Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages,






Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages





	Characteristic
	Number of workers
(in thousands)		
	Median weekly earnings




	2011
	2012
	In current dollars
	In constant (1982-84) dollars




	2011
	2012
	2011
	2012








	
SEX AND AGE

				





	
Total, 16 years and over

	100,457
	102,749
	$756
	$768
	$336
	$335





	




	
Men, 16 years and over

	55,971
	57,286
	832
	854
	370
	372





	
16 to 24 years

	4,951
	5,164
	455
	468
	202
	204





	
25 years and over

	51,020
	52,122
	886
	910
	394
	396





	




	
Women, 16 years and over

	44,486
	45,462
	684
	691
	304
	301





	
16 to 24 years

	3,772
	3,866
	421
	416
	187
	181





	
25 years and over

	40,714
	41,597
	718
	727
	319
	317





	




	
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

				





	
White

	81,336
	81,779
	775
	792
	344
	345





	
Men

	46,360
	46,672
	856
	879
	381
	383





	
Women

	34,976
	35,108
	703
	710
	313
	309





	




	
Black or African American

	11,604
	12,230
	615
	621
	274
	271





	
Men

	5,414
	5,756
	653
	665
	290
	289





	
Women

	6,191
	6,474
	595
	599
	264
	261





	




	
Asian

	5,197
	5,790
	866
	920
	385
	401





	
Men

	2,912
	3,231
	970
	1,055
	431
	459





	
Women

	2,284
	2,560
	751
	770
	334
	335





	




	
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

	15,147
	16,302
	549
	568
	244
	247





	
Men

	9,448
	9,887
	571
	592
	254
	258





	
Women

	5,700
	6,414
	518
	521
	230
	227









	

		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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