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
	2010	2011	In current dollars		In constant (1982-84) dollars
	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over	99,531	100,457	$747	$756	$342	$336

Men, 16 years and over	55,059	55,971	824	832	378	370
16 to 24 years	4,770	4,951	443	455	203	202
25 years and over	50,289	51,020	874	886	401	394

Women, 16 years and over	44,472	44,486	669	684	307	304
16 to 24 years	3,782	3,772	422	421	194	187
25 years and over	40,691	40,714	704	718	323	319

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White	80,656	81,336	765	775	351	344
Men	45,685	46,360	850	856	390	381
Women	34,971	34,976	684	703	313	313

Black or African American	11,658	11,604	611	615	280	274
Men	5,376	5,414	633	653	290	290
Women	6,283	6,191	592	595	271	264

Asian	4,946	5,197	855	866	392	385
Men	2,753	2,912	936	970	429	431
Women	2,193	2,284	773	751	355	334

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	14,837	15,147	535	549	245	244
Men	9,239	9,448	560	571	257	254
Women	5,598	5,700	508	518	233	230
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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