Table 19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex,
2010 annual averages
Total, both sexes
Industry
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women
Men
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
44,472
$669
55,059
Total, 16 years and over…………….………………………………
99,531
$747
Women's
earnings
as
Median
weekly percent of
men's
earnings
$824
81.2
Agriculture and related industries ............................................................................
984
477
178
398
806
490
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ...................................................................................................
678
1,035
83
924
594
1,086
Construction .........................................................................................
5,844
746
461
729
5,383
748
Manufacturing .......................................................................................
12,592
768
3,398
629
9,194
828
Durable goods ....................................................................................
7,936
808
1,894
661
6,042
875
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
4,655
701
1,503
595
3,152
759
Wholesale and retail trade ....................................................................
12,880
612
5,182
519
7,697
684
Wholesale trade ..................................................................................
3,062
776
865
689
2,196
826
Retail trade .........................................................................................
9,818
575
4,317
498
5,501
633
Transportation and utilities ...................................................................
5,833
850
1,268
730
4,565
884
Transportation and warehousing ........................................................
4,619
805
1,014
702
3,605
838
Utilities ................................................................................................
1,214
1,019
254
841
960
1,090
Information .........................................................................................
2,501
907
970
779
1,531
1,007
Financial activities ................................................................................
7,429
849
4,056
734
3,373
1,075
Finance and insurance .......................................................................
5,750
901
3,325
748
2,426
1,233
Real estate and rental and leasing .....................................................
1,679
711
731
656
947
754
Professional and business services .....................................................
10,455
857
4,137
739
6,318
976
Professional and technical services ...................................................
6,423
1,126
2,699
877
3,724
1,348
Management, administrative, and waste
services.................................................................
4,032
548
1,438
517
2,594
573
Education and health services ..............................................................
23,513
776
17,226
738
6,287
938
Educational services ..........................................................................
9,930
876
6,659
843
3,271
958
Health care and social assistance .....................................................
13,583
706
10,567
665
3,016
909
Leisure and hospitality ..........................................................................
6,543
475
3,028
430
3,514
508
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................................................
1,571
618
679
570
892
682
Accomodation and food services .......................................................
4,972
431
2,349
405
2,623
471
Other services ......................................................................................
3,808
615
1,660
533
2,148
695
Other services, except private households ........................................
3,486
637
1,383
571
2,104
700
(1)
422
Private households ............................................................................
322
410
277
408
Public administration......................................................................................
6,473
897
2,824
770
3,649
1,006
81.2
85.1
97.5
76.0
75.5
78.4
75.9
83.4
78.7
82.6
83.8
77.2
77.4
68.3
60.7
87.0
75.7
65.1
1 Data
not shown where the employment base is less than 50,000.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
68
68
90.2
78.7
88.0
73.2
84.6
83.6
84.5
76.7
81.6
(1)
76.5