United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Sales and Office 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 sales and office occupations, was $795; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $896, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $951. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $785.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in sales and office occupations was 88.7% of that of their White colleagues, and 83.6% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in sales and office occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of White workers who work in sales and office occupations was 94.2% of that of their Asian colleagues in sales and office occupations.

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

  1. White Men: $1,068
  2. Asian Men: $1,025
  3. Asian Women: $907
  4. Black Men: $882
  5. Hispanic or Latino Men: $872
  6. White Women: $818
  7. Black Women: $751
  8. Hispanic or Latino Women: $744

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 sales and office 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 Sales and Office Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Sales and Office Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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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 Sales and Office Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 593 692 692 593
2016 623 713 743 613
2017 621 739 763 630
2018 639 763 766 647
2019 672 775 801 676
2020 711 829 907 723
2021 728 846 875 738
2022 795 896 951 785
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Sales and Office Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 602 817 763 636
2016 640 841 827 665
2017 622 880 849 671
2018 657 895 892 687
2019 689 931 843 732
2020 756 990 961 784
2021 801 1006 995 798
2022 882 1068 1025 872
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Sales and Office Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 588 636 651 575
2016 618 658 688 588
2017 621 683 716 609
2018 631 710 731 624
2019 664 719 779 643
2020 695 755 870 692
2021 701 774 822 707
2022 751 818 907 744

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.