United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance 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 natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations, was $875; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $971, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $1,031. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $814.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations was 90.1% of that of their White colleagues, and 84.9% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations was 94.2% of that of their Asian colleagues in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.

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

  1. Asian Men: $1,079
  2. White Men: $983
  3. Black Men: $886
  4. Hispanic or Latino Men: $834
  5. Asian Women: $728
  6. Black Women: $709
  7. White Women: $697
  8. Hispanic or Latino Women: $612

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 natural resources, construction, and maintenance 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 Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 699 767 806 598
2016 741 796 753 624
2017 724 808 901 659
2018 754 839 875 691
2019 805 877 947 713
2020 834 911 935 759
2021 803 932 1004 777
2022 875 971 1031 814
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 699 776 808 606
2016 741 805 779 639
2017 723 818 911 676
2018 750 851 892 699
2019 820 887 933 723
2020 848 925 959 774
2021 806 944 1018 790
2022 886 983 1079 834
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 727 561 614 437
2016 754 569 486 458
2017 748 561 689 477
2018 892 618 606 506
2019 603 610 1179 523
2020 782 653 715 582
2021 776 687 786 608
2022 709 697 728 612

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.