Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)		Median weekly earnings
	1st 2023	1st 2024	In current dollars		In constant (1982-84) dollars
	1st 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over	119,221	119,168	$1,100	$1,139	$366	$367

Men, 16 years and over	65,815	65,070	1,186	1,227	395	396
16 to 24 years	6,038	5,797	751	767	250	247
25 years and over	59,777	59,273	1,253	1,313	417	423

Women, 16 years and over	53,406	54,098	996	1,021	331	329
16 to 24 years	4,749	4,719	690	703	230	226
25 years and over	48,657	49,378	1,034	1,082	344	349

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White	89,899	89,951	1,130	1,157	376	373
Men	50,855	50,105	1,222	1,254	406	404
Women	39,044	39,846	1,007	1,040	335	335

Black or African American	16,309	16,153	886	908	295	293
Men	7,847	7,756	909	935	302	301
Women	8,462	8,396	862	887	287	286

Asian	8,547	8,568	1,468	1,505	488	485
Men	4,707	4,680	1,573	1,679	523	541
Women	3,840	3,888	1,313	1,331	437	429

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	22,193	23,019	868	879	289	283
Men	13,096	13,429	917	914	305	295
Women	9,098	9,590	779	825	259	266
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: April 16, 2024