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Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages,
Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex, second
Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not
Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings  of full-time wage and salary workers by selected
Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly

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             USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS:
                            SECOND QUARTER 1996
 
   Median weekly earnings of the nation's 91.0 million full-time wage and
salary workers were $486 in the second quarter of 1996, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  This figure was
2.3 percent higher than in the second quarter of 1995; the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose by 2.9 percent over the same
period.
 
   Data on usual earnings are collected as part of the Current Population
Survey, a nationwide sample survey of households in which respondents are
asked, among other things, how much each wage and salary worker usually
earns.  (See explanatory note.)  Highlights from the second-quarter data
are:
 
   ---Median weekly earnings for women who worked full time were $414, or
74.7 percent of the $554 for men.  Among whites, women earned 73.5 percent
of what men earned.  The female-male ratio was higher among blacks (85.9
percent) and Hispanics (89.4 percent).  (See table 1.)
 
   ---Median weekly earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were
$411 per week, 71.1 percent of the median for white men ($578).  The racial
differences were much less among women, as black women's median earnings
($353) were 83.1 percent of that of white women ($425).  Median earnings of
Hispanics ($336) and blacks ($383) were considerably lower than those of
whites ($502).  (See table 1.)
 
   ---The highest median weekly earnings for full-time workers were $701
for men in the 45- to 54-year-age group, with the median for 55- to 64-year-
old men next, at $649.  Among women, the highest-earning age groups were 35-
to 44-year-olds ($469) and 45- to 54-year-olds ($468).  (See table 2.)
 
   ---Among the major occupational groups, persons employed in managerial
and professional specialty occupations had the highest median weekly
earnings--$867 for men and $609 for women.  Men and women in service and
farm jobs continued to earn the least.  (See table 3.)
 
   ---Median weekly earnings for full-time workers age 25 and over with
less than a high school diploma were $317, compared with $443 for high
school graduates (no college) and $758 for college graduates.  Among
college graduates with advanced degrees (master's degree and above), the
highest 10 percent of male workers earned more than $1,985; their female
counterparts earned more than $1,449.  (See table 4.)
 
 
 
 
 Explanatory Note
 
 
     The  estimates   in  this  release  were  obtained  from  the  Current
Population Survey  (CPS), which provides the basic information on the labor
force, employment,  and unemployment.   The survey is conducted monthly for
the Bureau  of Labor  Statistics  by  the  Bureau  of  the  Census  from  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-quarter of the CPS monthly sample and are limited to
wages and  salaries.  The data, therefore, exclude self-employment income.
     Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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Reliability
     In any  sample survey,  variations in  the data  can occur  by  chance
because a  sample, rather  than the  whole of  the population, is surveyed.
The standard  error is a measure of such  potential variation.  The chances
are about  68 out  of 100  that an  estimate from the survey differs from a
figure that  would be  obtained from  a complete  census by  less than  one
standard error.  The chances are about 90 out of 100 that such a difference
would be  less than  1.6 standard errors.  All statements of comparisons in
the text of this release are significant at 1.6 or more standard errors.
     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 the February 1994 and subsequent issues of
Employment and Earnings.
 
Definitions
     The principal  definitions used in connection with the earnings series
are described briefly below.
 
     Usual weekly  earnings. Data represent earnings before taxes and other
deductions and  include any  overtime  pay,  taxes,  commissions,  or  tips
usually received  (at the  main job  in the  case of  multiple jobholders.)
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 time  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 other quantiles) of weekly earnings. The median (or upper
limit of  the second quartile) is the amount which 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 estimating  procedure places  each reported  or calculated  weekly
earnings value  into $50-wide intervals which are centered around multiples
of $50.   The actual value is estimated through the linear interpolation of
the interval in which the quantile boundary lies.
     Over-the-year changes  in the  medians (and other 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 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, e.g., $250, $300, $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.
 
     Wage  and   salary  workers.  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 the purposes of
the earnings  series, excludes  self-employed persons  whose businesses are
incorporated.
 
     Full-time workers.  Workers who usually work 35 hours or more per week
at their sole or principal job.
 
     Part-time workers.  Workers who  usually work  fewer than 35 hours per
week at their sole or principal job.
 
     Constant dollars.  The Consumer  Price Index  for All  Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) is used to convert current dollars to constant (1982) dollars.
 
     Hispanic origin.  Refers to  persons who are of Mexican, Puerto Rican,
Cuban, Central  or South  American, or of other Hispanic origin or descent.
Persons of  Hispanic origin may be of any race; hence, they are included in
the numbers for the white and black populations.
 
 Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages,
not seasonally adjusted
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                                                          |                     |
                                                          |  Number of workers  |           Median weekly earnings
                                                          |    (in thousands)   |
                                                           _________________________________________________________________
                                                          |          |          |                     |
                      Characteristic                      |          |          |  In current dollars |  In constant (1982)
                                                          |          |          |                     |       dollars
                                                                                 ___________________________________________
                                                          |   1995   |   1996   |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |    II    |    II    |    II    |    II
                                                          |          |          |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996
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                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                       SEX AND AGE                        |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
Total, 16 years and over..................................|   89,505 |   90,956 |     $475 |     $486 |     $301 |     $300
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Men, 16 years and over.................................|   51,418 |   52,140 |      533 |      554 |      338 |      341
     16 to 24 years.......................................|    6,335 |    6,079 |      298 |      302 |      189 |      186
     25 years and over....................................|   45,083 |   46,061 |      587 |      599 |      372 |      369
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Women, 16 years and over...............................|   38,087 |   38,817 |      404 |      414 |      256 |      255
     16 to 24 years.......................................|    4,590 |    4,337 |      270 |      273 |      171 |      168
     25 years and over....................................|   33,496 |   34,480 |      427 |      439 |      271 |      271
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
              RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX              |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
   White..................................................|   75,060 |   76,144 |      491 |      502 |      311 |      309
     Men..................................................|   43,884 |   44,604 |      562 |      578 |      356 |      356
     Women................................................|   31,175 |   31,540 |      412 |      425 |      261 |      262
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Black..................................................|   10,572 |   10,864 |      380 |      383 |      241 |      236
     Men..................................................|    5,261 |    5,314 |      407 |      411 |      258 |      253
     Women................................................|    5,310 |    5,550 |      354 |      353 |      224 |      218
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Hispanic origin........................................|    8,674 |    8,790 |      327 |      336 |      207 |      207
     Men..................................................|    5,649 |    5,706 |      342 |      350 |      217 |      216
     Women................................................|    3,025 |    3,084 |      307 |      313 |      195 |      193
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     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.  Publication of data on
family relationship has been temporarily suspended due to editing and weighting problems associated with the redesigned
survey.
 
 Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex, second
quarter 1996 averages, not seasonally adjusted
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                                                          |                     |                     |
                                                          |        Total        |         Men         |        Women
                                                           _________________________________________________________________
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
              Age, race, and Hispanic origin              |  Number  |          |  Number  |          |  Number  |
                                                          |    of    |  Median  |    of    |  Median  |    of    |  Median
                                                          |  workers |  weekly  |  workers |  weekly  |  workers |  weekly
                                                          |    (in   | earnings |    (in   | earnings |    (in   | earnings
                                                          |thousands)|          |thousands)|          |thousands)|
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                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                          TOTAL                           |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
16 years and over.........................................|   90,956 |     $486 |   52,140 |     $554 |   38,817 |     $414
  16 to 24 years..........................................|   10,416 |      291 |    6,079 |      302 |    4,337 |      273
    16 to 19 years........................................|    1,942 |      236 |    1,178 |      245 |      764 |      222
    20 to 24 years........................................|    8,474 |      307 |    4,901 |      317 |    3,573 |      289
  25 years and over.......................................|   80,541 |      518 |   46,061 |      599 |   34,480 |      439
    25 to 54 years........................................|   71,617 |      518 |   40,853 |      595 |   30,764 |      445
      25 to 34 years......................................|   25,724 |      459 |   14,970 |      498 |   10,754 |      410
      35 to 44 years......................................|   26,646 |      555 |   15,281 |      624 |   11,365 |      469
      45 to 54 years......................................|   19,247 |      595 |   10,602 |      701 |    8,645 |      468
    55 years and over.....................................|    8,924 |      515 |    5,207 |      635 |    3,716 |      401
      55 to 64 years......................................|    7,856 |      529 |    4,559 |      649 |    3,297 |      411
      65 years and over...................................|    1,067 |      378 |      648 |      431 |      419 |      337
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                          White                           |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
16 years and over.........................................|   76,144 |      502 |   44,604 |      578 |   31,540 |      425
  16 to 24 years..........................................|    8,742 |      295 |    5,167 |      305 |    3,575 |      276
  25 years and over.......................................|   67,402 |      541 |   39,437 |      616 |   27,965 |      455
    25 to 54 years........................................|   59,670 |      542 |   34,846 |      612 |   24,825 |      461
    55 years and over.....................................|    7,732 |      536 |    4,591 |      658 |    3,140 |      409
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                          Black                           |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
16 years and over.........................................|   10,864 |      383 |    5,314 |      411 |    5,550 |      353
  16 to 24 years..........................................|    1,235 |      269 |      657 |      284 |      578 |      254
  25 years and over.......................................|    9,629 |      403 |    4,657 |      443 |    4,972 |      372
    25 to 54 years........................................|    8,775 |      403 |    4,224 |      442 |    4,552 |      375
    55 years and over.....................................|      854 |      399 |      433 |      449 |      420 |      336
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                     Hispanic origin                      |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
16 years and over.........................................|    8,790 |      336 |    5,706 |      350 |    3,084 |      313
  16 to 24 years..........................................|    1,461 |      255 |      972 |      262 |      490 |      244
  25 years and over.......................................|    7,329 |      369 |    4,735 |      382 |    2,594 |      333
    25 to 54 years........................................|    6,785 |      370 |    4,377 |      384 |    2,408 |      331
    55 years and over.....................................|      544 |      359 |      358 |      367 |      186 |      344
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     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.  Publication of data on
family relationship has been temporarily suspended due to editing and weighting problems associated with the redesigned
survey.
 Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not
seasonally adjusted
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                                                          |                               |
                                                          |       Number of workers       |     Median weekly earnings
                                                          |         (in thousands)        |
                     Occupation and sex                   |_______________________________________________________________
                                                          |               |               |               |
                                                          |       II      |       II      |       II      |       II
                                                          |      1995     |      1996     |      1995     |      1996
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                                                          |               |               |               |
                          TOTAL                           |               |               |               |
                                                          |               |               |               |
 Managerial and professional specialty....................|     26,225    |     27,282    |        $708   |        $718
   Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|     12,756    |     13,335    |         686   |         705
   Professional specialty.................................|     13,469    |     13,947    |         722   |         729
 Technical, sales, and administrative support.............|     26,035    |     26,058    |         427   |         438
   Technicians and related support........................|      3,264    |      3,233    |         576   |         566
   Sales occupations......................................|      8,932    |      8,864    |         458   |         478
   Administrative support, including clerical.............|     13,839    |     13,961    |         400   |         404
 Service occupations......................................|      9,790    |     10,085    |         296   |         303
   Private household......................................|        310    |        303    |         176   |         224
   Protective service.....................................|      1,948    |      1,850    |         544   |         524
   Service, except private household and protective.......|      7,532    |      7,932    |         274   |         285
 Precision production, craft, and repair..................|     10,924    |     10,832    |         509   |         527
   Mechanics and repairers................................|      3,849    |      3,697    |         529   |         554
   Construction trades....................................|      3,549    |      3,717    |         490   |         498
   Other precision production, craft, and repair..........|      3,527    |      3,417    |         507   |         543
 Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................|     14,984    |     14,984    |         376   |         392
   Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|      7,156    |      7,089    |         367   |         380
   Transportation and material moving occupations.........|      4,072    |      4,163    |         459   |         487
   Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|      3,756    |      3,732    |         314   |         333
 Farming, forestry, and fishing...........................|      1,547    |      1,716    |         285   |         286
                                                          |               |               |               |
                           Men                            |               |               |               |
                                                          |               |               |               |
 Managerial and professional specialty....................|     13,634    |     14,015    |         841   |         867
   Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|      7,119    |      7,240    |         837   |         865
   Professional specialty.................................|      6,514    |      6,775    |         844   |         870
 Technical, sales, and administrative support.............|     10,030    |     10,004    |         564   |         575
   Technicians and related support........................|      1,794    |      1,620    |         643   |         649
   Sales occupations......................................|      5,137    |      5,099    |         588   |         591
   Administrative support, including clerical.............|      3,099    |      3,284    |         485   |         488
 Service occupations......................................|      4,844    |      5,096    |         353   |         358
   Private household......................................|         10    |         12    |      (1)      |      (1)
   Protective service.....................................|      1,718    |      1,594    |        $569   |        $540
   Service, except private household and protective.......|      3,116    |      3,490    |         295   |         308
 Precision production, craft, and repair..................|      9,983    |      9,970    |         519   |         545
   Mechanics and repairers................................|      3,703    |      3,556    |         526   |         562
   Construction trades....................................|      3,480    |      3,635    |         494   |         500
   Other precision production, craft, and repair..........|      2,801    |      2,779    |         559   |         585
 Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................|     11,576    |     11,538    |         406   |         427
   Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|      4,624    |      4,511    |         418   |         444
   Transportation and material moving occupations.........|      3,813    |      3,901    |         464   |         495
   Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|      3,139    |      3,126    |         320   |         352
 Farming, forestry, and fishing...........................|      1,351    |      1,517    |         292   |         293
                                                          |               |               |               |
                          Women                           |               |               |               |
                                                          |               |               |               |
 Managerial and professional specialty....................|     12,591    |     13,267    |         604   |         609
   Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|      5,636    |      6,095    |         577   |         584
   Professional specialty.................................|      6,955    |      7,172    |         623   |         634
 Technical, sales, and administrative support.............|     16,006    |     16,054    |         384   |         391
   Technicians and related support........................|      1,470    |      1,612    |         492   |         495
   Sales occupations......................................|      3,795    |      3,765    |         322   |         336
   Administrative support, including clerical.............|     10,740    |     10,677    |         386   |         392
 Service occupations......................................|      4,945    |      4,989    |         260   |         270
   Private household......................................|        300    |        290    |         174   |         221
   Protective service.....................................|        230    |        257    |         431   |         429
   Service, except private household and protective.......|      4,416    |      4,442    |         261   |         269
 Precision production, craft, and repair..................|        941    |        861    |         369   |         373
   Mechanics and repairers................................|        146    |        141    |         588   |         431
   Construction trades....................................|         69    |         82    |      (1)      |      (1)
   Other precision production, craft, and repair..........|        726    |        638    |        $347   |        $365
 Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................|      3,408    |      3,447    |         296   |         301
   Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|      2,532    |      2,579    |         294   |         301
   Transportation and material moving occupations.........|        259    |        261    |         378   |         372
   Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|        617    |        607    |         286   |         282
 Farming, forestry, and fishing...........................|        196    |        199    |         251   |         224
 
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  1 Data not shown where base is less than 100,000.
 
 Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings  of full-time wage and salary workers by selected
characteristics, second quarter 1996 averages, not seasonally adjusted
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                                                          |          |
                                                          |  Number  |                    Upper limit of
                                                               of     ______________________________________________________
                      Characteristic                      |  workers |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |    (in   |   First  |   First  |  Second  |   Third  |   Ninth
                                                          |thousands)|  decile  | quartile | quartile | quartile |  decile
                                                          |          |          |          | (median) |          |
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                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
              SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC ORIGIN              |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
Total, 16 years and over..................................|   90,956 |     $231 |     $316 |     $486 |     $732 |   $1,057
  Men.....................................................|   52,140 |      252 |      354 |      554 |      820 |    1,183
  Women...................................................|   38,817 |      212 |      288 |      414 |      610 |      861
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White...................................................|   76,144 |      238 |      328 |      502 |      756 |    1,104
    Men...................................................|   44,604 |      261 |      370 |      578 |      850 |    1,227
    Women.................................................|   31,540 |      217 |      295 |      425 |      625 |      884
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Black...................................................|   10,864 |      201 |      270 |      383 |      568 |      764
    Men...................................................|    5,314 |      209 |      286 |      411 |      614 |      814
    Women.................................................|    5,550 |      196 |      256 |      353 |      507 |      704
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Hispanic................................................|    8,790 |      188 |      246 |      336 |      502 |      744
    Men...................................................|    5,706 |      195 |      257 |      350 |      523 |      788
    Women.................................................|    3,084 |      176 |      228 |      313 |      470 |      676
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
                  EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT                  |          |          |          |          |          |
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Total, 25 years and over................................|   80,541 |      249 |      346 |      518 |      767 |    1,117
    Less than a high school diploma.......................|    8,328 |      186 |      239 |      317 |      451 |      643
    High school graduates, no college.....................|   26,508 |      235 |      311 |      443 |      627 |      829
    Some college or associate degree......................|   21,984 |      271 |      367 |      516 |      721 |      952
    College graduates, total..............................|   23,720 |      367 |      519 |      758 |    1,108 |    1,531
      Bachelor's degree only..............................|   15,705 |      336 |      479 |      688 |      983 |    1,358
      Advanced degree.....................................|    8,016 |      460 |      648 |      921 |    1,298 |    1,784
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
    Men, 25 years and over................................|   46,061 |      280 |      396 |      599 |      870 |    1,240
      Less than a high school diploma.....................|    5,694 |      199 |      263 |      355 |      506 |      704
      High school graduates, no college...................|   14,854 |      277 |      375 |      520 |      718 |      937
      Some college or associate degree....................|   11,967 |      297 |      418 |      598 |      806 |    1,076
      College graduates, total............................|   13,546 |      402 |      604 |      882 |    1,249 |    1,756
        Bachelor's degree only............................|    8,738 |      378 |      559 |      795 |    1,140 |    1,555
        Advanced degree...................................|    4,808 |      501 |      726 |    1,045 |    1,456 |    1,985
                                                          |          |          |          |          |          |
    Women, 25 years and over..............................|   34,480 |      226 |      304 |      439 |      638 |      891
      Less than a high school diploma.....................|    2,634 |      164 |      206 |      269 |      340 |      457
      High school graduates, no college...................|   11,654 |      208 |      274 |      362 |      493 |      657
      Some college or associate degree....................|   10,017 |      247 |      324 |      448 |      606 |      789
      College graduates, total............................|   10,175 |      331 |      460 |      639 |      895 |    1,170
        Bachelor's degree only............................|    6,967 |      304 |      417 |      588 |      811 |    1,076
        Advanced degree...................................|    3,208 |      432 |      581 |      783 |    1,047 |    1,449
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     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.
 
 Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly
averages, not seasonally adjusted
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                                                          |                               |
                                                          |       Number of workers       |     Median weekly earnings
                                                          |         (in thousands)        |
               Age, race, and Hispanic origin             |________________________________________________________________
                                                          |               |               |               |
                                                          |       II      |       II      |       II      |       II
                                                          |      1995     |      1996     |      1995     |      1996
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                                                          |               |               |               |
                       SEX AND AGE                        |               |               |               |
                                                          |               |               |               |
Total, 16 years and over..................................|     20,047    |     20,770    |        $141   |        $142
                                                          |               |               |               |
   Men, 16 years and over.................................|      6,193    |      6,383    |         129   |         129
     16 to 24 years.......................................|      3,281    |      3,361    |         111   |         108
     25 years and over....................................|      2,912    |      3,023    |         164   |         168
                                                          |               |               |               |
   Women, 16 years and over...............................|     13,854    |     14,387    |         146   |         148
     16 to 24 years.......................................|      4,107    |      4,390    |         106   |         111
     25 years and over....................................|      9,746    |      9,996    |         168   |         171
                                                          |               |               |               |
              RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX              |               |               |               |
                                                          |               |               |               |
   White..................................................|     17,267    |     17,926    |         141   |         144
     Men..................................................|      5,167    |      5,356    |         128   |         131
     Women................................................|     12,100    |     12,570    |         147   |         149
                                                          |               |               |               |
   Black..................................................|      1,997    |      2,025    |         134   |         131
     Men..................................................|        750    |        704    |         132   |         125
     Women................................................|      1,247    |      1,321    |         135   |         134
                                                          |               |               |               |
   Hispanic origin........................................|      1,672    |      1,758    |         141   |         140
     Men..................................................|        614    |        664    |         145   |         143
     Women................................................|      1,058    |      1,094    |         139   |         138
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     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.  Publication of
data on family relationship has been temporarily suspended due to editing and weighting problems associated with the
redesigned survey.