April 19, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Median weekly earnings by race, ethnicity, and occupation, first quarter 2012

Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, occupation, and sex, not seasonally adjusted, 1st quarter 2012
Characteristic	Men	Women
Race and ethnicity, 16 years and over
White	$874	$713
Black or African American	677	602
Asian	1,027	830
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	584	525
Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,309	959
Service occupations	563	450
Sales and office occupations	766	608
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	749	561
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	667	483

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