United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree or Higher
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 or higher, was $1,276; that of Whites in the same age group and educational level was $1,553, and that of Asians in the same age group and educational level was $1,834. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $1,340.

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

  1. Asian Men: $1,983
  2. White Men: $1,774
  3. Asian Women: $1,571
  4. Hispanic Men: $1,499
  5. Black Men: $1,452
  6. White Women: $1,377
  7. Hispanic Women: $1,224
  8. Black Women: $1,169

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 or higher 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 or Higher ($)
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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree or Higher ($)
Black Men
Black Women
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 or Higher
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Year Black ($) White ($) Asian ($) Hispanic ($)
2002 785 961 935 768
2003 793 988 954 799
2004 834 1005 1009 859
2005 828 1039 1031 866
2006 886 1058 1127 860
2007 877 1099 1142 923
2008 912 1133 1167 945
2009 921 1152 1168 985
2010 934 1159 1217 949
2011 958 1165 1224 1000
2012 972 1178 1290 967
2013 997 1215 1333 1004
2014 970 1219 1328 1007
2015 1010 1245 1351 1044
2016 990 1274 1429 1127
2017 1021 1314 1441 1066
2018 1065 1342 1465 1101
2019 1110 1380 1579 1155
2020 1166 1433 1650 1230
2021 1164 1468 1712 1260
2022 1276 1553 1834 1340
U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree or Higher
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Year Black Men ($) White Men($) Asian Men ($) Hispanic Men ($)
2002 830 1124 856
2003 790 1151 879
2004 874 1162 913
2005 878 1210 946
2006 959 1237 945
2007 931 1267 1005
2008 966 1329 1059
2009 987 1352 1106
2010 1010 1354 1065
2011 1027 1353 1114
2012 1086 1399 1426 1103
2013 1045 1416 1491 1184
2014 1027 1416 1472 1161
2015 1103 1448 1495 1167
2016 1052 1491 1600 1246
2017 1109 1516 1625 1173
2018 1139 1550 1685 1234
2019 1144 1612 1823 1290
2020 1247 1668 1871 1371
2021 1321 1673 1885 1373
2022 1452 1774 1983 1499
U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Workers with a Bachelors Degree or Higher
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Year Black Women ($) White Women($) Asian Women ($) Hispanic Women ($)
2002 762 819 723
2003 797 839 737
2004 794 866 805
2005 789 891 787
2006 827 911 773
2007 837 942 848
2008 862 961 852
2009 886 976 884
2010 889 996 849
2011 915 1011 922
2012 913 1012 1077 902
2013 964 1045 1138 908
2014 942 1059 1140 907
2015 961 1070 1162 958
2016 960 1115 1262 988
2017 980 1141 1248 992
2018 1013 1152 1242 991
2019 1077 1197 1416 1044
2020 1129 1239 1440 1125
2021 1105 1292 1496 1164
2022 1169 1377 1571 1224