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Show Women's Income and Earnings 130 Thus in 1964 the median income of the 2.3 in the 'latter group was $1,216, while that of the time the year round. million women Equally significant is the proportionof women who work part time and part of the year: half of those with part-time jobs in 1964 worked less than 11.8 million who worked full time the year round was $3,710. 21 weeks. 62. W,age or Salary Income of White and Nonwhite Women The median wage or salary income of nonwhite full-time year round women workers in 1964 was $2,674 (table 61). This was 69 percent of the median income of white women. Although this per centage was an improvement over the years 1956-59 and 1961-63, it was just short of the peak 70 percent that nonwhite women workers' income was of that of white women workers in 1960. Table 61.-MEDIAN WAGE OR SALARY INOOME OF YEAR-RoUND FuLL-TIME WORKERS, BY SEX AND.cOLOR, 1939 AND 1956-64 (Persons 14 years of age and over) Median wage or 8alary income White Year Nonwhite Nonwhite income cs percent of white income WOMEN 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1939 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $3,859 3,723 3,601 3,480 3,410 3,306 3,225 3, 107 2,958 $2, 674 2,368 2,278 2,325 2,372 2, 196 1,988 1,866 1,637 863 327 $6,497 6,277 6,025 5,880 5,662 5,456 5, 186 4,950 4,710 $4,285 4, 104 3,799 3,883 3,789 3,339 3,368 3, 137 2,912 63.4 1,419 639 45. 0 _ 69,3 63. 6 63.3 66.8 69.6 66.4 61. 6 60. 1 55. 3 37. 9 MEN 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 66.0 65.4 63. 1 66.0 66. 9 61. 2 64. 9 61. 8 Source: u.s. Department of Commerce, Burean of the Census: Current Population Reports, P-60, Nos. 47,43, 41, 39, 37, 35, 33, 30, and 27. |
