United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+
Updated on January 20, 2023.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2022, the median weekly earnings (without seasonal adjustment) of full-time working Blacks aged 16 years and over in the United States who work in architecture and engineering occupations, was $1,383; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $1,728, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $2,006. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $1,561.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in architecture and engineering occupations was 80% of that of their White colleagues, and 68.9% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in architecture and engineering occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in architecture and engineering occupations was 86.1% of that of their Asian colleagues in architecture and engineering occupations.

A closer look at the median weekly earnings of full-time U.S. workers who work in architecture and engineering occupations in 2022 by race, hispanic or latino ethnicity, and gender, also reveals the following rankings:

  1. Asian Men: $2,116
  2. Asian Women: $1,773
  3. White Men: $1,744
  4. Black Women: $1,697
  5. Hispanic or Latino Women: $1,641
  6. Hispanic or Latino Men: $1,556
  7. White Women: $1,537
  8. Black Men: $1,360

The charts and tables below shows the historical median weekly earnings by race and hispanic or latino ethnicity as well as by gender (without seasonal adjustment), for full-time U.S. workers who work in architecture and engineering occupations from 2015 to 2022.

You may also be interested in similar data for several other occupation groups here.

Note: The data for Hispanics or Latinos refers to hispanics or latinos of all racial backgrounds.

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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White Men
White Women
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Hispanic or Latino Men
Hispanic or Latino Women
U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 1167 1426 1539 1326
2016 1170 1469 1690 1317
2017 1257 1471 1594 1416
2018 1346 1476 1659 1368
2019 1483 1549 1696 1386
2020 1261 1578 1788 1454
2021 1328 1626 1887 1496
2022 1383 1728 2006 1561
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 1179 1460 1548 1373
2016 1296 1506 1774 1403
2017 1356 1509 1638 1450
2018 1346 1520 1768 1442
2019 1485 1588 1782 1446
2020 1272 1625 1846 1467
2021 1336 1684 1908 1526
2022 1360 1744 2116 1556
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Architecture and Engineering Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 947 1238 1458 1025
2016 941 1218 1296 1066
2017 1099 1306 1387 1120
2018 1343 1248 1329 1060
2019 1479 1263 1466 1138
2020 1010 1361 1592 1378
2021 1166 1394 1682 1203
2022 1697 1537 1773 1641

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity for Other Occupation Groups

See also the median weekly earnings by race and ethnicity for the following occupation groups in the United States, or use similar links here. You can also see the median weekly earnings by gender of many occupation groups, as well as many specific occupations.