April 20, 2010

Weekly earnings in first quarter 2010 by demographics

Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, not seasonally adjusted, first quarter 2010
Characteristic	Total	Men	Women
Total	$754	$844	$665
White	772	869	678
Black	610	635	584
Asian	859	940	767
Hispanic or Latino	554	589	504

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