United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree

Updated on May 14, 2022.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2021, the median weekly earnings (without seasonal adjustment) of full-time working Blacks aged 25 years and over in the United States who have an advanced degree, was $1,360; that of Whites in the same age group and educational level was $1,662, and that of Asians in the same age group and educational level was $1,895. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $1,536.

A closer look at the median weekly earnings of full-time U.S. workers with an advanced degree in 2021 by race, hispanic ethnicity, and gender, reveals the following rankings:

Asian Men: $2,090
White Men: $1,916
Hispanic Men: $1,750
Asian Women: $1,619
Black Men: $1,561
White Women: $1,465
Hispanic Women: $1,401
Black Women: $1,248

The charts and tables below shows the historical median weekly earnings by race and ethnicity as well as by gender (without seasonal adjustment), for full-time U.S. workers with an advanced degree from 2002 to 2021.

Note: The data for Hispanics refers to hispanics of all racial backgrounds.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree

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Year	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2,002	912	1,112	1,168	896
2,003	887	1,139	1,153	949
2,004	985	1,160	1,251	995
2,005	955	1,195	1,269	1,073
2,006	1,015	1,225	1,339	1,027
2,007	1,046	1,248	1,334	1,141
2,008	1,127	1,293	1,438	1,147
2,009	1,094	1,341	1,400	1,260
2,010	1,065	1,368	1,466	1,241
2,011	1,074	1,359	1,461	1,178
2,012	1,149	1,390	1,525	1,166
2,013	1,165	1,400	1,541	1,266
2,014	1,149	1,390	1,562	1,235
2,015	1,160	1,410	1,572	1,227
2,016	1,162	1,444	1,708	1,305
2,017	1,188	1,487	1,673	1,307
2,018	1,240	1,534	1,731	1,333
2,019	1,284	1,568	1,882	1,412
2,020	1,408	1,607	1,892	1,487
2,021	1,360	1,662	1,895	1,536

U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree

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Year	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2,002	948	1,279		1,046
2,003	863	1,339		1,090
2,004	1,013	1,397		1,149
2,005	1,046	1,409		1,263
2,006	1,181	1,446		1,142
2,007	1,125	1,472		1,248
2,008	1,235	1,527		1,378
2,009	1,152	1,559		1,397
2,010	1,176	1,578		1,387
2,011	1,174	1,604		1,394
2,012	1,333	1,650	1,614	1,287
2,013	1,279	1,652	1,734	1,477
2,014	1,331	1,642	1,752	1,507
2,015	1,304	1,661	1,745	1,424
2,016	1,331	1,726	1,878	1,518
2,017	1,295	1,760	1,800	1,588
2,018	1,360	1,836	1,882	1,502
2,019	1,434	1,880	1,999	1,551
2,020	1,538	1,895	2,006	1,613
2,021	1,561	1,916	2,090	1,750

U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with an Advanced Degree

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Year	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2,002	894	933		782
2,003	893	964		833
2,004	959	981		924
2,005	930	1,014		931
2,006	948	1,028		954
2,007	1,003	1,072		987
2,008	1,026	1,130		1,007
2,009	1,040	1,149		1,152
2,010	1,010	1,169		1,126
2,011	1,024	1,163		1,078
2,012	997	1,164	1,273	1,093
2,013	1,116	1,193	1,287	1,045
2,014	1,059	1,188	1,342	1,049
2,015	1,091	1,206	1,361	1,106
2,016	1,115	1,260	1,457	1,141
2,017	1,133	1,306	1,462	1,155
2,018	1,169	1,330	1,460	1,158
2,019	1,231	1,359	1,615	1,353
2,020	1,323	1,406	1,709	1,403
2,021	1,248	1,465	1,619	1,401

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