Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2008 annual averages
Industry	Total, both sexes		Women		Men		Women's earnings as percent of men's
Industry	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Total employed	Median weekly earnings	Women's earnings as percent of men's
Total, 16 years and over	106,648	$722	47,209	$638	59,439	$798	79.9
Agriculture and related industries	944	462	171	436	773	469	93.0
Mining	764	1,007	88	814	676	1,042	78.1
Construction	7,489	715	679	672	6,810	719	93.5
Manufacturing	14,548	743	4,112	601	10,437	811	74.1
Durable goods	9,435	774	2,322	633	7,113	834	75.9
Nondurable goods	5,114	686	1,790	563	3,324	764	73.7
Wholesale and retail trade	14,204	603	5,637	510	8,566	683	74.7
Wholesale trade	3,364	741	942	674	2,422	769	87.6
Retail trade	10,840	565	4,695	486	6,144	642	75.7
Transportation and utilities	6,377	811	1,387	684	4,990	859	79.6
Transportation and warehousing	5,178	775	1,155	662	4,023	812	81.5
Utilities	1,199	1,005	232	820	967	1,066	76.9
Information	2,822	891	1,130	761	1,692	999	76.2
Financial activities	7,988	814	4,495	712	3,493	1,015	70.1
Finance and insurance	6,163	856	3,669	726	2,495	1,171	62.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,825	704	826	653	999	750	87.1
Professional and business services	10,733	839	4,437	724	6,296	954	75.9
Professional and technical services	6,647	1,065	2,867	859	3,780	1,268	67.7
Management, administrative, and waste services	4,085	550	1,569	521	2,516	569	91.6
Education and health services	23,324	739	17,264	690	6,060	910	75.8
Educational services	10,108	828	6,963	775	3,145	939	82.5
Health care and social assistance	13,216	667	10,301	628	2,915	869	72.3
Leisure and hospitality	7,036	477	3,214	421	3,822	510	82.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,613	594	645	522	967	647	80.7
Accomodation and food services	5,423	436	2,569	400	2,855	483	82.8
Other services	4,058	610	1,798	516	2,260	698	73.9
Other services, except private households	3,660	629	1,444	555	2,215	700	79.3
Private households	398	419	353	406	45	(1)	(1)
Public administration	6,362	887	2,798	756	3,563	993	76.1
Footnotes: (1) Data not shown where the employment base is less than 50,000.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.