just two-thirds of

what fathers earned; this ratio held whether their children

were preschoolers or of school age. (See table 9.)

• The ratio of female-to-male earnings varied by State,

from a high of 89.3 percent in the District of Columbia to a

low of 66.8 percent in Wyoming. The differences among

the States reflect in part variations in the occupation, industry, and age composition of State labor forces. In addition, sampling error in the State estimates is considerably

larger than it is for the national data. (See table 4.)

Part-time workers

• Women who worked part time—that is, less than 35

hours per week—represented 24.5 percent of all female wage

and salary workers in 2000. In contrast, 10 percent of men in

wage and salary jobs worked part time. (See tables 5 and 6.)

• Median weekly earnings of female part-time workers

were $177, or 36 percent of the median for women who

worked full time. The earnings of male part-time workers

($156) were somewhat lower than those of female part-timers. This is largely because male part-time workers, unlike

their female counterparts, are highly concentrated in the

youngest age groups, which typically have low earnings.

About 56 percent of male part-time workers were 16 to 24

years old, compared with 32 percent of female part-timers.

(See table 5.)

Workers paid by the hour

• About 63 percent of women and 58 percent of men

employed in wage and salary jobs were paid by the hour.

Women who worked at such jobs had median hourly earnings of $9.03 in 2000. This was 83.2 percent of the hourly

median for men ($10.85). (See tables 10, 11, 16, and 17.)

• About 5 percent of women who were paid hourly rates

in 2000 reported hourly earnings at or below the prevailing

Federal minimum wage of $5.15. This compares with approximately 3 percent of men in jobs paid by the hour. (See tables

12, 18, and chart 4. Also see the Technical Note for information about workers with earnings below the Federal minimum

wage.)

• As would be expected, 16- to 19-year-old women and

men who were hourly paid workers were the most likely to

have earnings at or below the minimum wage. Women 45 to

54 years old and men 35 to 44 years old were the least likely

to earn the minimum wage or less. (See table 12.)
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Women

1979 1985 1990 1995 2000

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$400

$450

$500

$550

$600

$650

$700

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10

20

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50

60

70

80

90

100

Total White Black Hispanic origin

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

$0

$100

$200

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$400

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Chart 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000)

dollars by sex, 1979-2000 annual averages

Earnings

Men's earnings

Women's earnings

Ratio of women's to men's earnings

Chart 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex, race,

and Hispanic origin, 2000 annual averages

$491

Earnings Earnings

$646 $669

$500

$364

$429

$503

$414

Men

Ratio
4

-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

No high school diploma

High school diploma only

Some college or 

associate degree

College graduate

NOTE: Data relate to full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over.

Chart 3. Percent change between 1979 and 2000 median usual weekly earnings by educational

attainment and sex

Men

Women

NOTE: Data relate to full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over. Changes are calculated from constant-dollar

annual averages.

Chart 4. Percent of women with earnings at or below the Federal minimum wage by age,

2000 annual averages

0

5

10

15

20

0

5

10

15

20

4.8

14.9

8.3

3.9

2.7

2.0

3.0

6.8

Total,

16 years

and over

16 to 19

years

20 to 24

years

25 to 34

years

35 to 44

years

45 to 54

years

55 to 64

years

65 years

and over

NOTE: Data relate to female wage and salary workers paid hourly rates.

Percent Percent

Percent change
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Statistical tables

01. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 7

02. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex,

1983 and 2000 annual averages .......................................................................................................................... 8

03. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 9

04. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex and State,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 1 5

05. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 1 6

06. Median usual weekly earnings of employed (full- and part-time) wage and salary workers

by hours usually worked and sex, 2000 annual averages ................................................................................... 1 7

07. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected

characteristics, 2000 annual averages ................................................................................................................ 1 8

08. Usual weekly earnings distribution of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 1 9

09. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex, marital status,

and presence and age of own children under 18 years old, 2000 annual averages............................................. 2 0

10. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates by selected characteristics,

2000 annual averages ......................................................................................................................................... 2 1

11. Hourly earnings distribution of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates by selected characteristics,

 2000 annual averages ........................................................................................................................................ 2 2

12. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing

Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages ........................................................ 2 3

13. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000) dollars

by sex and age, 1979-2000 annual averages ....................................................................................................... 2 4

14. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant

(2000) dollars by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages ..................................................... 2 6

15. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and

over in constant (2000) dollars by sex and educational attainment, 1979-2000 annual averages........................ 2 8

16. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars by sex

and age, 1979-2000 annual averages .................................................................................................................. 3 0

17. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars

by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages ........................................................................... 3 2

18. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal

minimum wage by sex, 1979-2000 annual averages............................................................................................. 3 4

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Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages

Characteristic

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

AGE

 Total, 16 years and over ................. 99,917 $576 $1 43,644 $491 $1 56,273 $646 $2 76.0

16 to 24 years ....................................... 11,934 361 2 5,147 342 2 6,786 376 2 91.0

 16 to 19 years .................................... 2,303 294 2 926 279 3 1,377 304 3 91.9

 20 to 24 years .................................... 9,631 383 2 4,221 364 2 5,409 396 2 91.9

25 years and over ................................. 87,984 611 1 38,497 515 1 49,487 700 2 73.6

 25 to 34 years .................................... 25,272 550 3 10,826 493 2 14,445 603 3 81.9

 35 to 44 years .................................... 28,926 631 3 12,407 520 3 16,519 731 4 71.1

 45 to 54 years .................................... 23,044 671 3 10,578 565 4 12,466 777 5 72.7

 55 to 64 years .................................... 9,383 617 4 4,129 505 4 5,254 738 6 68.5

 65 years and over .............................. 1,359 442 12 557 378 10 802 537 36 70.5

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White .................................................... 82,475 591 1 34,897 500 1 47,578 669 2 74.7

Black ..................................................... 12,556 468 3 6,568 429 3 5,989 503 3 85.2

Hispanic origin ...................................... 11,738 396 3 4,477 364 4 7,261 414 3 87.7

MARITAL STATUS

Never married ....................................... 25,676 459 2 11,000 436 3 14,676 478 3 91.3

Married, spouse present ....................... 57,423 638 2 22,856 517 2 34,566 735 2 70.3

Other marital status .............................. 16,819 528 3 9,788 486 2 7,031 616 4 78.9

 Divorced ............................................ 11,456 571 4 6,637 509 3 4,819 650 7 78.4

 Separated .......................................... 3,812 466 6 1,957 421 5 1,855 517 7 81.4

 Widowed ............................................ 1,551 478 8 1,194 443 9 357 624 23 70.9

UNION AFFILIATION2

Members of unions3 ............................. 14,822 696 3 5,649 616 4 9,173 739 4 83.4

Represented by unions4 ....................... 16,306 691 3 6,418 613 3 9,888 737 4 83.2

Not represented by a union .................. 83,611 542 2 37,226 472 1 46,385 620 2 76.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Total, 25 years and over ....................... 87,984 611 1 38,497 515 1 49,487 700 2 73.6

 Less than a high school diploma ........ 8,523 360 2 3,034 303 2 5,490 409 3 74.1

 High school graduates, no college ..... 27,637 506 1 12,088 421 2 15,549 594 2 70.9

 Some college or associate degree ..... 24,452 598 2 11,442 504 2 13,010 699 3 72.2

 College graduates, total ...................... 27,372 896 4 11,934 760 3 15,438 1022 6 74.4

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table. 2 Differences in earnings levels between workers with and without union

affiliation reflect a variety of factors in addition to coverage by a collective

bargaining agreement, including the distribution of male and female employees

by occupation, industry, firm size, or geographic region. 3 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar

to a union. 4 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar

to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are

covered by a union or an employee association contract.

 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.

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Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, 1983 and 2000 annual averages

Occupation

1983 2000

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Percent

women

Median weekly

earnings

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Percent

women

Median weekly

earnings

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s Women Men Women Men 1

 Total, 16 years and over ................. 70,976 40.4 $252 $379 66.6 99,917 43.7 $491 $646 76.0

Managerial and professional specialty 17,451 40.9 358 516 69.2 31,455 49.5 709 994 71.3

 Executive, administrative,

 and managerial .............................. 8,117 34.2 340 530 64.0 15,368 47.0 686 1,014 67.7

 Professional specialty ......................... 9,334 46.8 368 506 72.6 16,087 51.9 725 977 74.2

Technical, sales, and

administrative support .................... 21,641 62.5 247 386 64.0 28,252 61.7 452 655 69.0

 Technicians and related support ........ 2,574 44.5 299 424 70.6 3,652 48.4 541 761 71.1

 Sales occupations .............................. 6,313 39.0 205 389 52.7 10,133 44.9 407 684 59.6

 Administrative support,

 including clerical ............................ 12,755 77.7 249 362 68.7 14,468 76.8 449 563 79.8

Service occupations ............................. 7,321 49.2 173 256 67.8 11,020 52.1 316 414 76.2

 Private household .............................. 278 96.0 116 2 ( ) 3 ( ) 368 94.7 261 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Protective service .............................. 1,453 9.5 251 356 70.4 2,112 16.1 500 659 75.9

 Service, except private household

 and protective ................................ 5,590 57.1 176 218 81.0 8,540 59.1 314 357 88.2

Precision production, craft, and repair .. 9,963 7.9 256 387 66.1 12,163 8.9 445 628 70.9

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ..... 13,319 26.2 205 308 66.5 15,411 23.2 351 487 72.2

 Machine operators, assemblers,

 and inspectors ............................... 6,990 40.8 202 320 63.3 6,636 36.1 355 495 71.6

 Transportation and material moving

 occupations ................................... 3,358 4.7 253 335 75.5 4,587 8.0 407 558 72.9

 Handlers, equipment cleaners,

 helpers, and laborers ..................... 2,970 16.0 211 252 83.9 4,189 19.4 320 394 81.2

Farming, forestry, and fishing ............... 1,280 11.2 169 201 84.2 1,616 15.0 294 347 84.9

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

2 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000. 3 Data not shown where base for either the numerator or denominator is

less than 50,000.

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Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Total, 16 years and over ............................. 99,917 $576 $1 43,644 $491 $1 56,273 $646 $2 76.0

 Managerial and professional specialty ........... 31,455 836 3 15,580 709 3 15,875 994 5 71.3

 Executive, administrative, and managerial .... 15,368 840 4 7,226 686 5 8,142 1,014 8 67.7

 Administrators and officials, public

 administration ......................................... 618 861 28 310 740 21 308 980 31 75.5

 Administrators, protective services .............. 57 808 87 16 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 41 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Financial managers ..................................... 728 965 19 360 787 39 368 1,201 67 65.5

 Personnel and labor relations managers ..... 214 923 36 133 837 25 81 1,153 30 72.6

 Purchasing managers .................................. 119 935 32 49 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 70 1,035 61 3 ( )

 Managers, marketing, advertising, and

 public relations ........................................ 728 1,074 52 269 846 21 459 1,250 34 67.7

 Administrators, education and related fields 736 939 20 471 827 28 265 1,098 34 75.3

 Managers, medicine and health .................. 624 743 18 474 676 14 150 1,039 42 65.1

 Managers, food serving and lodging

 establishments ........................................ 938 561 15 440 475 11 498 651 25 72.9

 Managers, properties and real estate .......... 342 619 13 215 565 27 128 754 31 74.9

 Management-related occupations ............... 4,100 746 5 2,403 659 5 1,697 931 12 70.8

 Accountants and auditors .......................... 1,311 766 9 785 690 14 526 953 23 72.4

 Underwriters .............................................. 97 768 36 70 704 24 27 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Other financial officers ............................... 717 829 21 383 659 14 334 1,084 43 60.8

 Management analysts ............................... 240 1,074 46 106 819 30 134 1,340 44 61.1

 Personnel, training, and labor relations 

 specialists .............................................. 572 737 13 380 678 20 192 864 28 78.5

 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except

 farm products ........................................ 160 639 30 71 569 26 89 809 66 70.4

 Construction inspectors ............................. 68 718 24 2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 66 725 26 3 ( )

 Inspectors and compliance officers, except

 construction ............................................ 236 815 44 93 734 36 143 855 32 85.8

 Professional specialty ..................................... 16,087 832 4 8,354 725 3 7,733 977 7 74.2

 Engineers, architects, and surveyors ........... 2,156 1,098 15 241 938 27 1,915 1,122 13 83.6

 Architects .................................................... 145 1,052 53 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 114 1,126 63 3 ( )

 Engineers ................................................... 1,998 1,104 15 210 949 25 1,788 1,126 12 84.3

 Aerospace engineers ................................ 77 1,274 46 5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 72 1,289 28 3 ( )

 Chemical engineers .................................. 88 1,209 57 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 81 1,255 50 3 ( )

 Civil engineers .......................................... 258 1,015 37 29 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 229 1,046 38 3 ( )

 Electrical and electronic engineers ........... 687 1,144 15 68 1,104 27 618 1,150 16 96.0

 Industrial engineers .................................. 245 939 35 40 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 205 995 26 3 ( )

 Mechanical engineers ............................... 325 1,126 24 26 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 300 1,128 25 3 ( )

 Mathematical and computer scientists ......... 1,890 992 13 596 901 11 1,295 1,055 19 85.4

 Computer systems analysts and scientists 1,613 1,009 15 470 922 15 1,143 1,065 22 86.6

 Operations and systems researchers and

 analysts ................................................. 228 891 20 101 817 34 126 986 33 82.9

 Natural scientists .......................................... 490 913 18 168 726 28 321 1,007 28 72.1

 Chemists, except biochemists .................... 133 945 48 43 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 90 1,013 30 3 ( )

 Biological and life scientists ........................ 100 799 84 47 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 53 874 46 3 ( )

 Medical scientists ....................................... 80 770 166 40 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 41 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Health diagnosing occupations ..................... 535 1,279 79 172 940 35 363 1,459 99 64.4

 Physicians .................................................. 461 1,340 77 144 899 100 317 1,553 90 57.9

 Health assessment and treating occupations 2,147 800 9 1,785 778 7 362 949 28 82.0

 Registered nurses ...................................... 1,518 790 9 1,385 782 8 133 890 25 87.9

 Pharmacists ................................................ 163 1,243 27 77 1,152 75 87 1,312 53 87.8

 Dietitians ..................................................... 79 598 20 69 609 17 10 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Therapists ................................................... 326 751 17 223 727 18 103 831 30 87.5

 Respiratory therapists ............................... 64 677 19 35 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 29 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Physical therapists .................................... 93 903 45 47 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 46 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Speech therapists ..................................... 71 788 49 63 774 29 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Physicians’ assistants ................................. 61 962 35 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 29 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Teachers, college and university .................. 647 939 24 249 805 44 398 1,020 26 79.0

 Teachers, except college and university ...... 4,255 711 6 3,166 673 5 1,089 827 11 81.4

 Teachers, prekindergarten and

 kindergarten ........................................... 435 457 20 431 455 18 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Teachers, elementary school ..................... 1,878 718 8 1,563 701 7 315 860 29 81.5

 Teachers, secondary school ....................... 1,154 782 12 653 741 11 501 836 14 88.7

 Teachers, special education ....................... 331 698 30 270 670 14 60 816 53 82.1

 Counselors, educational and vocational ....... 231 784 26 157 759 13 73 914 50 83.0

 Librarians, archivists, and curators ............... 199 665 22 167 657 20 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages — Continued

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Librarians .................................................... 173 667 23 148 657 21 25 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Social scientists and urban planners ............ 296 826 33 154 708 27 142 963 83 73.6

 Economists ................................................. 110 876 44 53 785 85 57 1,148 60 68.4

 Psychologists .............................................. 149 770 50 87 698 32 61 893 45 78.2

 Social, recreation, and religious workers ...... 1,254 610 6 683 577 7 572 678 18 85.1

 Social workers ............................................ 734 602 7 523 589 7 211 637 36 92.4

 Recreation workers ..................................... 88 413 31 58 398 26 30 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Clergy ......................................................... 322 700 20 43 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 279 716 21 3 ( )

 Lawyers and judges ...................................... 611 1,314 56 179 1,054 41 431 1,448 48 72.8

 Lawyers ...................................................... 565 1,304 58 165 1,053 42 400 1,439 49 73.1

 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes .... 1,377 727 10 636 641 11 741 789 24 81.3

 Technical writers ......................................... 56 848 44 36 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Designers ................................................... 479 692 25 229 609 14 250 805 33 75.6

 Actors and directors .................................... 72 790 84 33 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 40 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and

 artist printmakers .................................... 105 737 24 33 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 72 750 28 3 ( )

 Photographers ............................................ 52 738 36 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 39 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Editors and reporters .................................. 210 742 20 107 718 41 103 795 54 90.2

 Public relations specialists .......................... 166 744 20 99 670 28 67 923 52 72.6

Technical, sales, and administrative support .... 28,252 506 1 17,424 452 2 10,828 655 5 69.0

 Technicians and related support .................... 3,652 648 7 1,769 541 8 1,882 761 7 71.1

 Health technologists and technicians ........... 1,315 523 6 1,023 507 5 293 620 15 81.9

 Clinical laboratory technologists and

 technicians ............................................... 269 594 17 200 572 19 69 624 27 91.7

 Radiologic technicians ................................ 128 668 26 81 628 22 47 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Licensed practical nurses ........................... 285 515 6 263 514 5 22 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Engineering and related technologists and

 technicians ............................................... 911 693 9 174 586 16 737 721 11 81.2

 Electrical and electronic technicians ........... 423 708 11 61 599 28 362 725 14 82.6

 Drafting occupations ................................... 200 691 18 50 612 37 150 722 29 84.7

 Surveying and mapping technicians ........... 74 639 34 7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 67 649 33 3 ( )

 Science technicians ...................................... 219 599 12 79 460 27 139 678 26 67.8

 Biological technicians ................................. 85 496 33 46 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 39 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Chemical technicians .................................. 63 732 31 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 50 731 34 3 ( )

 Technicians, except health, engineering,

 and science .............................................. 1,207 809 23 494 655 17 713 957 16 68.4

 Airplane pilots and navigators .................... 98 1,283 152 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 95 1,272 147 3 ( )

 Computer programmers ............................. 628 944 16 163 868 42 465 968 17 89.6

 Legal assistants .......................................... 350 609 11 290 596 11 60 703 46 84.9

 Sales occupations .......................................... 10,133 550 7 4,550 407 4 5,583 684 7 59.6

 Supervisors and proprietors ......................... 3,374 608 5 1,386 485 7 1,988 695 10 69.8

 Sales representatives, finance and business

 services .................................................... 1,921 738 11 857 591 8 1,063 887 20 66.7

 Insurance sales .......................................... 369 679 29 175 551 18 194 856 38 64.4

 Real estate sales ........................................ 357 713 30 204 585 17 154 890 42 65.8

 Securities and financial services sales ....... 431 907 51 141 641 27 290 1,118 77 57.3

 Advertising and related sales ..................... 135 723 44 83 679 34 51 870 118 78.1

 Sales occupations, other business services 628 682 27 254 575 26 374 777 42 74.0

 Sales representatives, commodities, except

 retail .......................................................... 1,315 768 9 334 665 15 980 832 12 80.0

 Sales workers, retail and personal services 3,486 349 4 1,945 301 2 1,542 470 9 64.2

 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ... 297 676 32 30 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 268 703 30 3 ( )

 Sales workers, apparel ............................... 152 307 8 107 301 8 44 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Sales workers, furniture and home

 furnishings .............................................. 125 502 18 54 369 44 71 594 33 62.1

 Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and

 appliances .............................................. 183 519 39 48 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 135 576 65 3 ( )

 Sales workers, hardware and building

 supplies .................................................. 254 454 14 50 395 21 205 466 14 84.8

 Sales workers, parts ................................... 157 466 14 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 144 468 15 3 ( )

 Sales workers, other commodities .............. 680 352 7 436 319 5 244 460 40 69.3

 Sales counter clerks ................................... 107 382 17 68 352 13 39 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Cashiers ..................................................... 1,368 285 3 1,046 276 3 321 313 6 88.0

 Street and door-to-door sales workers ....... 97 426 29 62 421 27 35 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Administrative support, including clerical ........ 14,468 469 2 11,105 449 2 3,363 563 8 79.8

 Supervisors ................................................... 658 592 10 397 545 14 261 703 21 77.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages — Continued

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 General office ............................................. 368 572 14 265 532 15 103 706 33 75.3

 Financial records processing ...................... 66 640 29 55 588 34 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Distribution, scheduling, and

 adjusting clerks ....................................... 209 615 19 71 544 60 138 692 28 78.6

 Computer equipment operators .................... 291 532 15 139 492 10 151 634 43 77.7

 Computer operators .................................... 289 533 15 138 493 10 151 633 43 77.8

 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists ....... 2,523 456 4 2,483 455 4 40 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Secretaries ................................................. 2,023 451 5 2,002 450 4 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Stenographers ............................................ 86 501 17 84 496 15 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Typists ........................................................ 413 469 9 397 467 8 17 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Information clerks ......................................... 1,439 404 4 1,274 400 3 166 486 16 82.2

 Interviewers ................................................ 130 439 20 115 441 18 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Hotel clerks ................................................. 98 342 16 73 343 16 25 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Transportation ticket and reservation

 agents ..................................................... 212 476 17 144 433 16 68 598 28 72.3

 Receptionists .............................................. 709 389 4 688 388 4 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Records processing, except financial ........... 764 466 8 614 459 8 150 492 15 93.3

 Order clerks ................................................ 256 496 16 193 478 18 64 528 40 90.6

 Personnel clerks, except payroll and

 timekeeping ............................................ 78 511 15 62 512 16 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 File clerks ................................................... 190 380 14 153 382 14 37 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Records clerks ............................................ 185 495 17 157 486 16 28 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Financial records processing ........................ 1,573 478 4 1,425 473 4 147 544 33 86.9

 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing

 clerks ..................................................... 1,119 483 5 1,014 478 4 105 539 39 88.8

 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................... 150 508 15 138 504 13 12 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Billing clerks ................................................ 162 435 13 149 428 11 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Billing, posting, and calculating machine

 operators ................................................. 105 459 18 92 457 16 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Communications equipment operators ......... 128 389 11 107 381 10 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Telephone operators .................................. 119 392 12 99 384 11 20 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Mail and message distributing ...................... 834 639 14 307 563 20 527 679 13 82.8

 Postal clerks, except mail carriers .............. 279 696 12 144 663 21 135 728 9 91.0

 Mail carriers, postal service ........................ 323 723 11 86 652 29 236 739 8 88.3

 Mail clerks, except postal service ............... 136 385 11 64 367 15 72 402 16 91.5

 Messengers ................................................ 96 480 22 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 83 494 25 3 ( )

 Material recording, scheduling, and

 distributing clerks ..................................... 1,825 479 6 807 450 7 1,018 504 8 89.3

 Dispatchers ................................................. 251 514 14 131 450 17 119 649 17 69.4

 Production coordinators .............................. 203 610 20 116 522 15 87 729 29 71.6

 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks ........ 632 438 11 204 416 10 428 455 15 91.5

 Stock and inventory clerks .......................... 408 483 12 176 464 12 232 503 17 92.3

 Expediters ................................................... 220 420 9 140 413 9 80 450 42 91.8

 Adjusters and investigators .......................... 1,597 493 5 1,201 477 4 395 584 11 81.6

 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

 investigators .......................................... 424 533 17 311 503 7 113 677 32 74.3

 Investigators and adjusters, except

 insurance ............................................... 941 479 7 713 459 8 227 556 18 82.5

 Eligibility clerks, social welfare ................... 92 485 14 79 485 13 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Bill and account collectors .......................... 140 474 17 98 473 16 42 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Miscellaneous administrative support

 occupations .............................................. 2,797 433 5 2,327 420 3 470 523 16 80.3

 General office clerks ................................... 595 438 10 498 430 10 96 471 21 91.2

 Bank tellers ................................................. 303 357 7 275 354 6 27 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Data-entry keyers ....................................... 609 444 8 507 436 8 101 489 16 89.2

 Statistical clerks .......................................... 88 440 31 78 427 25 9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Teachers’ aides .......................................... 402 343 8 364 338 8 38 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

Service occupations ......................................... 11,020 355 2 5,736 316 1 5,284 414 3 76.2

 Private household ........................................... 368 264 7 348 261 6 20 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Child care workers ........................................ 130 265 14 128 264 12 2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Cleaners and servants .................................. 228 262 8 213 259 7 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Protective service ........................................... 2,112 623 8 341 500 9 1,771 659 10 75.9

 Supervisors ................................................... 193 846 45 27 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 166 881 36 3 ( )

 Police and detectives .................................. 114 908 40 17 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 97 941 79 3 ( )

 Firefighting and fire prevention ..................... 240 801 22 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 230 803 22 3 ( )

 Firefighting .................................................. 226 802 23 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 218 805 23 3 ( )

 Police and detectives .................................... 1,034 690 12 169 559 18 865 716 12 78.0

 Police and detectives, public service .......... 541 775 15 62 693 29 479 792 20 87.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages — Continued

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

 officers ................................................... 143 678 30 26 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 117 692 29 3 ( )

 Correctional institution officers ................... 350 587 13 81 495 12 269 618 13 80.1

 Guards .......................................................... 645 411 9 134 385 17 511 418 10 92.2

 Guards and police, exc. public services ..... 611 417 9 115 414 17 497 417 10 99.2

 Service occupations, except private

household and protective ........................... 8,540 327 2 5,047 314 1 3,493 357 3 88.2

 Food preparation and service occupations ... 3,204 309 2 1,610 294 2 1,594 325 4 90.7

 Supervisors ................................................. 229 359 13 121 321 8 109 415 18 77.4

 Bartenders .................................................. 214 351 10 93 336 11 121 370 17 90.8

 Waiters and waitresses .............................. 595 315 6 411 301 6 184 346 11 87.2

 Cooks, except short order .......................... 1,313 310 3 532 290 4 781 324 4 89.6

 Food counter, fountain and related

 occupations ............................................ 101 251 8 69 245 9 32 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Kitchen workers, food preparation .............. 152 293 7 98 289 10 54 297 9 97.2

 Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants ............ 284 303 7 128 293 9 157 312 10 93.8

 Miscellaneous food preparation

 occupations ............................................ 315 290 5 158 288 5 157 293 10 98.1

 Health service occupations ........................... 1,833 343 4 1,607 339 3 226 377 10 90.1

 Dental assistants ........................................ 137 414 22 132 417 21 5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Health aides, except nursing ...................... 259 355 10 208 350 10 51 375 20 93.4

 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants .... 1,437 336 4 1,267 333 4 169 378 12 88.0

 Cleaning and building service occupations .. 2,298 345 4 912 307 3 1,386 382 5 80.5

 Supervisors ................................................. 149 442 35 53 384 14 96 501 16 76.7

 Maids and housemen ................................. 470 304 5 374 297 4 96 348 19 85.2

 Janitors and cleaners ................................. 1,613 349 5 483 309 4 1,131 372 6 83.0

 Pest control ................................................. 61 481 24 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 58 487 24 3 ( )

 Personal service occupations ....................... 1,205 340 6 918 321 3 287 400 12 80.2

 Supervisors ................................................. 56 498 23 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 26 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Hairdressers and cosmetologists ............... 310 343 10 279 339 9 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Attendants, amusement and recreation

 facilities .................................................... 132 399 16 56 365 46 76 428 24 85.3

 Public transportation attendants ................. 78 568 40 62 603 64 16 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Welfare service aids ................................... 71 356 22 60 358 25 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Early childhood teachers’ assistants .......... 259 285 6 249 283 5 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

Precision production, craft, and repair .............. 12,163 613 3 1,088 445 9 11,075 628 4 70.9

 Mechanics and repairers ................................ 4,227 648 6 203 627 24 4,024 649 6 96.7

 Supervisors ................................................... 219 804 19 18 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 202 814 19 3 ( )

 Mechanics and repairers, except

 supervisors .............................................. 4,008 640 6 185 621 31 3,822 641 6 96.9

 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics

 and repairers ......................................... 1,485 604 7 16 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 1,469 605 7 3 ( )

 Automobile mechanics ............................. 663 533 19 5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 658 538 20 3 ( )

 Bus, truck, and stationary engine

 mechanics ........................................... 321 633 14 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 320 632 14 3 ( )

 Aircraft engine mechanics ........................ 125 744 24 6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 119 748 26 3 ( )

 Automobile body and related repairers ..... 132 572 28 - - - 132 572 28 -

 Heavy equipment mechanics ................... 161 665 24 - - - 161 665 24 -

 Industrial machinery repairers .................... 493 668 11 20 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 473 669 11 3 ( )

 Electrical and electronic equipment

 repairers ................................................. 909 702 13 106 648 21 803 710 13 91.2

 Electronic repairers, communications and

 industrial equipment ............................. 166 607 26 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 153 611 25 3 ( )

 Data processing equipment repairers ....... 311 676 18 52 638 21 259 692 23 92.2

 Telephone installers and repairers ........... 288 763 25 36 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 252 776 24 3 ( )

 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

 mechanics ............................................. 296 623 19 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 292 622 18 3 ( )

 Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers .... 810 630 13 38 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 772 634 14 3 ( )

 Millwrights ................................................. 73 777 36 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 71 783 36 3 ( )

 Construction trades ........................................ 4,430 596 5 88 475 28 4,341 599 5 79.4

 Supervisors ................................................... 567 744 15 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 554 745 15 3 ( )

 Construction trades, except supervisors ...... 3,863 576 6 75 451 37 3,788 579 6 77.9

 Brickmasons and stonemasons .................. 170 562 27 - - - 170 562 27 -

 Carpet installers .......................................... 62 491 21 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 60 493 20 3 ( )

 Carpenters .................................................. 1,012 533 13 6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 1,006 533 13 3 ( )

 Drywall installers ......................................... 161 464 22 10 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 151 476 17 3 ( )

 Electricians ................................................. 769 688 11 17 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 752 693 11 3 ( )

 Electrical power installers and repairers ..... 137 802 22 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 134 805 22 3 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages — Continued

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Painters, construction and maintenance .... 366 483 10 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 355 484 10 3 ( )

 Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and

 apprentices ............................................. 450 644 17 7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 444 644 17 3 ( )

 Concrete and terrazzo finishers .................. 82 542 42 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 81 546 42 3 ( )

 Roofers ....................................................... 138 478 21 2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 136 477 23 3 ( )

 Structural metalworkers .............................. 85 706 57 2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 83 716 85 3 ( )

 Extractive occupations .................................... 126 793 38 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 123 801 44 3 ( )

 Precision production occupations ................... 3,380 589 6 793 414 5 2,587 645 8 64.2

 Supervisors ................................................... 1,051 691 10 200 520 14 851 726 12 71.6

 Precision metalworking occupations ............ 792 654 12 49 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 744 665 12 3 ( )

 Tool and die makers ................................... 117 816 28 2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 115 817 27 3 ( )

 Machinists ................................................... 455 622 13 25 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 431 633 16 3 ( )

 Sheet-metal workers ................................... 109 678 18 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 105 677 24 3 ( )

 Precision woodworking occupations ............. 90 448 39 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 78 473 34 3 ( )

 Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ....... 63 478 24 - - - 63 478 24 -

 Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings

 machine workers ...................................... 108 400 16 49 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 59 429 33 3 ( )

 Precision workers, assorted materials .......... 513 433 11 273 397 10 240 493 19 80.6

 Optical goods workers ................................ 56 487 34 33 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 23 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Electrical and electronic equipment

 assemblers .............................................. 334 408 9 212 390 11 121 439 18 88.7

 Precision food production occupations ......... 424 407 7 160 366 14 264 441 15 83.0

 Butchers and meat cutters .......................... 249 414 8 76 355 13 173 456 21 77.9

 Bakers ........................................................ 125 398 14 45 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 79 426 21 3 ( )

 Food batchmakers ...................................... 50 391 17 39 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Precision inspectors, testers, and related

 workers ..................................................... 147 691 37 38 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 109 762 33 3 ( )

 Inspectors, testers, and graders ................. 137 691 48 36 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 101 768 37 3 ( )

 Plant and system operators .......................... 255 721 23 13 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 242 721 23 3 ( )

 Water and sewage treatment plant

 operators ............................................... 65 640 40 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 62 622 47 3 ( )

 Stationary engineers ................................... 112 736 44 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 104 750 56 3 ( )

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ................. 15,411 446 3 3,574 351 2 11,837 487 2 72.2

 Machine operators, assemblers, and

 inspectors .................................................. 6,636 436 3 2,396 355 3 4,240 495 3 71.6

 Machine operators and tenders, except

 precision .................................................. 4,168 427 4 1,483 342 4 2,685 491 4 69.6

 Metalworking and plastic working machine

 operators ............................................... 345 502 11 64 450 29 281 519 14 86.8

 Punching and stamping press machine

 operators ............................................. 92 464 42 25 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 66 481 20 3 ( )

 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

 machine operators ................................ 98 452 19 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 83 458 19 3 ( )

 Metal and plastic processing machine

 operators ............................................... 140 449 16 35 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 105 481 19 3 ( )

 Molding and casting machine operators ... 79 450 26 26 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 52 506 24 -

 Woodworking machine operators ............... 101 416 24 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 86 429 22 3 ( )

 Sawing machine operators ....................... 59 420 37 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 51 428 28 3 ( )

 Printing machine operators ......................... 334 514 14 80 345 18 254 589 18 58.6

 Printing press operators ........................... 264 548 32 44 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 219 590 18 3 ( )

 Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine

 operators ............................................... 715 316 4 500 304 4 215 379 13 80.1

 Winding and twisting machine operators .. 50 404 14 39 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Textile sewing machine operators ............ 376 303 6 297 301 5 79 315 16 95.8

 Pressing machine operators ..................... 69 287 15 43 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 26 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Laundering and dry cleaning machine

 operators .............................................. 144 307 8 87 279 8 58 396 21 70.4

 Machine operators, assorted materials ...... 2,510 447 6 783 363 5 1,727 495 5 73.4

 Packaging and filling machine operators .. 317 346 9 195 327 8 123 404 25 80.8

 Mixing and blending machine operators ... 113 519 13 9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 105 521 13 3 ( )

 Separating, filtering, and clarifying 

 machine operators ................................ 59 726 82 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 56 726 78 3 ( )

 Painting and paint spraying machine

 operators .............................................. 176 464 21 19 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 156 482 15 3 ( )

 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc.

 food ....................................................... 53 492 24 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 50 500 23 3 ( )

 Slicing and cutting machine operators ...... 123 410 13 34 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 89 430 32 3 ( )

 Photographic process machine operators 77 379 22 46 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

13
Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2000 annual averages — Continued

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working

 occupations ........................................... 1,818 449 6 603 380 6 1,215 493 6 77.2

 Welders and cutters .................................. 537 519 8 31 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 506 523 9 3 ( )

 Assemblers ............................................... 1,178 420 5 531 382 6 647 465 9 82.1

 Production inspectors, testers, samplers,

 and weighers .......................................... 651 447 11 311 368 9 340 552 20 66.7

 Production inspectors, checkers, and

 examiners ............................................. 459 475 13 220 379 10 239 592 28 64.0

 Production testers ..................................... 60 687 123 18 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 42 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Graders and sorters, except agricultural .. 124 318 9 70 305 12 54 357 70 85.5

 Transportation and material moving

occupations ................................................ 4,587 540 6 366 407 8 4,221 558 7 72.9

 Motor vehicle operators ................................ 3,343 543 7 300 399 9 3,043 564 8 70.7

 Supervisors ................................................. 77 688 116 15 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 62 740 28 3 ( )

 Truck drivers ............................................... 2,562 564 8 94 407 17 2,468 573 7 71.1

 Drivers-sales workers ................................. 151 558 32 14 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 136 582 23 3 ( )

 Bus drivers .................................................. 328 460 20 148 401 15 180 506 17 79.4

 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .................. 181 468 22 20 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 161 480 14 3 ( )

 Transportation occupations, except motor

 vehicles .................................................... 182 816 23 5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 177 821 30 3 ( )

 Rail transportation ...................................... 127 863 70 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 123 883 44 3 ( )

 Locomotive operating occupations ............. 60 920 84 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 59 926 79 3 ( )

 Water transportation .................................... 55 778 41 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 54 784 32 3 ( )

 Material moving equipment operators .......... 1,062 511 6 61 424 20 1,001 516 6 82.2

 Operating engineers ................................... 238 616 16 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 234 615 16 3 ( )

 Crane and tower operators ......................... 64 663 55 1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 64 667 53 3 ( )

 Excavating and loading machine operators 82 576 20 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 80 581 15 3 ( )

 Industrial truck and tractor equipment

 operators ................................................ 537 447 11 42 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 495 453 11 3 ( )

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

 laborers ...................................................... 4,189 378 3 812 320 3 3,376 394 3 81.2

 Helpers, construction and extractive

 occupations .............................................. 92 376 12 6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 86 375 14 3 ( )

 Helpers, construction trades ....................... 86 375 14 4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 82 371 18 3 ( )

 Construction laborers ................................... 887 443 13 23 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 864 445 13 3 ( )

 Production helpers ........................................ 67 401 16 16 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 51 396 17 3 ( )

 Freight, stock, and material handlers ........... 1,303 365 5 279 316 5 1,024 381 6 82.9

 Stock handlers and baggers ....................... 596 322 4 195 304 5 401 339 9 89.6

 Machine feeders and offbearers ................. 76 385 24 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 55 461 50 3 ( )

 Garage and service station related

 occupations ............................................. 147 322 8 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 139 324 10 3 ( )

 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .... 233 345 11 40 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 193 347 12 3 ( )

 Hand packers and packagers ....................... 309 314 4 208 309 4 101 331 19 93.2

 Laborers, except construction ...................... 1,104 391 6 231 339 8 874 407 6 83.2

Farming, forestry, and fishing ........................... 1,616 334 5 242 294 6 1,374 347 6 84.9

 Farm operators and managers ....................... 69 547 79 11 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 58 578 19 3 ( )

 Farm managers ............................................ 54 547 73 8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 46 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Other agricultural and related occupations ..... 1,483 325 4 227 291 6 1,256 337 6 86.5

 Farm occupations, except managerial .......... 654 312 4 99 285 10 556 316 5 90.0

 Farm workers .............................................. 589 309 5 81 281 11 508 313 5 89.9

 Related agricultural occupations .................. 828 345 8 128 295 8 701 361 8 81.8

 Supervisors, related agricultural ................. 70 559 25 5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 66 564 25 3 ( )

 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except

 farm ....................................................... 625 343 9 32 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 593 343 8 3 ( )

 Animal caretakers, except farm .................. 65 335 20 44 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 21 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Graders and sorters, agricultural

 products .................................................. 60 269 8 43 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 17 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 ( )

 Forestry and logging occupations ................... 54 483 24 3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 50 487 24 3 ( )

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

2 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000. 3 Data not shown where base for either the numerator or denominator is

less than 50,000.

14
Table 4. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex and State, 2000 annual averages

State

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 UNITED STATES ..................... 99,917 $576 $1 43,644 $491 $1 56,273 $646 $2 76.0

Alabama ....................................... 1,591 498 7 727 416 8 864 582 11 71.5

Alaska ........................................... 214 680 14 94 579 11 120 798 23 72.6

Arizona ......................................... 1,682 523 8 724 484 8 958 580 16 83.4

Arkansas ....................................... 907 448 9 411 383 9 495 501 8 76.5

California ...................................... 11,845 610 4 5,016 551 8 6,830 671 8 82.1

Colorado ....................................... 1,588 645 13 660 542 15 928 733 13 74.0

Connecticut ................................... 1,212 688 10 538 590 10 674 773 22 76.3

Delaware ...................................... 297 582 9 135 513 9 162 657 26 78.1

District of Columbia ...................... 220 649 11 110 616 9 110 690 21 89.3

Florida ........................................... 5,495 504 4 2,452 443 6 3,043 578 8 76.6

Georgia ......................................... 3,149 514 6 1,457 461 9 1,691 573 12 80.5

Hawaii ........................................... 396 556 16 189 495 10 207 624 17 79.2

Idaho ............................................. 427 509 7 171 426 11 257 573 13 74.4

Illinois ............................................ 4,687 604 5 2,083 521 7 2,604 699 11 74.5

Indiana .......................................... 2,245 564 11 920 464 9 1,325 661 15 70.2

Iowa .............................................. 1,059 551 10 462 478 8 597 618 11 77.3

Kansas .......................................... 972 542 16 443 456 9 529 625 13 72.9

Kentucky ....................................... 1,427 518 8 636 450 10 791 599 9 75.1

Louisiana ...................................... 1,431 497 8 635 412 8 796 586 12 70.3

Maine ............................................ 445 509 7 200 442 12 244 586 12 75.4

Maryland ....................................... 2,074 642 12 921 589 9 1,153 703 13 83.8

Massachusetts .............................. 2,284 639 8 981 566 10 1,303 714 13 79.3

Michigan ....................................... 3,611 620 6 1,483 512 5 2,128 711 10 72.0

Minnesota ..................................... 1,769 668 10 751 562 12 1,018 754 14 74.6

Mississippi .................................... 945 477 8 441 389 10 503 550 18 70.7

Missouri ........................................ 2,169 571 10 978 484 8 1,191 658 12 73.6

Montana ........................................ 276 475 8 119 395 9 157 546 16 72.3

Nebraska ...................................... 615 500 7 282 420 5 333 596 11 70.4

Nevada ......................................... 770 510 5 336 457 8 434 581 11 78.6

New Hampshire ............................ 446 624 11 191 513 10 255 717 15 71.5

New Jersey ................................... 3,044 663 9 1,322 579 7 1,721 753 11 77.0

New Mexico .................................. 572 495 8 256 427 12 316 573 18 74.5

New York ...................................... 6,338 600 4 2,832 519 4 3,506 674 8 77.1

North Carolina .............................. 2,922 509 5 1,344 452 8 1,578 583 8 77.4

North Dakota ................................ 210 480 8 99 400 8 111 556 18 72.0

Ohio .............................................. 4,043 596 5 1,755 494 5 2,288 685 10 72.2

Oklahoma ..................................... 1,154 493 7 514 412 7 640 583 12 70.8

Oregon .......................................... 1,147 572 11 472 476 11 675 649 15 73.4

Pennsylvania ................................ 4,116 590 5 1,763 487 6 2,353 671 9 72.6

Rhode Island ................................ 339 609 12 147 526 11 192 685 17 76.7

South Carolina .............................. 1,471 524 9 696 457 7 776 623 13 73.4

South Dakota ................................ 255 491 7 114 414 6 141 589 12 70.3

Tennessee .................................... 2,007 516 6 887 447 11 1,120 596 11 75.1

Texas ............................................ 7,557 513 4 3,249 452 6 4,308 587 6 77.0

Utah .............................................. 729 576 10 273 456 11 456 673 15 67.8

Vermont ........................................ 211 531 12 96 493 8 116 589 11 83.7

Virginia .......................................... 2,736 615 7 1,263 519 11 1,473 720 18 72.1

Washington ................................... 2,059 620 10 833 512 11 1,226 723 17 70.8

West Virginia ................................ 594 500 8 258 410 8 337 583 12 70.3

Wisconsin ..................................... 1,995 575 10 857 493 8 1,138 654 16 75.4

Wyoming ....................................... 172 505 8 69 402 8 103 601 12 66.8

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

NOTE: Data refer to persons 16 years and over.

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Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages

Characteristic

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

 median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

 median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

 median

AGE

 Total, 16 years and over ......... 20,619 $170 $1 14,161 $177 $1 6,458 $156 $1 113.2

16 to 24 years ............................... 8,203 131 1 4,563 132 1 3,640 131 1 101.2

 16 to 19 years ............................ 4,852 114 1 2,594 114 1 2,258 115 1 98.9

 20 to 24 years ............................ 3,351 163 1 1,969 162 2 1,383 164 2 99.0

25 years and over ......................... 12,416 207 1 9,599 208 1 2,817 203 2 102.2

 25 to 34 years ............................ 3,080 212 2 2,357 211 2 723 216 4 97.5

 35 to 44 years ............................ 3,469 223 3 2,993 222 3 476 234 11 94.8

 45 to 54 years ............................ 2,560 231 3 2,153 229 4 406 245 10 93.5

 55 to 64 years ............................ 1,785 186 3 1,284 184 3 501 191 5 96.7

 65 years and over ...................... 1,523 153 3 811 139 4 712 167 4 83.2

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White ............................................ 17,762 171 1 12,343 178 1 5,419 156 1 114.2

Black ............................................. 1,966 161 2 1,264 165 2 702 154 3 107.0

Hispanic origin .............................. 1,866 168 3 1,246 165 3 620 174 5 95.0

MARITAL STATUS

Never married ............................... 9,482 140 1 5,167 140 1 4,315 139 1 100.5

Married, spouse present ............... 8,746 211 1 7,070 213 2 1,675 205 3 103.8

Other marital status ...................... 2,391 188 3 1,924 186 3 467 196 6 94.6

 Divorced .................................... 1,269 204 3 984 202 4 284 214 8 94.1

 Separated .................................. 507 190 5 409 189 6 98 194 13 97.6

 Widowed .................................... 615 152 4 531 153 4 84 142 12 107.7

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

 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.

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Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of employed (full- and part-time) wage and salary workers by hours usually worked and sex, 2000 annual

averages

Hours of work

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

 Total, 16 years and over ........ 120,786 $498 $1 57,933 $411 $1 62,853 $599 $2 68.5

1 to 34 hours ................................. 18,376 173 1 12,725 182 1 5,651 158 1 115.0

 1 to 4 hours ................................. 413 45 3 306 44 3 107 48 7 91.7

 5 to 9 hours ................................. 1,033 61 1 688 63 1 345 59 2 106.4

 10 to 14 hours ............................. 1,691 88 1 1,154 91 2 536 80 2 114.7

 15 to 19 hours ............................. 2,521 117 1 1,700 120 1 822 110 1 109.1

 20 to 24 hours ............................. 5,728 166 1 3,894 173 1 1,834 154 1 112.2

 25 to 29 hours ............................. 2,368 207 2 1,693 214 2 675 192 3 111.8

 30 to 34 hours ............................. 4,621 264 2 3,289 271 2 1,332 250 3 108.3

35 hours and over ......................... 94,545 578 1 41,654 495 1 52,890 648 2 76.3

 35 to 39 hours ............................. 6,882 397 3 4,814 393 3 2,068 409 7 96.0

 40 hours .................................... 65,000 515 1 30,068 473 1 34,931 580 2 81.5

 41 hours and over ..................... 22,663 831 4 6,772 729 4 15,891 879 5 82.9

 41 to 44 hours ......................... 1,524 621 7 624 565 10 900 670 11 84.3

 45 to 48 hours ......................... 6,767 741 5 2,339 683 8 4,428 771 7 88.6

 49 to 59 hours ......................... 9,841 894 6 2,820 785 10 7,021 934 7 84.0

 60 hours and over ................... 4,531 965 10 989 802 16 3,542 1,009 11 79.4

Hours vary .................................... 7,865 374 5 3,554 250 4 4,311 517 7 48.3

 Usually less than 35 hours ......... 2,244 139 2 1,437 139 3 807 139 4 100.2

 Usually 35 hours or more ........... 5,373 525 8 1,990 376 8 3,383 622 8 60.4

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

 NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.

Detail for the above "hours vary" groups will not sum to totals because data

are not presented for a small number of multiple jobholders whose usual

number of hours on the principal job is not identifiable.

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Table 7. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected

characteristics, 2000 annual averages

Characteristic

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Upper limit of:

First

decile

First

quartile

Second

quartile

(median)

Third

quartile

Ninth

decile

SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 99,917 $280 $380 $576 $862 $1,266 

 Women ................................................................................... 43,644 257 337 491 721 1,022

 Men ......................................................................................... 56,273 299 420 646 972 1,443

White ........................................................................................ 82,475 284 389 591 888 1,318

 Women ................................................................................... 34,897 261 345 500 733 1,044

 Men ......................................................................................... 47,578 304 435 669 997 1,469

Black ......................................................................................... 12,556 253 325 468 683 953

 Women ................................................................................... 6,568 241 308 429 626 867

 Men ......................................................................................... 5,989 273 357 503 736 1,017

Hispanic origin .......................................................................... 11,738 235 292 396 603 892

 Women ................................................................................... 4,477 217 273 364 533 786

 Men ......................................................................................... 7,261 248 305 414 638 949

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Total, 25 years and over ........................................................... 87,984 294 407 611 909 1,344

 Less than a high school diploma ............................................ 8,523 225 280 360 508 706

 High school graduates, no college ......................................... 27,637 279 364 506 716 966

 Some college or associate degree ......................................... 24,452 312 422 598 834 1,136

 College graduates, total .......................................................... 27,372 448 625 896 1,325 1,870

Women, 25 years and over ...................................................... 38,497 270 358 515 751 1,069

 Less than a high school diploma ............................................ 3,034 193 245 303 387 506

 High school graduates, no college ......................................... 12,088 251 315 421 579 753

 Some college or associate degree ......................................... 11,442 286 377 504 688 908

 College graduates, total .......................................................... 11,934 402 567 760 1,066 1,460

Men, 25 years and over ............................................................ 49,487 324 473 700 1,021 1,503

 Less than a high school diploma ............................................ 5,490 246 303 409 583 774

 High school graduates, no college ......................................... 15,549 311 419 594 816 1,073

 Some college or associate degree ......................................... 13,010 360 497 699 953 1,277

 College graduates, total .......................................................... 15,438 498 712 1,022 1,481 2,021

 NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers

earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 percent earn

less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less

than the upper limit of the second quartile, or median; 75 percent

earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent

earn less than the upper limit of the ninth decile. 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.

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Table 8. Usual weekly earnings distribution of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages

(In thousands)

Characteristic Total

employed

Usual weekly earnings distribution

Under

$150.00

$150.00

to

$249.99

$250.00

to

$349.99

$350.00

to

$499.99

$500.00

to

$749.99

$750.00

to

$999.99

$1000.00

to

$1499.99

$1500.00

or

more

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ............................. 99,917 999 5,340 13,941 20,862 25,200 15,022 12,082 6,473

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 11,934 259 1,683 3,568 3,622 2,069 507 175 50

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 2,303 86 603 901 499 169 27 14 5

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 9,631 174 1,080 2,667 3,124 1,901 480 161 45

25 years and over ................................................. 87,984 740 3,657 10,373 17,239 23,131 14,515 11,907 6,423

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 25,272 192 1,173 3,569 5,819 7,295 3,706 2,479 1,038

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 28,926 206 1,155 3,108 5,454 7,425 5,002 4,228 2,349

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 23,044 153 786 2,270 4,000 5,807 4,179 3,695 2,154

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 9,383 127 391 1,148 1,698 2,377 1,488 1,372 782

 65 years and over .............................................. 1,359 61 153 278 269 226 140 132 100

Women, 16 years and over ........................ 43,644 587 3,227 7,728 10,727 11,127 5,375 3,535 1,339

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 5,147 125 879 1,613 1,527 786 159 42 16

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 926 40 287 377 168 45 4 2 3

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 4,221 85 592 1,237 1,360 740 155 39 13

25 years and over ................................................. 38,497 462 2,348 6,114 9,200 10,341 5,216 3,493 1,323

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 10,826 110 672 1,889 2,825 3,110 1,279 694 247

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 12,407 143 790 1,900 2,926 3,226 1,724 1,218 480

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 10,578 100 536 1,473 2,376 2,814 1,649 1,160 469

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 4,129 73 275 714 939 1,111 512 386 118

 65 years and over .............................................. 557 35 75 138 134 80 51 34 9

Men, 16 years and over .............................. 56,273 412 2,113 6,213 10,134 14,073 9,647 8,547 5,134

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 6,786 135 804 1,954 2,095 1,284 348 133 34

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 1,377 46 316 524 331 123 24 12 2

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 5,409 89 488 1,431 1,764 1,160 325 121 32

25 years and over ................................................. 49,487 278 1,309 4,258 8,039 12,790 9,299 8,414 5,100

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 14,445 82 501 1,680 2,994 4,185 2,428 1,785 791

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 16,519 63 365 1,208 2,528 4,199 3,278 3,010 1,869

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 12,466 53 250 797 1,624 2,993 2,529 2,534 1,685

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 5,254 54 116 434 759 1,266 975 987 664

 65 years and over .............................................. 802 26 78 140 135 146 88 98 91

RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White, 16 years and over ............................ 82,475 797 4,077 10,862 16,618 20,952 12,825 10,581 5,762

Women ................................................................. 34,897 464 2,437 5,908 8,519 9,043 4,420 2,971 1,135

Men ....................................................................... 47,578 333 1,641 4,954 8,099 11,910 8,405 7,610 4,627

Black, 16 years and over ............................ 12,556 157 999 2,422 3,283 3,093 1,476 832 293

Women ................................................................. 6,568 95 625 1,468 1,743 1,542 657 342 95

Men ....................................................................... 5,989 62 374 954 1,540 1,552 819 490 198

Hispanic origin, 16 years and over ............. 11,738 150 1,421 3,055 2,970 2,303 943 638 259

Women ................................................................. 4,477 84 751 1,223 1,126 765 291 190 49

Men ....................................................................... 7,261 65 670 1,832 1,844 1,538 652 449 210

 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.

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Table 9. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex, marital status, and 

presence and age of own children under 18 years old, 2000 annual averages 

Characteristic

Number of

workers

(in thousands)

 Median

weekly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

WOMEN

Total, all marital statuses ............................................ 43,644 $491 $1

With children under 18 years old ............................ 17,104 479 2

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 10,585 492 2

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 6,519 456 4

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 26,540 499 2

Total, married, spouse present ................................... 22,856 517 2

With children under 18 years old ............................ 11,476 507 2

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 7,056 512 3

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 4,421 501 3

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 11,380 527 3

Total, other marital statuses1 ..................................... 20,788 461 2

With children under 18 years old ............................ 5,628 418 3

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 3,529 453 5

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 2,099 374 4

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 15,160 479 2

MEN

Total, all marital statuses ............................................ 56,273 646 2

With children under 18 years old ............................ 22,008 721 3

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 11,706 756 4

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 10,303 681 4

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 34,265 601 2

Total, married, spouse present ................................... 34,566 735 2

With children under 18 years old ............................ 20,484 733 3

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 10,808 765 4

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 9,676 696 4

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 14,083 738 3

Total, other marital statuses1 ..................................... 21,707 512 2

With children under 18 years old ............................ 1,524 570 13

 With children 6 to 17, none younger .................... 898 643 18

 With children under 6 years old ........................... 626 476 11

With no children under 18 years old ....................... 20,182 510 2

1 Includes never-married, divorced, separated,

and widowed persons.

 NOTE: Children refer to "own" children and

include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted

children. Excluded are other related children such as

grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins, and

unrelated children.

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Table 10. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages

Characteristic

Both sexes Women Men

Women’s

earnings

as

percent

of men’s1

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

hourly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

hourly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

Number

of

workers

(in

thousands)

Median

hourly

earnings

Standard

error

of

median

AGE

Total, 16 years and over ............. 72,744 $9.91 $0.01 36,516 $9.03 $0.02 36,228 $10.85 $0.03 83.2

16 to 24 years ....................................... 16,938 7.21 .02 8,194 6.97 .02 8,743 7.59 .04 91.8

 16 to 19 years .................................... 6,698 6.37 .02 3,336 6.22 .02 3,362 6.57 .04 94.7

 20 to 24 years .................................... 10,240 8.06 .02 4,859 7.78 .03 5,381 8.40 .07 92.6

25 years and over ................................. 55,806 10.93 .02 28,321 9.89 .02 27,485 12.41 .06 79.7

 25 to 34 years .................................... 16,497 10.18 .02 7,861 9.69 .06 8,636 10.98 .05 88.2

 35 to 44 years .................................... 17,982 11.56 .08 9,135 10.05 .03 8,847 13.24 .09 76.0

 45 to 54 years .................................... 13,326 11.85 .04 7,102 10.19 .04 6,224 13.94 .07 73.1

 55 to 64 years .................................... 6,236 10.81 .08 3,289 9.75 .07 2,947 12.82 .15 76.1

 65 years and over .............................. 1,764 8.00 .06 934 7.76 .08 830 8.29 .19 93.7

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White .................................................... 59,374 9.98 .01 29,404 9.06 .02 29,970 11.04 .03 82.1

Black ..................................................... 10,105 9.27 .05 5,457 8.82 .04 4,648 9.91 .04 89.0

Hispanic origin ...................................... 9,847 8.50 .09 4,060 7.89 .04 5,787 9.01 .05 87.5

MARITAL STATUS

Never married ....................................... 25,198 8.05 .02 11,539 7.72 .03 13,659 8.45 .06 91.3

Married, spouse present ....................... 35,463 11.18 .04 17,489 9.89 .02 17,975 13.01 .04 76.1

Other marital status .............................. 12,083 10.14 .03 7,488 9.60 .07 4,595 11.86 .06 80.9

 Divorced ............................................ 7,733 10.86 .06 4,650 9.97 .04 3,084 12.62 .20 79.0

 Separated .......................................... 2,894 9.42 .15 1,642 8.78 .10 1,252 10.04 .07 87.5

 Widowed ............................................ 1,455 9.09 .12 1,196 8.83 .12 259 10.90 .46 81.0

UNION AFFILIATION2

Members of unions3 ............................. 10,691 14.22 .09 3,711 11.91 .07 6,980 15.68 .15 75.9

Represented by unions4 ....................... 11,624 14.08 .05 4,182 11.87 .07 7,442 15.34 .14 77.4

Not represented by a union .................. 61,120 9.29 .03 32,333 8.79 .02 28,786 10.01 .02 87.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Total, 25 years and over ....................... 55,806 10.93 .02 28,321 9.89 .02 27,485 12.41 .06 79.7

 Less than a high school diploma ........ 7,949 8.21 .04 3,299 7.23 .03 4,649 9.33 .12 77.5

 High school graduates, no college ..... 22,630 10.53 .05 11,184 9.21 .03 11,446 12.44 .09 74.0

 Some college or associate degree ..... 17,259 11.90 .03 9,367 10.65 .06 7,892 13.83 .07 77.0

 College graduates, total ...................... 7,968 15.02 .05 4,471 14.20 .15 3,497 15.96 .14 89.0

1 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table. 2 Differences in earnings levels between workers with and without union

affiliation reflect a variety of factors in addition to coverage by a collective

bargaining agreement, including the distribution of male and female employees

by occupation, industry, firm size, or geographic region. 3 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar

to a union. 4 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar

to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are

covered by a union or an employee association contract.

 NOTE: Hourly-paid workers account for approximately three-fifths of all

wage and salary workers. 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.

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Table 11. Hourly earnings distribution of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates by selected characteristics, 2000 annual averages

(In thousands)

Characteristic Total

employed

Hourly earnings distribution

Under

$4.00

$4.00

to

$4.99

$5.00

to

$5.99

$6.00

to

$7.99

$8.00

to

$9.99

$10.00

to

$11.99

$12.00

to

$15.99

$16.00

to

$19.99

$20.00

or

more

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ............................. 72,744 945 259 5,158 15,388 13,551 10,798 13,012 6,230 7,401

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 16,938 483 122 2,849 6,328 3,594 1,923 1,263 224 151

16 to 19 years ..................................................... 6,698 198 79 1,873 3,087 945 331 144 23 18

20 to 24 years ..................................................... 10,240 284 43 976 3,241 2,648 1,593 1,120 201 133

25 years and over ................................................. 55,806 463 137 2,309 9,060 9,957 8,875 11,749 6,005 7,250

25 to 34 years ..................................................... 16,497 218 42 771 2,946 3,267 2,859 3,496 1,555 1,343

35 to 44 years ..................................................... 17,982 119 34 660 2,573 3,033 2,798 3,969 2,072 2,723

45 to 54 years ..................................................... 13,326 77 22 415 1,850 2,186 2,040 2,870 1,657 2,208

55 to 64 years ..................................................... 6,236 34 14 267 1,100 1,130 963 1,228 667 834

65 years and over ............................................... 1,764 14 25 195 591 342 215 186 54 142

Women, 16 years and over ........................ 36,516 695 138 3,124 9,065 7,673 5,414 5,677 2,235 2,493

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 8,194 339 69 1,547 3,230 1,685 745 460 69 50

16 to 19 years ..................................................... 3,336 134 46 991 1,558 436 111 48 7 5

20 to 24 years ..................................................... 4,859 205 24 555 1,672 1,249 635 412 62 45

25 years and over ................................................. 28,321 356 69 1,577 5,835 5,988 4,668 5,217 2,166 2,444

25 to 34 years ..................................................... 7,861 156 20 485 1,689 1,686 1,333 1,451 567 474

35 to 44 years ..................................................... 9,135 102 20 488 1,749 1,897 1,498 1,741 718 921

45 to 54 years ..................................................... 7,102 63 13 294 1,307 1,505 1,179 1,340 629 773

55 to 64 years ..................................................... 3,289 26 8 185 749 707 555 594 230 235

65 years and over ............................................... 934 10 7 126 341 192 103 93 21 41

Men, 16 years and over .............................. 36,228 251 121 2,034 6,323 5,877 5,384 7,335 3,995 4,908

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 8,743 144 52 1,302 3,098 1,908 1,178 803 155 102

16 to 19 years ..................................................... 3,362 64 33 882 1,529 509 220 96 16 14

20 to 24 years ..................................................... 5,381 80 19 420 1,569 1,399 958 708 139 88

25 years and over ................................................. 27,485 106 69 732 3,225 3,969 4,206 6,531 3,839 4,806

25 to 34 years ..................................................... 8,636 63 22 286 1,257 1,581 1,526 2,045 988 869

35 to 44 years ..................................................... 8,847 17 14 172 824 1,136 1,300 2,228 1,354 1,802

45 to 54 years ..................................................... 6,224 14 9 122 543 681 862 1,530 1,028 1,435

55 to 64 years ..................................................... 2,947 8 6 82 351 423 407 634 437 599

65 years and over ............................................... 830 4 18 70 250 150 111 93 32 101

RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White, 16 years and over ............................ 59,374 849 213 4,160 12,229 10,831 8,702 10,825 5,191 6,374

Women ................................................................. 29,404 633 120 2,531 7,158 6,120 4,366 4,610 1,791 2,077

Men ....................................................................... 29,970 216 94 1,630 5,071 4,711 4,336 6,215 3,400 4,297

Black, 16 years and over ............................ 10,105 60 38 750 2,478 2,153 1,581 1,661 762 620

Women ................................................................. 5,457 36 14 458 1,510 1,232 801 818 339 248

Men ....................................................................... 4,648 24 24 292 968 922 780 843 423 372

Hispanic origin, 16 years and over ............. 9,847 70 34 1,005 2,865 2,112 1,369 1,374 522 496

Women ................................................................. 4,060 41 15 546 1,373 861 509 457 136 122

Men ....................................................................... 5,787 29 19 459 1,492 1,251 861 916 386 374

 NOTE: Hourly-paid workers account for approximately three-fifths of all

wage and salary workers. 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.

22
Table 12. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected

characteristics, 2000 annual averages

(Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Below

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

At 

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

Total at or below prevailing Federal

minimum wage

Number

Percent of

hourly-paid

workers

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ............................. 72,744 1,844 866 2,710 3.7

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 16,938 938 510 1,447 8.5

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 6,698 508 340 848 12.7

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 10,240 429 170 599 5.9

25 years and over ................................................. 55,806 906 357 1,263 2.3

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 16,497 361 114 474 2.9

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 17,982 243 92 335 1.9

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 13,326 148 62 209 1.6

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 6,236 86 49 135 2.2

 65 years and over .............................................. 1,764 69 40 109 6.2

Women, 16 years and over ........................ 36,516 1,212 544 1,757 4.8

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 8,194 592 308 899 11.0

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 3,336 299 198 497 14.9

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 4,859 292 110 402 8.3

25 years and over ................................................. 28,321 621 237 857 3.0

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 7,861 229 78 307 3.9

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 9,135 187 60 247 2.7

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 7,102 106 37 143 2.0

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 3,289 62 36 97 3.0

 65 years and over .............................................. 934 37 26 63 6.8

Men, 16 years and over .............................. 36,228 632 322 954 2.6

16 to 24 years ....................................................... 8,743 346 202 548 6.3

 16 to 19 years .................................................... 3,362 209 142 351 10.4

 20 to 24 years .................................................... 5,381 137 60 197 3.7

25 years and over ................................................. 27,485 286 120 406 1.5

 25 to 34 years .................................................... 8,636 132 36 168 1.9

 35 to 44 years .................................................... 8,847 56 32 88 1.0

 45 to 54 years .................................................... 6,224 42 25 66 1.1

 55 to 64 years .................................................... 2,947 24 13 38 1.3

 65 years and over .............................................. 830 31 14 46 5.5

RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White, 16 years and over ............................ 59,374 1,555 687 2,242 3.8

Women ................................................................. 29,404 1,049 441 1,490 5.1

Men ....................................................................... 29,970 506 246 752 2.5

Black, 16 years and over ............................ 10,105 213 148 361 3.6

Women ................................................................. 5,457 119 85 204 3.7

Men ....................................................................... 4,648 94 63 157 3.4

Hispanic origin, 16 years and over ............. 9,847 189 129 318 3.2

Women ................................................................. 4,060 99 78 177 4.4

Men ....................................................................... 5,787 91 50 141 2.4

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS

AND SEX1

Full-time workers .................................................. 55,701 736 289 1,025 1.8

 Women ............................................................... 24,845 450 176 626 2.5

 Men ..................................................................... 30,856 286 113 400 1.3

Part-time workers ................................................. 16,909 1,096 577 1,673 9.9

 Women ............................................................... 11,601 754 369 1,123 9.7

 Men ..................................................................... 5,308 342 208 550 10.4

1 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on

hours usually worked. These data will not sum to totals because full- or

part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number

of multiple jobholders.

 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. See technical note for more information about minimum wage

workers.

23
Table 13. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000) dollars by sex and age, 1979-2000 annual averages

Year and sex

Total, 16

years and

over

16 to 24 years 25 years and over

Total 16 to 19

years

20 to 24

years

Total 25 to 34

years

35 to 44

years

45 to 54

years

55 to 64

years

65 years

and over

BOTH SEXES

1979 .......................................... $533 $381 $319 $411 $587 $565 $620 $611 $579 $438

1980 .......................................... 522 373 307 399 570 549 601 593 567 405

1981 .......................................... 516 364 293 387 561 539 592 582 561 404

1982 .......................................... 519 358 282 379 562 535 608 593 559 435

1983 .......................................... 517 348 270 367 567 530 610 605 571 430

1984 .......................................... 518 345 268 366 574 532 618 611 580 432

1985 .......................................... 528 344 267 369 581 536 623 615 585 456

19861 ........................................ 541 350 269 374 590 543 632 627 598 450

1987 .......................................... 545 354 271 377 588 544 634 625 591 452

1988 .......................................... 542 350 275 374 583 539 633 637 590 454

1989 .......................................... 538 349 275 372 576 531 636 636 581 450

19901 ........................................ 529 345 269 366 576 522 624 627 587 441

1991 .......................................... 527 343 264 361 578 514 617 628 581 472

1992 .......................................... 531 333 256 350 577 509 607 630 583 456

1993 .......................................... 539 332 251 349 578 513 609 637 579 462

19941 ........................................ 537 330 254 345 575 505 618 651 576 442

1995 .......................................... 538 328 259 343 572 506 617 653 577 436

1996 .......................................... 536 325 262 341 569 506 610 649 585 420

19971 ........................................ 538 328 269 343 578 515 619 649 597 421

19981 ........................................ 551 337 282 357 603 529 629 654 625 427

19991 ........................................ 567 353 291 375 611 535 631 674 624 417

20001 ........................................ 576 361 294 383 611 550 631 671 617 442

WOMEN

1979 .......................................... 403 341 292 357 431 440 433 425 418 377

1980 .......................................... 401 333 289 348 424 435 427 416 408 348

1981 .......................................... 398 328 280 348 424 435 432 409 404 344

1982 .......................................... 410 330 271 346 437 443 444 432 420 363

1983 .......................................... 416 326 261 342 442 448 449 435 425 349

1984 .......................................... 421 323 257 339 449 452 463 443 428 347

1985 .......................................... 426 323 255 340 455 454 472 448 437 372

19861 ........................................ 438 330 256 349 465 461 482 465 446 386

1987 .......................................... 442 330 251 353 468 461 491 472 449 380

1988 .......................................... 443 331 259 354 471 460 498 477 446 393

1989 .......................................... 442 332 265 351 473 458 498 481 448 393

19901 ........................................ 444 326 254 345 474 457 501 484 446 385

1991 .......................................... 454 330 254 348 480 459 505 493 449 395

1992 .......................................... 458 322 247 338 482 461 504 503 453 396

1993 .......................................... 463 322 241 340 488 464 512 517 465 394

19941 ........................................ 459 317 243 333 485 457 515 518 458 387

1995 .......................................... 455 309 241 327 480 453 509 521 452 396

1996 .......................................... 457 310 244 326 485 454 506 525 459 365

19971 ........................................ 461 312 257 328 494 457 515 529 463 372

19981 ........................................ 481 321 263 336 512 476 525 544 502 369

19991 ........................................ 489 334 275 355 513 486 520 552 508 382

20001 ........................................ 491 342 279 364 515 493 520 565 505 378

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000) dollars by sex and age, 1979-2000 annual averages —

 Continued

Year and sex

Total, 16

years and

over

16 to 24 years 25 years and over

Total 16 to 19

years

20 to 24

years

Total 25 to 34

years

35 to 44

years

45 to 54

years

55 to 64

years

65 years

and over

MEN

1979 .......................................... $645 $434 $342 $467 $695 $653 $742 $747 $691 $485 

1980 .......................................... 623 415 323 446 676 626 732 730 686 455

1981 .......................................... 618 397 305 432 676 617 722 721 686 484

1982 .......................................... 626 386 292 420 676 615 725 719 685 516

1983 .......................................... 625 368 277 399 671 612 730 732 687 508

1984 .......................................... 622 367 277 397 670 607 748 745 697 520

1985 .......................................... 625 370 281 397 680 605 748 751 718 564

19861 ........................................ 632 371 280 398 698 606 752 763 731 540

1987 .......................................... 632 375 286 401 696 600 744 758 722 554

1988 .......................................... 632 368 288 393 686 592 727 772 715 555

1989 .......................................... 631 366 282 391 674 585 731 767 702 530

19901 ........................................ 618 361 279 383 658 577 719 759 700 517

1991 .......................................... 611 354 271 372 648 568 713 759 698 578

1992 .......................................... 604 342 263 359 646 562 701 764 698 507

1993 .......................................... 601 339 260 356 653 560 701 769 689 531

19941 ........................................ 601 338 263 353 663 551 710 772 694 507

1995 .......................................... 604 340 274 354 660 550 700 768 699 495

1996 .......................................... 609 336 274 351 655 545 691 763 702 522

19971 ........................................ 619 339 281 362 658 551 696 762 715 483

19981 ........................................ 631 352 297 376 674 574 714 772 737 509

19991 ........................................ 639 368 301 392 690 596 725 788 749 486

20001 ........................................ 646 376 304 396 700 603 731 777 738 537

WOMEN’S

EARNINGS

AS PERCENT

OF MEN’S2

1979 .......................................... 62.5 78.5 85.2 76.5 62.1 67.4 58.3 56.9 60.5 77.8 

1980 .......................................... 64.3 80.1 89.5 78.0 62.7 69.4 58.4 56.9 59.4 76.5 

1981 .......................................... 64.5 82.6 91.8 80.7 62.7 70.4 59.9 56.8 58.9 70.9 

1982 .......................................... 65.5 85.3 92.8 82.5 64.7 72.1 61.2 60.1 61.3 70.4 

1983 .......................................... 66.6 88.6 94.1 85.9 65.8 73.3 61.5 59.5 61.8 68.7 

1984 .......................................... 67.6 87.9 92.7 85.3 67.0 74.5 61.9 59.4 61.4 66.8 

1985 .......................................... 68.2 87.5 90.8 85.5 66.9 75.1 63.1 59.7 60.9 66.0 

19861 ........................................ 69.3 88.9 91.5 87.7 66.7 76.2 64.0 61.0 61.0 71.4 

1987 .......................................... 69.9 88.1 87.8 88.0 67.3 76.8 66.1 62.3 62.2 68.7 

1988 .......................................... 70.1 90.0 89.8 90.1 68.7 77.7 68.4 61.8 62.4 70.8 

1989 .......................................... 70.1 90.7 94.0 89.8 70.2 78.4 68.1 62.7 63.9 74.2 

19901 ........................................ 71.9 90.1 91.0 90.2 72.1 79.2 69.7 63.8 63.7 74.5 

1991 .......................................... 74.3 93.3 93.5 93.5 74.0 80.9 70.8 64.9 64.4 68.4 

1992 .......................................... 75.8 94.0 93.8 94.2 74.6 82.0 71.9 65.8 64.9 78.1 

1993 .......................................... 77.1 94.8 93.0 95.6 74.7 82.9 73.0 67.3 67.4 74.1 

19941 ........................................ 76.4 93.7 92.7 94.5 73.1 82.9 72.5 67.1 66.1 76.3 

1995 .......................................... 75.4 90.8 87.9 92.2 72.7 82.4 72.7 67.8 64.8 79.9 

1996 .......................................... 75.0 92.4 88.9 92.8 74.1 83.2 73.2 68.9 65.4 70.0 

19971 ........................................ 74.5 92.1 91.4 90.6 75.1 82.9 74.0 69.4 64.7 77.1 

19981 ........................................ 76.3 91.3 88.5 89.4 75.9 83.0 73.5 70.5 68.2 72.6 

19991 ........................................ 76.5 91.0 91.3 90.5 74.4 81.5 71.7 70.1 67.8 78.7 

20001 ........................................ 76.0 91.0 91.9 91.9 73.6 81.9 71.1 72.7 68.5 70.5 

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has been affected at

various times by methodological and conceptual changes in the Current

Population Survey (CPS). For an explanation, see the Explanatory Notes and

Estimates of Error section of Employment and Earnings, a monthly BLS

periodical. 2 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

 NOTE: The Consumer Price Index research series using current methods

(CPI-U-RS) is used to convert current dollars to constant dollars. See

Technical Note. 

25
Table 14. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000) dollars by sex, race,

and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages

Year and sex Total, 16 years

and over White Black Hispanic origin

BOTH SEXES

1979 .................................................................. $533 $548 $440 $428

1980 .................................................................. 522 535 423 417

1981 .................................................................. 516 528 427 405

1982 .................................................................. 519 532 421 413

1983 .................................................................. 517 528 431 412

1984 .................................................................. 518 534 427 412

1985 .................................................................. 528 546 426 414

19861 ................................................................ 541 559 439 418

1987 .................................................................. 545 560 439 415

1988 .................................................................. 542 555 442 408

1989 .................................................................. 538 552 431 402

19901 ................................................................ 529 544 423 390

1991 .................................................................. 527 548 431 387

1992 .................................................................. 531 553 430 388

1993 .................................................................. 539 559 434 389

19941 ................................................................ 537 556 427 373

1995 .................................................................. 538 555 429 369

1996 .................................................................. 536 553 423 370

19971 ................................................................ 538 555 428 376

19981 ................................................................ 551 575 449 391

19991 ................................................................ 567 592 459 398

20001 ................................................................ 576 591 468 396

WOMEN

1979 .................................................................. 403 407 374 348

1980 .................................................................. 401 404 369 344

1981 .................................................................. 398 401 375 345

1982 .................................................................. 410 416 373 350

1983 .................................................................. 416 420 382 354

1984 .................................................................. 421 426 383 354

1985 .................................................................. 426 432 388 353

19861 ................................................................ 438 444 398 364

1987 .................................................................. 442 448 402 366

1988 .................................................................. 443 448 406 366

1989 .................................................................. 442 450 406 363

19901 ................................................................ 444 454 396 357

1991 .................................................................. 454 462 400 362

1992 .................................................................. 458 466 404 364

1993 .................................................................. 463 472 409 368

19941 ................................................................ 459 469 398 350

1995 .................................................................. 455 465 398 343

1996 .................................................................. 457 468 396 346

19971 ................................................................ 461 475 401 340

19981 ................................................................ 481 494 421 355

19991 ................................................................ 489 499 422 359

20001 ................................................................ 491 500 429 364

See footnotes at end of table.

26
Table 14. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in constant (2000) dollars by sex,

race, and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages — Continued

Year and sex Total, 16 years

and over White Black Hispanic origin

MEN

1979 ........................................................ $645 $660 $503 $486 

1980 ........................................................ 623 637 487 467

1981 ........................................................ 618 636 488 457

1982 ........................................................ 626 645 478 461

1983 ........................................................ 625 639 485 453

1984 ........................................................ 622 636 481 455

1985 ........................................................ 625 641 468 454

19861 ...................................................... 632 654 481 451

1987 ........................................................ 632 657 476 446

1988 ........................................................ 632 654 489 433

1989 ........................................................ 631 649 469 424

19901 ...................................................... 618 634 463 408

1991 ........................................................ 611 627 464 400

1992 ........................................................ 604 620 459 409

1993 ........................................................ 601 616 461 407

19941 ...................................................... 601 630 461 395

1995 ........................................................ 604 636 461 392

1996 ........................................................ 609 634 450 389

19971 ...................................................... 619 637 462 397

19981 ...................................................... 631 648 493 411

19991 ...................................................... 639 659 504 419

20001 ...................................................... 646 669 503 414

WOMEN’S

EARNINGS

AS PERCENT

OF MEN’S2

1979 ........................................................ 62.5 61.7 74.3 71.7 

1980 ........................................................ 64.3 63.5 75.8 73.6 

1981 ........................................................ 64.5 63.1 76.7 75.6 

1982 ........................................................ 65.5 64.4 78.0 75.7 

1983 ........................................................ 66.6 65.7 78.9 78.3 

1984 ........................................................ 67.6 67.0 79.6 77.8 

1985 ........................................................ 68.2 67.4 82.8 77.7 

19861 ...................................................... 69.3 67.9 82.7 80.7 

1987 ........................................................ 69.9 68.2 84.4 82.1 

1988 ........................................................ 70.1 68.5 83.0 84.6 

1989 ........................................................ 70.1 69.2 86.5 85.6 

19901 ...................................................... 71.9 71.5 85.5 87.6 

1991 ........................................................ 74.3 73.7 86.1 90.5 

1992 ........................................................ 75.8 75.2 88.1 89.1 

1993 ........................................................ 77.1 76.5 88.8 90.4 

19941 ...................................................... 76.4 74.5 86.5 88.8 

1995 ........................................................ 75.4 73.2 86.3 87.3 

1996 ........................................................ 75.0 73.8 88.1 89.0 

19971 ...................................................... 74.5 74.6 86.8 85.6 

19981 ...................................................... 76.3 76.1 85.4 86.5 

19991 ...................................................... 76.5 75.7 83.7 85.7 

20001 ...................................................... 76.0 74.7 85.2 87.7 

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has

been affected at various times by methodological and

conceptual changes in the Current Population Survey

(CPS). For an explanation, see the Explanatory Notes

and Estimates of Error section of Employment and

Earnings, a monthly BLS periodical. 2 These figures are computed using unrounded

medians and may differ slightly from percents computed

using the rounded medians displayed in this table.

 NOTE: Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any

race; thus they are included in both the white and black

population groups. The Consumer Price Index research

series using current methods (CPI-U-RS) is used to

convert current dollars to constant dollars. See

Technical Note.

27
Table 15. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over in constant (2000) dollars by sex

and educational attainment, 1979-2000 annual averages

Year and sex

Total,

25 years and

over

 Less than a

high school

diploma

 High school

graduates, no

college

 Some college or

associate degree

 College

graduates, total

BOTH SEXES

1979 ........................................................ $587 $465 $550 $624 $762

1980 ........................................................ 570 443 531 605 750

1981 ........................................................ 561 436 520 590 739

1982 ........................................................ 562 426 519 603 752

1983 ........................................................ 567 422 514 599 761

1984 ........................................................ 574 418 512 606 771

1985 ........................................................ 581 415 512 612 777

19861 ...................................................... 590 419 518 617 791

1987 ........................................................ 588 413 519 613 821

1988 ........................................................ 583 405 518 605 823

1989 ........................................................ 576 401 505 610 821

19901 ...................................................... 576 389 495 611 819

1991 ........................................................ 578 381 492 607 825

1992 ........................................................ 577 375 487 584 839

1993 ........................................................ 578 370 488 581 841

19941 ...................................................... 575 354 484 574 844

1995 ........................................................ 572 347 484 570 838

1996 ........................................................ 569 346 485 566 829

19971 ...................................................... 578 343 493 572 833

19981 ...................................................... 603 355 505 588 866

19991 ...................................................... 611 358 506 599 888

20001 ...................................................... 611 360 506 598 896

WOMEN

1979 ........................................................ 431 336 409 466 583

1980 ........................................................ 424 326 400 460 578

1981 ........................................................ 424 318 395 464 579

1982 ........................................................ 437 317 405 472 595

1983 ........................................................ 442 321 406 475 609

1984 ........................................................ 449 317 411 484 619

1985 ........................................................ 455 310 411 487 637

19861 ...................................................... 465 313 417 497 658

1987 ........................................................ 468 312 419 506 679

1988 ........................................................ 471 310 419 506 682

1989 ........................................................ 473 312 410 511 684

19901 ...................................................... 474 309 404 507 687

1991 ........................................................ 480 309 407 506 696

1992 ........................................................ 482 309 406 491 716

1993 ........................................................ 488 309 408 496 718

19941 ...................................................... 485 295 404 486 730

1995 ........................................................ 480 294 400 479 723

1996 ........................................................ 485 293 399 483 718

19971 ...................................................... 494 294 405 491 719

19981 ...................................................... 512 298 418 502 746

19991 ...................................................... 513 299 418 504 764

20001 ...................................................... 515 303 421 504 760

See footnotes at end of table.

28
Table 15. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over in constant (2000) dollars by sex

and educational attainment, 1979-2000 annual averages — Continued

Year and sex

Total,

25 years and

over

 Less than a

high school

diploma

 High school

graduates, no

college

 Some college or

associate degree

 College

graduates, total

MEN

1979 ........................................................ $695 $558 $682 $729 $876 

1980 ........................................................ 676 533 652 714 852

1981 ........................................................ 676 520 647 707 864

1982 ........................................................ 676 504 643 707 864

1983 ........................................................ 671 497 640 697 856

1984 ........................................................ 670 489 633 707 892

1985 ........................................................ 680 482 626 725 907

19861 ...................................................... 698 484 627 732 932

1987 ........................................................ 696 472 616 724 952

1988 ........................................................ 686 468 614 708 955

1989 ........................................................ 674 467 607 697 951

19901 ...................................................... 658 449 589 696 951

1991 ........................................................ 648 433 583 697 947

1992 ........................................................ 646 424 577 669 954

1993 ........................................................ 653 419 573 673 948

19941 ...................................................... 663 394 571 675 951

1995 ........................................................ 660 389 569 669 948

1996 ........................................................ 655 390 564 660 955

19971 ...................................................... 658 391 572 665 958

19981 ...................................................... 674 404 589 679 990

19991 ...................................................... 690 408 599 687 1,009

20001 ...................................................... 700 409 594 699 1,022

WOMEN’S

EARNINGS

AS PERCENT

OF MEN’S2

1979 ........................................................ 62.1 60.2 60.0 64.0 66.6 

1980 ........................................................ 62.7 61.3 61.3 64.5 67.8 

1981 ........................................................ 62.7 61.1 61.0 65.6 66.9 

1982 ........................................................ 64.7 62.8 63.1 66.7 68.9 

1983 ........................................................ 65.8 64.6 63.5 68.1 71.1 

1984 ........................................................ 67.0 64.8 64.9 68.4 69.5 

1985 ........................................................ 66.9 64.4 65.7 67.2 70.2 

19861 ...................................................... 66.7 64.7 66.6 67.9 70.6 

1987 ........................................................ 67.3 66.1 68.0 69.9 71.3 

1988 ........................................................ 68.7 66.4 68.3 71.5 71.4 

1989 ........................................................ 70.2 66.8 67.6 73.3 71.9 

19901 ...................................................... 72.1 68.8 68.6 72.8 72.2 

1991 ........................................................ 74.0 71.5 69.9 72.6 73.5 

1992 ........................................................ 74.6 72.8 70.3 73.4 75.0 

1993 ........................................................ 74.7 73.8 71.3 73.7 75.8 

19941 ...................................................... 73.1 74.9 70.8 72.0 76.7 

1995 ........................................................ 72.7 75.4 70.2 71.6 76.2 

1996 ........................................................ 74.1 75.2 70.7 73.1 75.2 

19971 ...................................................... 75.1 75.2 70.8 73.8 75.0 

19981 ...................................................... 75.9 73.7 70.9 74.0 75.3 

19991 ...................................................... 74.4 73.5 69.8 73.5 75.7 

20001 ...................................................... 73.6 74.1 70.9 72.2 74.4 

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has been

affected at various times by methodological and conceptual

changes in the Current Population Survey (CPS). For an

explanation, see the Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error

section of Employment and Earnings, a monthly BLS periodical. 2 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and

may differ slightly from percents computed using the rounded

medians displayed in this table.

 NOTE: The Consumer Price Index research series using

current methods (CPI-U-RS) is used to convert current dollars to

constant dollars. See Technical Note.

29
Table 16. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars by sex and age, 1979-2000 annual averages

Year and sex

Total, 16

years and

over

16 to 24 years 25 years and over

Total 16 to 19

years

20 to 24

years

Total 25 to 34

years

35 to 44

years

45 to 54

years

55 to 64

years

65 years

and over

BOTH SEXES

1979 .............................. $9.82 $7.71 $6.87 $8.90 $11.31 $11.51 $11.71 $11.42 $10.99 $7.14

1980 .............................. 9.61 7.40 6.42 8.54 11.05 11.27 11.47 11.26 10.74 7.10

1981 .............................. 9.36 7.22 6.51 8.37 10.89 11.08 11.28 10.93 10.56 7.12

1982 .............................. 9.28 6.96 6.19 8.01 10.79 10.90 11.36 11.03 10.50 7.08

1983 .............................. 9.23 6.73 5.96 7.74 10.80 10.72 11.40 11.10 10.57 7.25

1984 .............................. 9.25 6.63 5.79 7.65 10.86 10.74 11.39 11.24 10.51 7.35

1985 .............................. 9.26 6.54 5.64 7.59 10.83 10.63 11.51 11.33 10.61 7.27

19861 ............................ 9.36 6.65 5.59 7.64 10.91 10.58 11.75 11.67 10.81 7.49

1987 .............................. 9.43 6.69 5.55 7.60 10.87 10.48 11.57 11.46 10.81 7.41

1988 .............................. 9.46 6.73 5.66 7.57 10.89 10.45 11.49 11.48 10.52 7.36

1989 .............................. 9.43 6.67 5.69 7.62 10.71 10.29 11.54 11.35 10.54 7.30

19901 ............................ 9.29 6.62 5.77 7.59 10.48 10.15 11.32 11.29 10.30 7.39

1991 .............................. 9.30 6.52 5.81 7.44 10.51 9.96 11.36 11.29 10.14 7.36

1992 .............................. 9.31 6.48 5.70 7.28 10.53 9.86 11.32 11.48 10.23 7.41

1993 .............................. 9.25 6.48 5.64 7.24 10.52 9.73 11.31 11.60 10.47 7.52

19941 ............................ 9.22 6.47 5.65 7.16 10.50 9.64 11.42 11.53 10.38 7.35

1995 .............................. 9.17 6.51 5.65 7.21 10.50 9.78 11.25 11.37 10.32 7.47

1996 .............................. 9.18 6.49 5.65 7.32 10.51 9.64 11.09 11.19 10.26 7.40

19971 ............................ 9.36 6.57 5.89 7.39 10.55 9.67 11.08 11.34 10.41 7.37

19981 ............................ 9.60 6.94 6.20 7.64 10.68 10.18 11.46 11.56 10.63 7.81

19991 ............................ 9.84 7.10 6.28 8.00 10.82 10.30 11.38 11.71 10.72 7.95

20001 ............................ 9.91 7.21 6.37 8.06 10.93 10.18 11.56 11.85 10.81 8.00

WOMEN

1979 .............................. 8.00 7.05 6.69 7.78 8.62 8.93 8.78 8.50 8.30 6.91

1980 .............................. 7.88 6.87 6.26 7.56 8.45 8.85 8.54 8.42 8.12 6.74

1981 .............................. 7.77 6.74 6.40 7.44 8.53 8.89 8.68 8.35 8.05 6.75

1982 .............................. 7.91 6.50 6.10 7.20 8.63 8.92 8.73 8.51 8.25 6.75

1983 .............................. 7.93 6.30 5.86 7.02 8.63 8.97 8.76 8.56 8.37 6.87

1984 .............................. 7.88 6.23 5.70 6.92 8.70 8.90 8.90 8.75 8.37 6.94

1985 .............................. 7.89 6.16 5.54 7.01 8.81 8.89 9.08 8.84 8.38 6.81

19861 ............................ 8.04 6.20 5.50 7.11 8.97 8.97 9.25 9.03 8.67 7.14

1987 .............................. 8.16 6.15 5.40 7.13 8.98 8.95 9.26 9.15 8.79 7.07

1988 .............................. 8.22 6.30 5.50 7.11 9.05 8.95 9.51 9.26 8.55 7.20

1989 .............................. 8.23 6.32 5.52 7.05 9.14 9.01 9.56 9.31 8.59 6.93

19901 ............................ 8.27 6.35 5.59 7.15 9.08 9.00 9.46 9.19 8.63 6.99

1991 .............................. 8.36 6.30 5.75 7.07 9.10 8.91 9.58 9.42 8.61 7.13

1992 .............................. 8.39 6.23 5.65 6.96 9.23 8.99 9.64 9.57 8.69 7.20

1993 .............................. 8.38 6.19 5.56 7.01 9.26 8.96 9.60 9.62 8.89 7.27

19941 ............................ 8.34 6.13 5.56 6.88 9.26 8.96 9.71 9.73 8.99 7.18

1995 .............................. 8.37 6.16 5.54 6.84 9.17 8.89 9.68 9.79 8.91 7.24

1996 .............................. 8.45 6.21 5.57 6.84 9.22 8.81 9.72 9.77 8.82 7.05

19971 ............................ 8.49 6.36 5.80 7.01 9.36 8.77 9.78 9.91 8.88 7.30

19981 ............................ 8.68 6.58 6.09 7.31 9.63 9.28 10.19 10.31 9.33 7.60

19991 ............................ 8.92 6.82 6.17 7.45 9.84 9.40 10.15 10.28 9.64 7.75

20001 ............................ 9.03 6.97 6.22 7.78 9.89 9.69 10.05 10.19 9.75 7.76

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars by sex and age, 1979-2000 annual averages —

Continued

Year and sex

Total, 16

years and

over

16 to 24 years 25 years and over

Total 16 to 19

years

20 to 24

years

Total 25 to 34

years

35 to 44

years

45 to 54

years

55 to 64

years

65 years

and over

MEN

1979 .............................. $12.50 $8.63 $7.06 $10.27 $14.80 $14.11 $15.75 $15.71 $14.57 $7.88

1980 .............................. 12.14 8.17 6.72 9.79 14.38 13.80 15.56 15.50 14.42 7.55

1981 .............................. 11.94 7.84 6.62 9.29 14.15 13.33 15.08 15.44 14.33 7.66

1982 .............................. 11.77 7.52 6.29 8.80 13.89 13.17 15.27 15.26 13.99 7.67

1983 .............................. 11.42 7.23 6.05 8.33 13.72 12.78 15.21 15.12 14.42 7.84

1984 .............................. 11.31 7.25 5.90 8.20 13.65 12.51 15.09 15.38 14.07 7.79

1985 .............................. 11.26 7.19 5.77 8.04 13.59 12.28 15.06 15.32 13.89 7.66

19861 ............................ 11.44 7.23 5.76 8.19 13.60 12.12 15.07 15.30 14.39 7.82

1987 .............................. 11.33 7.15 5.76 8.27 13.36 12.04 14.72 14.92 14.16 7.76

1988 .............................. 11.13 7.07 5.82 8.15 13.19 11.83 14.38 15.04 13.70 7.77

1989 .............................. 10.91 6.97 5.91 8.11 13.08 11.54 14.28 14.66 13.48 7.95

19901 ............................ 10.61 6.98 5.96 7.93 12.64 11.34 13.78 14.29 13.06 7.81

1991 .............................. 10.65 6.91 5.88 7.72 12.36 11.08 13.61 14.51 12.49 7.70

1992 .............................. 10.46 6.81 5.79 7.53 12.13 10.88 13.19 14.50 12.53 7.78

1993 .............................. 10.42 6.76 5.73 7.45 11.98 10.70 13.13 14.30 12.90 7.89

19941 ............................ 10.36 6.76 5.74 7.55 11.84 10.48 13.24 13.92 12.72 7.64

1995 .............................. 10.36 6.78 5.77 7.65 12.04 10.62 13.34 13.82 12.47 7.69

1996 .............................. 10.41 6.75 5.74 7.64 11.78 10.60 13.01 13.55 12.19 7.69

19971 ............................ 10.52 6.89 6.00 7.68 11.88 10.61 12.91 13.69 12.61 7.44

19981 ............................ 10.61 7.29 6.30 8.20 12.36 10.78 13.16 13.75 12.89 8.16

19991 ............................ 10.65 7.35 6.39 8.30 12.40 11.19 13.20 14.13 12.61 8.12

20001 ............................ 10.85 7.59 6.57 8.40 12.41 10.98 13.24 13.94 12.82 8.29

WOMEN’S

EARNINGS

AS PERCENT

OF MEN’S2

1979 .............................. 64.0 81.6 94.9 75.7 58.2 63.3 55.7 54.1 57.0 87.6

1980 .............................. 64.9 84.0 93.1 77.2 58.7 64.2 54.9 54.3 56.3 89.2

1981 .............................. 65.1 85.9 96.6 80.1 60.3 66.7 57.5 54.1 56.2 88.1

1982 .............................. 67.2 86.4 97.0 81.8 62.2 67.8 57.2 55.8 59.0 88.1

1983 .............................. 69.4 87.1 96.9 84.3 62.9 70.2 57.6 56.7 58.0 87.6

1984 .............................. 69.7 85.9 96.6 84.4 63.8 71.1 59.0 56.9 59.5 89.1

1985 .............................. 70.0 85.6 96.1 87.1 64.8 72.4 60.3 57.7 60.3 88.9

19861 ............................ 70.3 85.7 95.5 86.9 65.9 74.0 61.3 59.0 60.3 91.3

1987 .............................. 72.0 86.0 93.7 86.2 67.2 74.4 62.9 61.3 62.0 91.1

1988 .............................. 73.8 89.1 94.4 87.2 68.6 75.7 66.1 61.6 62.4 92.6

1989 .............................. 75.4 90.7 93.4 86.9 69.9 78.1 67.0 63.5 63.8 87.1

19901 ............................ 77.9 91.0 93.8 90.2 71.8 79.3 68.6 64.3 66.1 89.5

1991 .............................. 78.5 91.2 97.8 91.5 73.6 80.4 70.4 65.0 69.0 92.6

1992 .............................. 80.2 91.4 97.7 92.5 76.1 82.6 73.1 66.0 69.3 92.5

1993 .............................. 80.3 91.6 97.2 94.1 77.3 83.7 73.1 67.3 68.9 92.2

19941 ............................ 80.5 90.6 97.0 91.1 78.2 85.5 73.4 69.9 70.7 94.0

1995 .............................. 80.8 90.9 96.0 89.3 76.2 83.7 72.6 70.8 71.4 94.1

1996 .............................. 81.2 92.0 96.9 89.5 78.2 83.1 74.7 72.1 72.4 91.7

19971 ............................ 80.7 92.3 96.6 91.3 78.8 82.6 75.8 72.4 70.4 98.1

19981 ............................ 81.8 90.3 96.7 89.1 77.9 86.1 77.4 75.0 72.4 93.1

19991 ............................ 83.8 92.7 96.7 89.8 79.4 84.0 76.9 72.7 76.4 95.4

20001 ............................ 83.2 91.8 94.7 92.6 79.7 88.2 76.0 73.1 76.1 93.7

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has been affected at

various times by methodological and conceptual changes in the Current

Population Survey (CPS). For an explanation, see the Explanatory Notes and

Estimates of Error section of Employment and Earnings, a monthly BLS

periodical. 2 These figures are computed using unrounded medians and may differ

slightly from percents computed using the rounded medians displayed in this

table.

 NOTE: The Consumer Price Index research series using current methods

(CPI-U-RS) is used to convert current dollars to constant dollars. See

Technical Note.

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Table 17. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars by sex,

race, and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages

Year and sex Total, 16 years and

over White Black Hispanic origin

BOTH SEXES

1979 .............................. $9.82 $9.97 $9.09 $9.02

1980 .............................. 9.61 9.71 8.85 8.84

1981 .............................. 9.36 9.43 8.92 8.74

1982 .............................. 9.28 9.39 8.70 8.61

1983 .............................. 9.23 9.35 8.49 8.40

1984 .............................. 9.25 9.36 8.51 8.37

1985 .............................. 9.26 9.37 8.45 8.40

19861 ............................ 9.36 9.47 8.75 8.53

1987 .............................. 9.43 9.57 8.73 8.49

1988 .............................. 9.46 9.58 8.65 8.37

1989 .............................. 9.43 9.54 8.66 8.19

19901 ............................ 9.29 9.41 8.74 8.06

1991 .............................. 9.30 9.43 8.67 8.01

1992 .............................. 9.31 9.43 8.52 8.02

1993 .............................. 9.25 9.38 8.44 8.03

19941 ............................ 9.22 9.33 8.39 7.97

1995 .............................. 9.17 9.33 8.60 7.86

1996 .............................. 9.18 9.37 8.48 7.83

19971 ............................ 9.36 9.50 8.57 7.91

19981 ............................ 9.60 9.72 8.85 8.35

19991 ............................ 9.84 10.06 9.14 8.34

20001 ............................ 9.91 9.98 9.27 8.50

WOMEN

1979 .............................. 8.00 8.01 7.85 7.60

1980 .............................. 7.88 7.89 7.73 7.53

1981 .............................. 7.77 7.79 7.62 7.46

1982 .............................. 7.91 7.93 7.72 7.45

1983 .............................. 7.93 7.93 7.79 7.30

1984 .............................. 7.88 7.90 7.74 7.39

1985 .............................. 7.89 7.90 7.74 7.41

19861 ............................ 8.04 8.07 7.80 7.54

1987 .............................. 8.16 8.19 7.88 7.45

1988 .............................. 8.22 8.25 7.90 7.43

1989 .............................. 8.23 8.27 7.93 7.46

19901 ............................ 8.27 8.29 7.99 7.45

1991 .............................. 8.36 8.38 8.12 7.41

1992 .............................. 8.39 8.44 8.01 7.45

1993 .............................. 8.38 8.42 8.08 7.43

19941 ............................ 8.34 8.44 7.98 7.37

1995 .............................. 8.37 8.47 7.99 7.41

1996 .............................. 8.45 8.52 7.86 7.40

19971 ............................ 8.49 8.55 8.11 7.29

19981 ............................ 8.68 8.79 8.33 7.61

19991 ............................ 8.92 9.02 8.40 7.71

20001 ............................ 9.03 9.06 8.82 7.89

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 17. Median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates in constant (2000) dollars by sex,

race, and Hispanic origin, 1979-2000 annual averages — Continued

Year and sex Total, 16 years and

over White Black Hispanic origin

MEN

1979 .............................. $12.50 $12.82 $10.81 $10.60 

1980 .............................. 12.14 12.40 10.32 10.01

1981 .............................. 11.94 12.20 10.56 9.76

1982 .............................. 11.77 12.00 10.27 9.85

1983 .............................. 11.42 11.66 9.83 9.59

1984 .............................. 11.31 11.52 9.77 9.58

1985 .............................. 11.26 11.65 9.44 9.32

19861 ............................ 11.44 11.74 9.91 9.34

1987 .............................. 11.33 11.56 9.82 9.28

1988 .............................. 11.13 11.33 9.76 9.15

1989 .............................. 10.91 11.16 9.53 8.97

19901 ............................ 10.61 10.98 9.46 8.66

1991 .............................. 10.65 10.93 9.38 8.53

1992 .............................. 10.46 10.72 9.19 8.43

1993 .............................. 10.42 10.67 9.02 8.38

19941 ............................ 10.36 10.59 9.11 8.25

1995 .............................. 10.36 10.80 9.16 8.15

1996 .............................. 10.41 10.69 8.94 8.33

19971 ............................ 10.52 10.65 9.27 8.45

19981 ............................ 10.61 10.73 9.59 8.70

19991 ............................ 10.65 10.97 10.10 8.90

20001 ............................ 10.85 11.04 9.91 9.01

WOMEN’S

EARNINGS

AS PERCENT

OF MEN’S2

1979 .............................. 64.0 62.5 72.6 71.7

1980 .............................. 64.9 63.6 74.9 75.2

1981 .............................. 65.1 63.8 72.2 76.4

1982 .............................. 67.2 66.1 75.2 75.6

1983 .............................. 69.4 68.0 79.2 76.1

1984 .............................. 69.7 68.6 79.2 77.1

1985 .............................. 70.0 67.8 82.0 79.5

19861 ............................ 70.3 68.7 78.7 80.8

1987 .............................. 72.0 70.8 80.2 80.2

1988 .............................. 73.8 72.8 80.9 81.2

1989 .............................. 75.4 74.0 83.1 83.1

19901 ............................ 77.9 75.6 84.5 86.0

1991 .............................. 78.5 76.7 86.5 86.9

1992 .............................. 80.2 78.7 87.1 88.3

1993 .............................. 80.3 78.9 89.6 88.6

19941 ............................ 80.5 79.7 87.5 89.3

1995 .............................. 80.8 78.4 87.2 90.9

1996 .............................. 81.2 79.6 88.0 88.8

19971 ............................ 80.7 80.3 87.5 86.3

19981 ............................ 81.8 81.9 86.9 87.5

19991 ............................ 83.8 82.2 83.2 86.6

20001 ............................ 83.2 82.1 89.0 87.5

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has

been affected at various times by methodological and

conceptual changes in the Current Population Survey

(CPS). For an explanation, see the Explanatory Notes and

Estimates of Error section of Employment and Earnings, a

monthly BLS periodical. 2 These figures are computed using unrounded medians

and may differ slightly from percents computed using the

rounded medians displayed in this table.

 NOTE: Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race;

thus they are included in both the white and black

population groups. The Consumer Price Index research

series using current methods (CPI-U-RS) is used to convert

current dollars to constant dollars. See Technical Note.

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Table 18. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by sex, 1979-2000 annual

averages

(Numbers in thousands)

Year and sex

Total

wage and

salary

 workers

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Percent of

total wage

and salary

workers

Below

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

At

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

Total at or below

prevailing Federal

minimum wage

Number

Percent

of hourly

paid 

workers

BOTH SEXES

1979 .............................. 87,529 51,721 59.1 2,916 3,997 6,912 13.4

1980 .............................. 87,644 51,335 58.6 3,087 4,686 7,773 15.1

1981 .............................. 88,516 51,869 58.6 3,513 4,311 7,824 15.1

1982 .............................. 87,368 50,846 58.2 2,348 4,148 6,496 12.8

1983 .............................. 88,290 51,820 58.7 2,077 4,261 6,338 12.2

1984 .............................. 92,194 54,143 58.7 1,838 4,125 5,963 11.0

1985 .............................. 94,521 55,762 59.0 1,639 3,899 5,538 9.9

19861 ............................ 96,903 57,529 59.4 1,599 3,461 5,060 8.8

1987 .............................. 99,303 59,552 60.0 1,468 3,229 4,698 7.9

1988 .............................. 101,407 60,878 60.0 1,319 2,608 3,927 6.5

1989 .............................. 62,389 62,389 100.0 1,372 1,790 3,162 5.1

19901,2 .......................... 63,172 63,172 100.0 2,132 1,096 3,228 5.1

19912 ............................ 62,627 62,627 100.0 2,377 2,906 5,283 8.4

1992 .............................. 63,610 63,610 100.0 1,939 2,982 4,921 7.7

1993 .............................. 64,274 64,274 100.0 1,707 2,625 4,332 6.7

19941 ............................ 107,989 66,549 61.6 1,995 2,132 4,128 6.2

1995 .............................. 110,038 68,354 62.1 1,699 1,956 3,656 5.3

19962 ............................ 111,960 69,255 61.9 1,863 1,861 3,724 5.4

19971,2 .......................... 114,533 70,735 61.8 2,990 1,764 4,754 6.7

19981 ............................ 116,730 71,440 61.2 2,834 1,593 4,427 6.2

19991 ............................ 118,963 72,306 60.8 2,194 1,146 3,340 4.6

20001 ............................ 120,786 72,744 60.2 1,844 866 2,710 3.7

WOMEN

1979 .............................. 38,129 23,329 61.2 2,070 2,644 4,714 20.2

1980 .............................. 38,944 23,626 60.7 2,104 2,990 5,095 21.6

1981 .............................. 39,672 24,294 61.2 2,394 2,778 5,172 21.3

1982 .............................. 39,777 24,365 61.3 1,651 2,561 4,212 17.3

1983 .............................. 40,433 24,989 61.8 1,492 2,603 4,095 16.4

1984 .............................. 42,172 26,003 61.7 1,348 2,499 3,847 14.8

1985 .............................. 43,506 26,869 61.8 1,198 2,356 3,554 13.2

19861 ............................ 44,961 27,863 62.0 1,192 2,125 3,317 11.9

1987 .............................. 46,365 29,078 62.7 1,105 1,946 3,051 10.5

1988 .............................. 47,495 29,820 62.8 1,008 1,542 2,550 8.6

1989 .............................. 30,702 30,702 100.0 994 1,056 2,050 6.7

19901,2 .......................... 31,069 31,069 100.0 1,420 711 2,131 6.9

19912 ............................ 30,988 30,988 100.0 1,582 1,792 3,374 10.9

1992 .............................. 31,454 31,454 100.0 1,286 1,751 3,036 9.7

1993 .............................. 31,937 31,937 100.0 1,133 1,534 2,667 8.4

19941 ............................ 51,419 33,021 64.2 1,322 1,241 2,563 7.8

1995 .............................. 52,369 33,934 64.8 1,157 1,161 2,318 6.8

19962 ............................ 53,488 34,418 64.3 1,244 1,106 2,350 6.8

19971,2 .......................... 54,708 35,214 64.4 1,843 1,092 2,935 8.3

19981 ............................ 55,757 35,680 64.0 1,794 965 2,760 7.7

19991 ............................ 57,050 36,233 63.5 1,426 700 2,126 5.9

20001 ............................ 57,933 36,516 63.0 1,212 544 1,757 4.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 18. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by sex, 1979-2000 annual

averages — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Year and sex

Total

wage and

salary

 workers

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Percent of

total wage

and salary

workers

Below

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

At

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

Total at or below

prevailing Federal

minimum wage

Number

Percent

of hourly

paid 

workers

MEN

1979 .............................. 49,400 28,392 57.5 846 1,353 2,199 7.7

1980 .............................. 48,700 27,709 56.9 983 1,696 2,678 9.7

1981 .............................. 48,844 27,576 56.5 1,119 1,533 2,652 9.6

1982 .............................. 47,591 26,481 55.6 697 1,587 2,284 8.6

1983 .............................. 47,856 26,831 56.1 585 1,658 2,243 8.4

1984 .............................. 50,022 28,140 56.3 490 1,626 2,116 7.5

1985 .............................. 51,015 28,893 56.6 440 1,544 1,984 6.9

19861 ............................ 51,942 29,666 57.1 408 1,336 1,743 5.9

1987 .............................. 52,938 30,474 57.6 364 1,283 1,647 5.4

1988 .............................. 53,912 31,058 57.6 311 1,066 1,377 4.4

1989 .............................. 31,687 31,687 100.0 379 733 1,112 3.5

19901,2 .......................... 32,104 32,104 100.0 712 385 1,097 3.4

19912 ............................ 31,639 31,639 100.0 795 1,114 1,909 6.0

1992 .............................. 32,155 32,155 100.0 653 1,231 1,885 5.9

1993 .............................. 32,337 32,337 100.0 573 1,091 1,664 5.1

19941 ............................ 56,570 33,528 59.3 674 891 1,565 4.7

1995 .............................. 57,669 34,420 59.7 542 796 1,338 3.9

19962 ............................ 58,473 34,838 59.6 619 755 1,374 3.9

19971,2 .......................... 59,825 35,521 59.4 1,147 673 1,820 5.1

19981 ............................ 60,973 35,761 58.7 1,039 628 1,667 4.7

19991 ............................ 61,914 36,073 58.3 768 446 1,214 3.4

20001 ............................ 62,853 36,228 57.6 632 322 954 2.6

1 The comparability of historical labor force data has been affected at

various times by methodological and conceptual changes in the Current

Population Survey (CPS). For an explanation, see the Explanatory Notes

and Estimates of Error section of Employment and Earnings, a monthly

BLS periodical. 2 Data for 1990-91 and 1996-97 reflect changes in the minimum wage

that took place in those years.

 NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $2.90 in 1979, $3.10

in 1980, and $3.35 in 1981-89. The minimum wage rose to $3.80 in April

1990, to $4.25 in April 1991, to $4.75 in October 1996, and to $5.15 in

September 1997. See Technical Note for more information about minimum

wage workers.

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Technical Note

The estimates in this report were obtained from the Current

Population Survey (CPS), which provides a wide range of

information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment. The survey is conducted monthly for the Bureau of

Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau using a scientifically selected national sample of about 50,000 households,

with coverage in all 50 States and the District of Columbia.

The earnings data are collected from one-fourth of the CPS

monthly sample.

Material in this report is in the public domain and, with

appropriate credit, may be used without permission. This

information is available to sensory impaired individuals upon

request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service:

1-800-877-8339.

Concepts and definitions

The principal concepts and definitions used in connection

with the earnings data in this report are described below.

Usual weekly earnings. Data are collected on wages and

salaries before taxes and other deductions, and include any

overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the

principal job in the case of multiple jobholders). Self-employed workers are excluded, regardless of whether their

businesses are incorporated. Prior to 1994, respondents were

asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly,

twice monthly, monthly, annually, other) and how much they

usually earn in the reported period. Earnings reported on a

basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term “usual” is as perceived by the respondent. If

the respondent asks for a definition of usual, interviewers

are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks

worked during the past 4 or 5 months.

Medians (and quantiles) of weekly earnings. The median

(or upper limit of the second quartile) is the amount that

divides a given earnings distribution into two equal groups,

one having earnings above the median, and the other having

earnings below the median. Ten percent of a given distribution have earnings below the upper limit of the first decile (90

percent have higher earnings); 25 percent have earnings

below the upper limit of the first quartile (75 percent have

higher earnings); 75 percent have earnings below the upper

limit of the third quartile (25 percent have higher earnings);

and 90 percent have earnings below the upper limit of the

ninth decile (10 percent have higher earnings).

The BLS estimating procedure for determining the median of an earnings distribution places each reported or calculated weekly earnings value into a $50-wide interval that is

centered around a multiple of $50. The actual value of the

median is estimated through the linear interpolation of the

interval in which the median lies.

Over-the-year changes in the medians (and quantile

boundaries) for specific groups may not necessarily be consistent with the movements estimated for the overall quantile

boundary. The most common reasons for this possible

anomaly are: (1) There could be a change in the relative

weights of the subgroups. For example, the medians of both

16- to 24-year-olds and those 25 years and over may rise, but

if the lower earning 16-to-24 age group accounts for a greatly

increased share of the total, the overall median could actually fall. (2) There could be a large change in the shape of the

distribution of reported earnings, particularly near a quantile

boundary. This could be caused by survey observations

that are clustered at rounded values, for example, $250, $300,

or $400. An estimate lying in a $50-wide centered interval containing such a cluster, or “spike,” tends to change more slowly

than one in other intervals. Medians, for example, measure

the central tendency of a multipeaked distribution that shifts

over time. As the distribution shifts, the median does not

necessarily move at the same rate. Specifically, the median

takes relatively more time to move through a frequently reported interval but, once above the upper limit of such an

interval, it can move relatively quickly to the next frequently

reported earnings interval. BLS procedures for estimating

medians (and other quantile boundaries) mitigate such irregular movements of the measures; however, users should

be cautious of these effects when evaluating short-term

changes in the medians, as well as in ratios of the medians.

Constant dollars. The Consumer Price Index research series

using current methods (CPI-U-RS) is used to convert current

dollars to constant dollars. BLS has made numerous improvements to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the past

quarter-century. While these improvements make the present

and future CPI more accurate, historical price index series are

not adjusted to reflect the improvements. However, many

researchers have expressed interest in having a historical

series that measures price change consistently over the entire period. Accordingly, the CPI-U-RS presents an estimate

of the CPI that incorporates most of the methodological improvements made since 1978 into the entire series. For further information, see “CPI research series using current methods, 1978-98” by Kenneth J. Stewart and Stephen B. Reed,

Monthly Labor Review, June 1999, pp. 29-38.

Wage and salary workers. These are workers who receive

wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece

rates. The group includes employees in both the private and

public sectors but, for purposes of the earnings series, excludes all self-employed persons, regardless of whether their

businesses are incorporated.
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Full-time workers. Workers who usually work 35 hours or

more per week at their sole or principal job are defined as

working full time for estimates of earnings.

Part-time workers. Workers who usually work less than 35

hours per week at their sole or principal job are defined as

working part time for estimates of earnings.

Hourly paid workers. Workers who are paid an hourly wage

are a subset of wage and salary workers, representing approximately three-fifths of all wage and salary workers. Workers paid by the hour are, therefore, included in the full- and

part-time worker tables in this report, along with salaried

workers and other workers not paid by the hour. (Data for

workers paid at hourly rates are presented separately in tables

10 to 12 and 16 to 18.)

Workers paid at or below the Federal minimum wage. The

estimates of the numbers of workers with reported earnings

at or below the Federal minimum wage in tables 12 and 18

pertain only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried

workers and other workers who are not paid by the hour are

not included, even though some have earnings that, when

converted to hourly rates, are at or below the minimum wage.

Consequently, the estimates presented in this report likely

understate the actual number of workers with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage. Research has shown,

however, that the degree of understatement is small. BLS

does not routinely estimate hourly earnings for workers not

paid by the hour because of data quality concerns associated with such an estimation process.

The prevailing Federal minimum wage was: $2.90 effective January 1979; $3.10 effective January 1980; $3.35 effective January 1981; $3.80 effective April 1990; $4.25 effective

April 1991; $4.75 effective October 1996; and $5.15 effective

September 1997. Data for 1990-91 and 1996-97 in table 18

reflect changes in the minimum wage that took place during

those years.

The presence of workers with hourly earnings below the

minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violations of

the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are exemptions to the

minimum wage provisions of the law. In addition, some workers might have rounded their hourly earnings to the nearest

dollar in response to survey questions. As a result, some

might have been reported with hourly earnings below the

minimum wage when, in fact, they earned the minimum wage

or higher. This may be more likely to occur in years during

which the minimum wage level is just above a whole dollar

value, as has been the case since September 1997 ($5.15).

Reliability

Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and

nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than an entire

population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample

estimates may differ from the “true” population values they

represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies

depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate.

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more

than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. The standard

errors included in this report were rounded for presentation

purposes, as were the earnings estimates. Consequently, a

precise confidence interval cannot be constructed using

these data.

The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error.

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including

the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of

the data.

For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS

and information on estimating standard errors, see the “Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error” section of Employment and Earnings.