- Women who usually worked full time had median earnings of $634 per week, or 79.3 percent of the $800 median for men. The female-to-male earnings ratios were higher among blacks (92.4 percent) and Hispanics (86.8 percent) than among whites (78.4 percent) or Asians (76.0 percent).
-Median earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $615 per week, 74.4 percent of the median for white men ($827). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($568) were 87.7 percent of those for their white counterparts ($648). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($537) were lower than those of blacks ($591), whites ($738), and Asians ($855).
- Among men, those age 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 had the highest median weekly earnings, $935 and $946, respectively. Among women, weekly earnings were highest for those age 55 to 64 ($716).
- Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in managerial, professional, and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings - $1,243 for men and $884 for women. Persons employed in service jobs earned the least.
- Full-time workers age 25 years and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $449, compared with $620 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,105 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 $3,235 or more per week, compared with $2,070 or more for their female counterparts.
