United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in 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 service occupations, was $666; that of Whites in the same age group and occupation group was $707, and that of Asians in the same age group and occupation group was $703. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics or Latinos, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and occupation group was $649.

In more simple terms, the median weekly earnings of Black workers who work in service occupations was 94.2% of that of their White colleagues, and 94.7% of that of their Asian colleagues who also work in service occupations. In the same vein, the median weekly earnings of Asian workers who work in service occupations was 99.4% of that of their White colleagues in service occupations.

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

  1. White Men: $790
  2. Asian Men: $763
  3. Black Men: $703
  4. Hispanic or Latino Men: $699
  5. Asian Women: $661
  6. White Women: $644
  7. Black Women: $632
  8. Hispanic or Latino Women: $613

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 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 Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers in Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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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 Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2015 477 518 518 469
2016 495 536 545 493
2017 501 562 554 505
2018 512 585 569 528
2019 556 602 607 561
2020 584 636 649 589
2021 615 654 675 603
2022 666 707 703 649
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2015 524 601 588 496
2016 524 610 599 517
2017 527 621 613 543
2018 579 670 615 589
2019 597 685 668 604
2020 624 723 706 629
2021 665 743 773 644
2022 703 790 763 699
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers in Service Occupations Aged 16yrs+ ($)
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2015 440 467 489 430
2016 475 488 514 460
2017 484 505 515 475
2018 490 517 528 489
2019 523 540 576 511
2020 551 578 600 535
2021 594 599 614 571
2022 632 644 661 613

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.