Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
and sex, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Total Men Women
Age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Number of Number of Number of
workers Median workers Median workers Median
(in weekly (in weekly (in weekly
thousand- earnings thousand- earnings thousand- earnings
s) s) s)
TOTAL
16 years and over........................................... 107,194 $720 60,170 $796 47,025 $631
16 to 24 years............................................ 11,325 425 6,439 446 4,886 406
16 to 19 years.......................................... 1,883 332 1,087 347 797 315
20 to 24 years.......................................... 9,442 458 5,353 475 4,089 428
25 years and over......................................... 95,869 763 53,731 857 42,139 666
25 to 54 years.......................................... 78,664 757 44,276 845 34,388 661
25 to 34 years........................................ 25,690 656 14,763 699 10,926 614
35 to 44 years........................................ 26,297 802 15,103 901 11,194 669
45 to 54 years........................................ 26,678 842 14,410 964 12,267 716
55 years and over....................................... 17,205 798 9,455 916 7,751 692
55 to 64 years........................................ 14,661 826 7,964 937 6,696 715
65 years and over..................................... 2,545 654 1,490 751 1,054 566
White
16 years and over........................................... 86,600 739 49,727 816 36,873 649
16 to 24 years............................................ 9,172 430 5,329 448 3,843 408
25 years and over......................................... 77,428 786 44,398 879 33,030 687
25 to 54 years.......................................... 62,875 776 36,250 866 26,624 678
55 years and over....................................... 14,553 831 8,148 939 6,405 720
Black or African American
16 years and over........................................... 12,878 589 6,085 646 6,793 530
16 to 24 years............................................ 1,415 396 709 410 705 376
25 years and over......................................... 11,463 615 5,376 683 6,087 564
25 to 54 years.......................................... 9,798 619 4,629 687 5,169 575
55 years and over....................................... 1,665 590 747 655 918 524
Asian
16 years and over........................................... 5,266 854 3,004 960 2,261 723
16 to 24 years............................................ 378 587 206 595 173 575
25 years and over......................................... 4,887 894 2,799 989 2,089 744
25 to 54 years.......................................... 4,155 917 2,380 1,008 1,775 768
55 years and over....................................... 732 749 419 865 313 661
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
16 years and over........................................... 16,095 529 10,197 566 5,898 498
16 to 24 years............................................ 2,074 398 1,271 406 803 376
25 years and over......................................... 14,022 569 8,926 595 5,095 515
25 to 54 years.......................................... 12,504 568 7,966 596 4,538 513
55 years and over....................................... 1,518 577 960 592 557 525
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because
data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: October 17, 2008
