United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Production 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 production occupations, was $764; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $889, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $855. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $748.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in production occupations was 85.9% of that of their White colleagues, and 89.4% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in production occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of Asian workers who work in production occupations was 96.2% of that of their White colleagues in production occupations.

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

  1. White Men: $971
  2. Asian Men: $923
  3. Hispanic or Latino Men: $816
  4. Black Men: $815
  5. Asian Women: $767
  6. Black Women: $704
  7. White Women: $693
  8. Hispanic or Latino Women: $654

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 production 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 Production Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Production Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
Black Men
Black Women
White Men
White Women
Asian Men
Asian Women
Hispanic or Latino Men
Hispanic or Latino Women
U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Production Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 583 686 620 555
2016 566 691 650 543
2017 614 721 656 599
2018 595 759 690 612
2019 647 775 675 644
2020 698 800 703 688
2021 694 845 767 703
2022 764 889 855 748
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Production Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 612 748 696 605
2016 589 752 698 603
2017 668 792 717 672
2018 617 822 788 690
2019 703 847 737 709
2020 734 869 774 730
2021 728 907 806 772
2022 815 971 923 816
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Production Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 511 520 562 449
2016 526 526 582 455
2017 545 568 601 489
2018 531 581 601 504
2019 575 605 599 546
2020 633 632 604 586
2021 622 659 679 596
2022 704 693 767 654

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.