United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only
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 25 years and over in the United States who have a bachelors degree only, was $1,159; that of Whites in the same age group and educational level was $1,456, and that of Asians in the same age group and educational level was $1,563. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $1,237.

A closer look at the median weekly earnings of full-time U.S. workers with a bachelors degree only in 2022 by race, hispanic ethnicity, and gender, reveals the following rankings:

  1. Asian Men: $1,830
  2. White Men: $1,655
  3. Asian Women: $1,394
  4. Hispanic Men: $1,381
  5. Black Men: $1,353
  6. White Women: $1,261
  7. Hispanic Women: $1,119
  8. Black Women: $1,076

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 2022.

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

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree Only ($)
Black Men
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White Men
White Women
Asian Men
Asian Women
Hispanic Men
Hispanic Women
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 ($) Hispanic ($)
2002 745 901 838 743
2003 762 925 847 747
2004 782 937 882 808
2005 763 960 917 799
2006 803 980 975 788
2007 815 1010 1006 858
2008 842 1035 1027 872
2009 853 1051 1017 892
2010 874 1065 1062 860
2011 912 1082 1062 947
2012 892 1094 1128 906
2013 928 1130 1160 934
2014 895 1132 1149 937
2015 948 1154 1170 969
2016 927 1180 1251 1022
2017 933 1209 1274 989
2018 970 1229 1270 1002
2019 1007 1270 1412 1027
2020 1054 1341 1413 1108
2021 1070 1359 1474 1160
2022 1159 1456 1563 1237
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 ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2002 772 1032 803
2003 774 1081 810
2004 837 1082 856
2005 827 1122 873
2006 875 1142 874
2007 875 1170 927
2008 886 1223 990
2009 898 1241 998
2010 941 1231 977
2011 979 1234 1035
2012 975 1269 1265 1002
2013 964 1317 1332 1059
2014 929 1287 1256 1045
2015 1002 1345 1316 1068
2016 965 1385 1371 1157
2017 998 1410 1437 1066
2018 1038 1428 1462 1115
2019 1056 1489 1556 1187
2020 1124 1547 1594 1251
2021 1167 1543 1631 1251
2022 1353 1655 1830 1381
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 ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2002 712 762 678
2003 756 771 694
2004 742 800 755
2005 725 824 744
2006 767 846 735
2007 771 870 795
2008 804 883 802
2009 832 894 806
2010 841 918 771
2011 843 939 862
2012 846 939 992 818
2013 886 962 1040 842
2014 870 975 1037 852
2015 914 981 1070 893
2016 877 1005 1129 910
2017 897 1031 1090 915
2018 937 1051 1124 914
2019 970 1107 1247 934
2020 1011 1142 1238 1000
2021 995 1180 1351 1068
2022 1076 1261 1394 1119