Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 30.	Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Year	Males					Females
Year	Age 15 and older	Ages 15–19	Ages 20–24	Ages 25–29		Age 15 and older	Ages 15–19	Ages 20–24	Ages 25–29
				[In constant 2010 dollars]
1980	$50,300	$21,200	$31,800	$42,300		$29,100	$17,900	$23,800	$31,800
1985	50,700	17,600	27,900	40,500		31,600	16,600	23,300	31,200
1990	46,700	16,700	26,000	38,300		33,400	16,700	23,400	31,700
1995	45,100	17,400	24,300	35,800		32,900	14,900	21,500	30,000
2000	48,100	19,000	26,600	38,000		35,500	16,100	24,100	32,900
2001	48,000	19,700	25,900	38,200		36,900	18,500	24,600	34,200
2002	48,500	18,200	26,700	37,600		36,400	17,500	24,200	33,900
2003	47,400	19,600	25,300	36,700		35,600	17,100	23,700	33,800
2004	46,200	18,500	25,400	36,900		35,800	16,200	23,100	34,600
2005	46,400	18,600	24,600	35,700		35,700	15,600	22,300	33,500
2006	46,500	19,500	26,000	36,800		35,800	16,900	22,700	32,500
2007	47,300	21,000	25,200	36,800		36,800	16,700	24,200	33,700
2008	46,800	17,200	25,300	36,500		35,400	15,700	23,300	32,400
2009	48,800	18,300	25,400	38,600		36,600	16,900	22,500	32,500

NOTE: Data were adjusted to constant 2010 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March and Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1981–2010.