Asians and "others"had the worst paying jobs between 2003 and 2004 and in all the major occupation groups white workers earn one-third more than the rest.

The average median income of a black worker was $43,156, while white workers earned an average of $59,336 per year according to a new employment survey

"Mixed/other race" workers earned less than both, averaging $42,169 as an annual salary, the report said.

Highest paid jobs include white administration and managerial workers with average salaries of $91,701.

The lowest paying jobs were "Asian/Other" service workers who receive $29,707 on average per year, around $2,475 per month, or $618 per week.

In the international business occupation sector, white workers earned $94,888 while their black co-workers earned $57,929, it said. But bonuses were fairly evenly spread across the races.

Black employees were in the majority when it came to annual bonuses, mortgage subsidies and stock options.

But white employees mostly received car allowances, housing and travel allowances, it said.

According to the new report, Non-Bermudians earned more than Bermudians in every occupation group except for from "Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing".

And in all major occupation groups, spouses of Bermudians earned more than Bermudians, the report released by the Department of Statistics yesterday said. Non-Bermudians in managerial jobs earned the most at around $101,616.

Bermudians in the same position earned almost $30,000 less per year than their Non-Bermudian counterparts ? at $71,895.

Bermudians in the service industry were on the bottom rung of the ladder in 2004, earning a measly $31,068 a year.

The average annual income of non-Bermudians was $56,670 while the average Bermudian wage was $44,503, it said.

"A greater proportion of guest workers filled higher paying professional and technical positions," it said.

Men earn more than women.

"On average mean earned $49,227 while women earned $44,739," it said.

After international business, workers in the electricity, water and gas sectors earned the most per year with $55,256.

Government administrators were paid an average of $53,434 and construction crews $52,321.

Hotel workers were among the lowest paid in Bermuda with average wages of $30,490.

"Job holders in the restaurant industry rank among the lowest paid with an average income of below $30,000 per year," it said.

Unmarried Non-Bermudian workers accounted for just under a quarter (23 percent) of the local labour market.

This is the first time Government has released an median annual income based on race, as in the previous reports by the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE) statistics revolved around percentage of workers earning a certain amount.

The CURE Reports for 2002 and 2000 a fluctuation in the number of black workers earning above average salaries.

The 2002 CURE Report stated that in 2002 black workers occupied 44 percent of all jobs in the $55,000 to $75,000 wage bracket. This was an increase from 42 percent in 2001, but a decrease from 2000 when 45 percent of the workers with these wages were black.

A copy of the report may be found at www.statistics.gov.bm at the Department of Statistics web-site.