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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
CharacteristicNumber of workers
(in thousands)
Median weekly earnings
2020202120202021

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

110,387114,316$984$998

Men, 16 years and over

60,91162,9281,0821,097

16 to 24 years

5,1915,737622650

25 years and over

55,72057,1911,1441,160

Women, 16 years and over

49,47651,388891912

16 to 24 years

4,1724,655589605

25 years and over

45,30446,733929954

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

85,14287,7381,0031,018

Men

48,05149,3821,1101,125

Women

37,09138,356905925

Black or African American

14,04414,740794801

Men

6,7097,099830825

Women

7,3357,641764776

Asian

7,3537,7801,3101,328

Men

4,0844,2591,4471,453

Women

3,2693,5201,1431,141

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

19,55820,841758777

Men

11,69512,469797820

Women

7,8638,372705718

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.

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022