United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media 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 arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations, was $1,084; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $1,271, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $1,627. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $1,171.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations was 85.3% of that of their White colleagues, and 66.6% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations was 78.1% of that of their Asian colleagues in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.

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

Asian Men: $1,939
Asian Women: $1,440
White Men: $1,396
Hispanic or Latino Men: $1,296
White Women: $1,163
Black Women: $1,108
Black Men: $1,063
Hispanic or Latino Women: $1,056

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 arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media 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.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2015	744	1004	1133	788
2016	924	1032	1174	849
2017	828	1096	995	1008
2018	1075	1081	1159	950
2019	1058	1150	1322	902
2020	1008	1204	1245	988
2021	1133	1227	1596	1014
2022	1084	1271	1627	1171

U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2015	722	1101	1245	857
2016	938	1151	1236	907
2017	791	1173	1121	1075
2018	1087	1153	1527	1034
2019	1039	1238	1500	958
2020	1007	1265	1259	1159
2021	1144	1320	1767	1064
2022	1063	1396	1939	1296

U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2015	925	939	997	686
2016	913	936	1168	767
2017	840	952	897	928
2018	997	989	1055	822
2019	1135	1058	1239	840
2020	1010	1135	1236	927
2021	1064	1133	1494	928
2022	1108	1163	1440	1056

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.