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 Table P-53. Wage or Salary Workers (Black)

 by Median Wage and Salary Income and Sex: 1977 to 2006



 (Workers 15 years old and over with wage and salary income beginning with

 March 1980, and workers 14 years old and over with wage and salary income

 as of March of the following year for previous years.  Wage and salary

 income in current and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)

 _________________________________________________________________________

                           Male                         Female

              ______________________________ _____________________________

                           Median wage and               Median wage and

                  Number    salary income       Number    salary income

 Year          with wage ___________________ with wage ___________________

              and salary                     or salary

                  income   Current      2006    income   Current      2006

               ( thous.)   dollars   dollars ( thous.)   dollars   dollars

 _________________________________________________________________________



 Black A.O.I.C.

 2006              7,948   $29,439   $29,439     9,485   $23,621   $23,621

 2005              7,915    26,667    27,541     9,350    22,366    23,099

 2004 35/          7,645    26,858    28,669     9,132    21,931    23,409

 2003              7,533    26,289    28,820     9,101    21,296    23,346

 2002              7,564    25,346    28,406     9,009    21,078    23,623







 Black Alone

 2006             7,716    29,547    29,547     9,229    23,725    23,725

 2005             7,635    26,765    27,643     9,093    22,445    23,181

 2004 35/         7,434    26,900    28,713     8,869    21,964    23,445

 2003             7,320    26,370    28,908     8,840    21,389    23,448

 2002             7,318    25,384    28,449     8,778    21,119    23,669







 Black

 2001             7,577    25,551    29,099     8,910    20,376    23,205

 2000 30/         7,602    24,444    28,619     9,060    19,893    23,291

 1999 29/         7,918    22,769    27,552     9,031    17,996    21,776

 1998             7,399    22,493    27,785     8,711    16,504    20,387

 1997             7,286    21,427    26,838     8,517    16,333    20,458

 1996             7,115    20,143    25,775     8,197    15,851    20,283

 1995 25/         6,997    18,492    24,292     7,822    14,698    19,308

 1994 24/         6,956    17,649    23,743     7,721    14,018    18,858

 1993 23/         6,724    16,851    23,154     7,478    12,690    17,436

 1992 22/         6,844    15,923    22,419     7,157    12,718    17,907

 1991             6,686    15,516    22,400     7,020    12,248    17,682

 1990             6,637    15,741    23,540     6,998    12,003    17,950

 1989             6,628    15,329    24,066     7,046    11,646    18,284

 1988             6,609    14,537    23,808     6,844    11,077    18,141

 1987 21/         6,491    12,958    22,000     6,616    10,326    17,532

 1986             6,260    12,750    22,379     6,473     9,638    16,916

 1985 20/         6,225    12,727    22,743     6,273     9,382    16,765

 1984 19/         5,858    11,367    21,010     6,126     9,100    16,820

 1983             5,676    10,889    20,950     5,641     8,538    16,427

 1982             5,499    10,670    21,405     5,596     8,053    16,155

 1981             5,609    10,648    22,650     5,482     7,341    15,615

 1980             5,667     9,678    22,546     5,440     6,650    15,492

 1979 18/          (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)

 1978             5,489     7,954    22,559     5,163     5,403    15,324

 1977             5,258     7,552    22,361     4,916     4,874    14,432

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 



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SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements

                                                                                              

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