United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Protective Service 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 protective service occupations, was $845; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $1,109, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $1,065. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $962.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in protective service occupations was 76.2% of that of their White colleagues, and 79.3% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in protective service occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of Asian workers who work in protective service occupations was 96% of that of their White colleagues in protective service occupations.

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

  1. Asian Women: $1,485
  2. White Men: $1,152
  3. Asian Men: $1,060
  4. Hispanic or Latino Men: $1,039
  5. Black Men: $928
  6. White Women: $915
  7. Hispanic or Latino Women: $882
  8. Black Women: $751

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 protective service 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 Protective Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Protective Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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White Men
White Women
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Hispanic or Latino Women
U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers Protective Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 633 867 745 745
2016 681 890 646 782
2017 679 921 782 764
2018 608 953 806 763
2019 692 992 989 851
2020 725 1046 911 926
2021 769 1061 1022 924
2022 845 1109 1065 962
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Protective Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 660 905 742 796
2016 689 923 624 808
2017 731 956 794 782
2018 672 1009 876 829
2019 745 1027 1034 852
2020 764 1116 912 978
2021 822 1120 1039 928
2022 928 1152 1060 1039
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Protective Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 562 678 888 645
2016 631 712 671 744
2017 595 783 753 653
2018 518 708 568 600
2019 616 843 934 848
2020 685 860 888 763
2021 672 881 650 915
2022 751 915 1485 882

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.