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

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 or higher, was $1,164; that of Whites in the same age group and educational level was $1,468, and that of Asians in the same age group and educational level was $1,712. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $1,260.

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

Asian Men: $1,885
White Men: $1,673
Asian Women: $1,496
Hispanic Men: $1,373
Black Men: $1,321
White Women: $1,292
Hispanic Women: $1,164
Black Women: $1,105

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 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 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 ($)

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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 ($)	Hispanic ($)
2,002	785	961	935	768
2,003	793	988	954	799
2,004	834	1,005	1,009	859
2,005	828	1,039	1,031	866
2,006	886	1,058	1,127	860
2,007	877	1,099	1,142	923
2,008	912	1,133	1,167	945
2,009	921	1,152	1,168	985
2,010	934	1,159	1,217	949
2,011	958	1,165	1,224	1,000
2,012	972	1,178	1,290	967
2,013	997	1,215	1,333	1,004
2,014	970	1,219	1,328	1,007
2,015	1,010	1,245	1,351	1,044
2,016	990	1,274	1,429	1,127
2,017	1,021	1,314	1,441	1,066
2,018	1,065	1,342	1,465	1,101
2,019	1,110	1,380	1,579	1,155
2,020	1,166	1,433	1,650	1,230
2,021	1,164	1,468	1,712	1,260

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 ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2,002	830	1,124		856
2,003	790	1,151		879
2,004	874	1,162		913
2,005	878	1,210		946
2,006	959	1,237		945
2,007	931	1,267		1,005
2,008	966	1,329		1,059
2,009	987	1,352		1,106
2,010	1,010	1,354		1,065
2,011	1,027	1,353		1,114
2,012	1,086	1,399	1,426	1,103
2,013	1,045	1,416	1,491	1,184
2,014	1,027	1,416	1,472	1,161
2,015	1,103	1,448	1,495	1,167
2,016	1,052	1,491	1,600	1,246
2,017	1,109	1,516	1,625	1,173
2,018	1,139	1,550	1,685	1,234
2,019	1,144	1,612	1,823	1,290
2,020	1,247	1,668	1,871	1,371
2,021	1,321	1,673	1,885	1,373

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 ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2,002	762	819		723
2,003	797	839		737
2,004	794	866		805
2,005	789	891		787
2,006	827	911		773
2,007	837	942		848
2,008	862	961		852
2,009	886	976		884
2,010	889	996		849
2,011	915	1,011		922
2,012	913	1,012	1,077	902
2,013	964	1,045	1,138	908
2,014	942	1,059	1,140	907
2,015	961	1,070	1,162	958
2,016	960	1,115	1,262	988
2,017	980	1,141	1,248	992
2,018	1,013	1,152	1,242	991
2,019	1,077	1,197	1,416	1,044
2,020	1,129	1,239	1,440	1,125
2,021	1,105	1,292	1,496	1,164

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