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2006 Median Annual Earnings by Race and Sex

Race/gender	Earnings	Wage ratio
White men	$47,814	100.0%
White women	35,151	73.5
Black men	34,480	72.1
Black women	30,398	63.6
Hispanic men	27,490	57.5
Hispanic women	24,738	51.7
All men	$42,210
All women	$32,649
Wage gap		77.4%

NOTE: Includes full-time, year-round workers ages 15 and above. “White” and “Black” exclude those who identified as Hispanic and/or reported more than one race category. “Hispanic” includes all those who so identified themselves, regardless of race.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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