United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

4 0 4 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
No. 671. Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers, by Selected
Characteristic: 1970 to 1981
[In current dollars of usual weekly earnings. For 1970-1976, as of May. Beginning 1979 data represent annual average. Due to
changes in data collection procedures, data for 1979, and later years are not strictly comparable with earlier years. For definition
of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C 1970 1975 1976 1977 1 9 7 8 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C 1979 1980 1 9 8 1
All work«*.............................. $130 $185 $196 $ 2 1 1 $228 All workers.................... $ 2 4 4 $266 $289
151 2 2 1 233 252 271 Male......................................... 298 322 347
16-124 years old............................... i i a 151 159 166 185 16-24 yearn old. 2 0 1 214 225
25 years and over............................ 160 235 260 272 293 25 years and over................. 322 346 378
113 153 161 173 190 186 204 224
Husbands....................................... 159 234 247 271 292 16-24 years old • 154 171 184
139 205 223 238 262 197 217 237
94 137 145 156 166 324 348 382
88 117 125 133 142 190 229
25 years and over............................ 96 146 154 165 175 Women who maintain families... 190 210 228
95 132 141 150 159 300 313 342
Wives............................................... 95 139 146 157 166
91 138 145 157 167 White....................................... 249 296
Male............................. ........ 3Q5 356
134 190 201 216 231 187 226
157 226 238 258 276 203 218 238
95 138 147 157 167 232 247 271
99 156 162 171 186
Female................................. 174
197
169 2 1 0
229
113 173 187 2 0 1 218 226 252
81 130 137 146 157 156 177 192
Occupation:
Occupation:
Prof, and technical.. 181 246 256 277 294 Professional and technical..... 316 340 377
Managers, administrators *................ 190 273 288 301 322 Managers, administrators *...... 346 379 407
133 189 197 224 231 254 279 306
109 150 158 167 175 195 233
157 223 239 259 279 303 362
Operatives, except Operatives, exc. transport___ 2 1 1 225 242
transport....................................... (NA) 157 161 170 190 Transport equipment
Transport equipment operatives.......................... 272 286 303
operatives....................... ............. (NA) 198 213 230 248 Noriterm laborers.................. 206 2 2 0 238
110 154 161 181 193
38 54 60 59 59 157 169 179
Other service workers...................... 87 123 134 142 152
Farmworkers.................................... 71 111 120 127 139
NA Not available. E xclu d e s farm. 3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
No. 672. Median Usual Weekly Earnings, by Family Type and number of Workers:
1979 TO 1981
[For families with wage and salary workers. Annual averages of quarterly figures]
F A M I L Y T Y R E A M O N U M B E R O F W O R K E R S
N U M B E R O F F A M I U E 8 M E D I A N U S U A L W E E K L Y
(1,000)
e a r n i n g s (dollars)
1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1 9 6 1 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1
P E R C E N T C H A N G E -
C O N S T A N T ( 1 9 6 7 ) D O L
1 9 7 9 - 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 7 9 -
1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 8 1
T o t a l families ............................... 4 1 , 3 4 2 4 1 , 1 6 2 4 1 , 3 6 0 3 7 6 4 0 5 4 3 4 - 5 . 2 - 3 . 0 - 8 . 1
O n e worker.. 19,772 1 9 , 8 3 6 19 , 8 5 9 2 6 3 2 7 9 2 9 4 — 6.6 - 4 . 4 - 1 0 . 7
T w o or m o r e w o r k e r s .......... ...................... 21,571 2 1 , 3 2 6 2 1 , 5 0 0 4 8 1 5 2 5 5 7 0 - 3 . 6 - 1 . 9 - 5 . 4
M arried c o u p l e families.............. .... .............. 3 4 , 3 0 6 3 3 , 8 2 5 3 3 , 8 0 7 4 0 6 4 3 6 4 7 3 - 4 . 8 - 1 . 7 - 6 . 5
O n e worker.. 15,005 1 4 , 7 9 7 14 , 5 6 6 2 9 7 3 1 2 3 3 2 - 7 . 4 - 3 . 2 1 0 . 3 -
H u s b a nd .. . 12,606 1 2 ,1 2 7 1 1 ,7 8 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 7 3 - 7 . 4
- 6 . 1 - 1 . 4
Wife...... 1,819 2, 0 5 9 2, 1 5 6 1 5 1 1 6 0 1 8 0 - 5 . 0 - 4 . 3
— 1.5
O t h e r ................................. ............. . 6 8 0 6 1 1 6 2 8 1 6 2 1 6 7 1 8 3 - 9 . 5
- 8 . 1 - 1 . 5
T w o w o r k e r s or m o r e 1 ............................... 19,301 1 9 , 0 2 8 19,241 4 9 3 5 3 9 5 8 5 - 4 . 9
- 3 . 5 - 1 . 4
H u s b a n d s a n d wi f e o n l y ........................... 13 , 0 2 8 1 2 , 8 9 0 1 3 , 2 1 3 4 6 5 5 0 9 5 5 4 - 5 . 1
- 3 . 7 - 1 . 5
H u s b a n d s a n d ot h e r family m e m b e r ( s ) ............ 2 , 6 1 7 2, 3 6 9 2, 3 3 8 5 1 7 5 5 7 6 0 1 - 4 . 6 - 2 . 2 - 6 . 8
W i f e a n d o t h e r family m e m b e r s ) .................. 3 7 5 4 2 6 4 3 9 3 2 4 3 5 1 3 7 1 - 8 . 7
- 4 . 2 - 4 . 7
Families m a i n t a i n e d b y w o m e n ........................ 5,485 5,690 5, 8 7 5 2 0 9 2 2 7 2 4 0 - 4 . 2 - 4 . 3 - 8 . 3
O n e w o r k e r ............. ............... .............. 3, 8 2 4 4 , 0 2 2 4, 2 2 5 1 7 0 1 6 8 1 9 8 - 2 . 6 - 3 . 9 - 6 . 4
T w o o r m o r e w o r k e r s ... ............................. 1,661 1,668 1,649 3 3 7 3 7 3 3 9 7 - 2 . 6 - 3 . 3 - 5 . 8
Families m a i n t a i n e d b y m e n . .................. ......... 1,552 1,647 1,678 3 3 8 3 6 5 3 8 2 - 4 . 5 - 5 . 4 - 9 . 7
O n e w o r k e r .................................. ......... 9 4 3 1,016 1,068 2 6 9 2 8 9 3 1 1 - 5 . 6 — 2.6 - 8 . 1
T w o or m o r e w o r k e r s .................. ........... . 6 0 0 6 3 1 6 1 0 4 6 9 5 0 0 5 3 2 -6 .5 -3 .5 -9.3
■Excludes families where the husband, wife, or householder is self-employed.
separately.
Source of tables 671 and 672: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data.
3includes other combinations not shown