Labor Force Statistics

Table D.  Distribution of Average weekly Earnings (in 1990-92 dollars) of Men and Women 
          Age 25 to 54 Who Left and Then Entered Full-Time Jobs in the Month Job Left and 
          the Month Job Entered: 1990-92 and 1987-89 Periods 1/ 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                              1990-92                             1987-89
Earnings              Men               Women              Men               Women
                 Left     Enter.    Left     Enter.   Left     Enter.    Left      Enter.
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   Total        3,261     3,261    2,123     2,123    3,124    3,124    1,900      1,900

Less than $208   17.2      25.0     29.2      44.3     19.1     21.1     33.6       38.6

$209 to 399      31.6      36.8     35.7      30.8     32.5     33.8     37.8       39.8

$400 to 599      25.8      20.7     15.5      14.7     18.0     21.2     16.3       15.4

$600 or more     25.5      17.5     19.6      10.2     30.5     23.8     12.3        6.3

   Mean          $529      $423     $397      $305     $535     $490     $417       $309
   S.E.           $59       $51      $44       $30      $27      $30      $56        $23
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1/ Data relate only to the person's first spell of joblessness during the period.