Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)		 Median weekly earnings
1st
2012		 1st
2013		 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

 100,830 102,606 $769 $773 $337 $334

Men, 16 years and over

 56,022 56,829 848 867 372 374

16 to 24 years

 4,786 4,727 469 487 206 210

25 years and over

 51,236 52,102 904 914 396 394

Women, 16 years and over

 44,808 45,777 697 704 306 304

16 to 24 years

 3,614 3,712 421 419 185 181

25 years and over

 41,194 42,065 731 735 321 317

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

 80,278 81,432 793 802 348 346

Men

 45,755 46,163 874 888 383 383

Women

 34,523 35,269 713 723 313 312

Black or African American

 11,935 12,432 635 622 278 268

Men

 5,626 5,784 677 666 297 287

Women

 6,309 6,648 602 597 264 258

Asian

 5,778 5,861 918 951 403 410

Men

 3,099 3,255 1,027 1,058 451 456

Women

 2,679 2,606 830 831 364 358

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 15,776 16,016 567 575 249 248

Men

 9,577 9,821 584 593 256 256

Women

 6,199 6,195 525 531 230 229

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: April 18, 2013