- Women who usually worked full time had median earnings of $649 per week, or 78.9 percent of the $823 median for men. The female-to-male earnings ratios were higher among blacks (93.9 percent) and Hispanics (88.4 percent) than among whites (77.9 percent) or Asians (81.3 percent).
- Median earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $595 per week, 69.6 percent of the median for white men ($855). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($559) were 83.9 percent of those for their white counterparts ($666). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($545) were lower than those of blacks ($577), whites ($758), and Asians ($869).
- Among men, those age 45 to 54 and age 55 to 64 had the highest median weekly earnings, $994 and $962, respectively. Among women, weekly earnings also were highest for those age 45 to 54 and age 55 to 64, $705 and $728, respectively.
- Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in management, professional, and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings--$1,258 for men and $907 for women. Persons employed in service jobs earned the least.
- Full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $450, compared with $620 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,138 for those holding at least a bachelor's degree. Among college graduates with advanced degrees (professional or master's degree and above), the highest earning 10 percent of male workers made $3,224 or more per week, compared with $2,092 or more for their female counterparts.
