United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Construction and Extraction 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 construction and extraction occupations, was $835; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $952, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $1,019. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $822.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in construction and extraction occupations was 87.7% of that of their White colleagues, and 81.9% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in construction and extraction occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in construction and extraction occupations was 93.4% of that of their Asian colleagues in construction and extraction occupations.

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

Asian Men: $1,078
Black Women: $1,006
White Men: $961
Hispanic or Latino Men: $829
Black Men: $828
White Women: $780
Asian Women: $676
Hispanic or Latino Women: $638

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 construction and extraction 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 Construction and Extraction Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Construction and Extraction Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Construction and Extraction Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2015	673	758	691	608
2016	755	792	740	639
2017	704	804	999	671
2018	730	817	849	706
2019	783	877	970	726
2020	740	915	976	778
2021	772	915	969	782
2022	835	952	1019	822

U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Construction and Extraction Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2015	668	761	681	608
2016	752	795	759	645
2017	703	804	995	672
2018	723	818	838	707
2019	794	880	962	730
2020	739	920	978	781
2021	760	918	991	787
2022	828	961	1078	829

U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Construction and Extraction Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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Year	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2015	908	662	1059	606
2016	886	616	421	489
2017	745	809	1186	549
2018	1117	760	1190	639
2019	593	731	1513	618
2020	756	806	517	614
2021	842	714	324	614
2022	1006	780	676	638

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.