Highlights from the first-quarter data are:
-Women who usually worked full time had median earnings of $637 per week, or 80.6 percent of the $790 median for men. The female-to-male earnings ratios were higher among Hispanics (93.1 percent) and blacks (92.1 percent) than among whites (79.3 percent) or Asians (80.3 percent).
-Median earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $604 per week, 73.5 percent of the median for white men ($822). The difference was less among women, as black women’s median earnings ($556) were 85.3 percent of those for their white counterparts ($652). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($520) were lower than those of blacks ($582), whites ($742), and Asians ($842).
-Among men, those age 45 to 54 and age 55 to 64 had the highest median weekly earnings, $927 and $957, respectively. Among women, weekly earnings also were highest for those age 45 to 54 and age 55 to 64, $700 and $702, respectively.
-Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in managerial, professional, and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings-$1,236 for men and $890 for women. Men and women employed in service jobs earned the least.
-Full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $435, compared with $615 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,108 for those holding at least a bachelor’s degree. Among college graduates with advanced degrees (professional or master’s degree and above), the highest 10 percent of male workers made $3,080 or more per week, compared with $1,988 or more for their female counterparts.
