United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Legal 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 legal occupations, was $1,423; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $1,861, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $1,751. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $1,244.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in legal occupations was 76.5% of that of their White colleagues, and 81.3% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in legal occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of Asian workers who work in legal occupations was 94.1% of that of their White colleagues in legal occupations.

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

White Men: $2,432
Black Men: $1,897
Asian Men: $1,878
Hispanic or Latino Men: $1,781
Asian Women: $1,727
White Women: $1,437
Black Women: $1,306
Hispanic or Latino Women: $1,191

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 legal 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 Legal Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)

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

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

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Year	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2015	1125	1421	1510	1100
2016	1174	1428	1728	993
2017	1190	1452	1743	1087
2018	1226	1498	1572	1212
2019	1262	1614	1752	1253
2020	1398	1581	1501	1008
2021	1394	1628	1907	1157
2022	1423	1861	1751	1244

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

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Year	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2015	2137	1883	1833	1423
2016	1573	1911	2378	1654
2017	1652	1901	1668	1609
2018	1730	1929	1772	1442
2019	1330	2081	2194	1568
2020	1914	2293	1917	1880
2021	1416	2384	1915	1357
2022	1897	2432	1878	1781

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

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Year	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2015	945	1138	1440	915
2016	1008	1139	1548	850
2017	1004	1184	1760	843
2018	1073	1234	1468	1088
2019	1261	1251	1554	1139
2020	1319	1243	1344	934
2021	1365	1299	1766	1133
2022	1306	1437	1727	1191