According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the third quarter of 2022, the following were the usual median weekly earnings by educational level of full-time wage and salary workers, who were at least 25 years old in the United States. For people who do not have a high school diploma, their median weekly earnings was $692; people with a high school diploma alone, however, had a median weekly earnings of $866; and for those who have had some college education or an associate degree, their median weekly earnings was $993. Comparatively, the median weekly earnings of people with at least a bachelors degree was $1,556.

The chart and table below shows the historical usual median weekly earnings by educational level for full-time wage and salary workers aged 25 years and over in the United States (not seasonally adjusted) from 2002 Q1 to 2022 Q3.