United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only

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 a bachelors degree only, was $1,070; that of Whites in the same age group and educational level was $1,359, and that of Asians in the same age group and educational level was $1,474. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $1,160.

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

Asian Men: $1,631
White Men: $1,543
Asian Women: $1,351
Hispanic Men: $1,251
White Women: $1,180
Black Men: $1,167
Hispanic Women: $1,068
Black Women: $995

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 a bachelors degree only 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 a Bachelors Degree Only ($)

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

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only

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Year	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2,002	745	901	838	743
2,003	762	925	847	747
2,004	782	937	882	808
2,005	763	960	917	799
2,006	803	980	975	788
2,007	815	1,010	1,006	858
2,008	842	1,035	1,027	872
2,009	853	1,051	1,017	892
2,010	874	1,065	1,062	860
2,011	912	1,082	1,062	947
2,012	892	1,094	1,128	906
2,013	928	1,130	1,160	934
2,014	895	1,132	1,149	937
2,015	948	1,154	1,170	969
2,016	927	1,180	1,251	1,022
2,017	933	1,209	1,274	989
2,018	970	1,229	1,270	1,002
2,019	1,007	1,270	1,412	1,027
2,020	1,054	1,341	1,413	1,108
2,021	1,070	1,359	1,474	1,160

U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only

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Year	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2,002	772	1,032		803
2,003	774	1,081		810
2,004	837	1,082		856
2,005	827	1,122		873
2,006	875	1,142		874
2,007	875	1,170		927
2,008	886	1,223		990
2,009	898	1,241		998
2,010	941	1,231		977
2,011	979	1,234		1,035
2,012	975	1,269	1,265	1,002
2,013	964	1,317	1,332	1,059
2,014	929	1,287	1,256	1,045
2,015	1,002	1,345	1,316	1,068
2,016	965	1,385	1,371	1,157
2,017	998	1,410	1,437	1,066
2,018	1,038	1,428	1,462	1,115
2,019	1,056	1,489	1,556	1,187
2,020	1,124	1,547	1,594	1,251
2,021	1,167	1,543	1,631	1,251

U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only

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Year	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2,002	712	762		678
2,003	756	771		694
2,004	742	800		755
2,005	725	824		744
2,006	767	846		735
2,007	771	870		795
2,008	804	883		802
2,009	832	894		806
2,010	841	918		771
2,011	843	939		862
2,012	846	939	992	818
2,013	886	962	1,040	842
2,014	870	975	1,037	852
2,015	914	981	1,070	893
2,016	877	1,005	1,129	910
2,017	897	1,031	1,090	915
2,018	937	1,051	1,124	914
2,019	970	1,107	1,247	934
2,020	1,011	1,142	1,238	1,000
2,021	995	1,180	1,351	1,068

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