United States Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25 years and Over (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Updated on January 20, 2023.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the fourth quarter of 2022, the following were the usual median weekly earnings by race and hispanic ethnicity of full-time wage and salary workers, who were at least 25 years old in the United States. The usual median weekly earnings of blacks was $921; that of whites was $1,158, and that of asians was $1,530. Also, the median weekly earnings of Hispanics, of all racial backgrounds, in the same age group and educational level was $876.

A closer look at the median weekly earnings of the fourth quarter of 2022 by race, hispanic ethnicity, and by gender, reveals the following rankings and disparitites in the weekly earnings between these unique demographics of the United States population:

Asian Men: $1,725
Asian Women: $1,373
White Men: $1,255
White Women: $1,030
Black Men: $998
Hispanic Men: $929
Black Women: $885
Hispanic Women: $805

The charts and tables below shows the historical median weekly earnings by race and ethnicity as well as by gender, for full-time wage and salary workers aged 25 years and over in the United States (not seasonally adjusted) from 2002 Q1 to 2022 Q4.

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 Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25yrs+, Not Seas. Adj. ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race, Ethnicity and Gender of Full-Time Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25yrs+, Not Seas. Adj. ($)

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U.S. Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25yrs+, Not Seas. Adj. ($)

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Year Quarter	Black ($)	White ($)	Asian ($)	Hispanic ($)
2002 Q1	539	663	691	461
2002 Q2	520	668	688	457
2002 Q3	505	672	702	453
2002 Q4	518	674	693	469
2003 Q1	543	679	739	481
2003 Q2	534	679	725	464
2003 Q3	529	684	728	477
2003 Q4	560	689	700	466
2004 Q1	549	696	742	480
2004 Q2	577	703	755	484
2004 Q3	567	701	743	488
2004 Q4	552	717	727	494
2005 Q1	540	723	775	498
2005 Q2	565	710	765	496
2005 Q3	551	717	790	484
2005 Q4	571	728	808	503
2006 Q1	588	732	815	508
2006 Q2	570	727	803	507
2006 Q3	588	743	839	507
2006 Q4	592	745	844	509
2007 Q1	587	754	827	525
2007 Q2	591	755	862	522
2007 Q3	607	764	875	530
2007 Q4	599	762	895	528
2008 Q1	602	780	875	555
2008 Q2	613	782	889	574
2008 Q3	615	786	894	569
2008 Q4	614	786	925	572
2009 Q1	596	801	891	578
2009 Q2	613	797	938	582
2009 Q3	627	795	899	560
2009 Q4	655	802	903	581
2010 Q1	635	813	882	583
2010 Q2	631	798	910	561
2010 Q3	638	806	888	563
2010 Q4	648	814	858	573
2011 Q1	625	818	883	577
2011 Q2	650	822	909	597
2011 Q3	640	824	904	579
2011 Q4	655	833	908	573
2012 Q1	667	840	955	592
2012 Q2	682	846	957	608
2012 Q3	633	831	958	591
2012 Q4	644	851	945	600
2013 Q1	658	853	983	599
2013 Q2	667	851	1019	598
2013 Q3	664	845	953	618
2013 Q4	658	864	959	602
2014 Q1	682	861	1000	618
2014 Q2	680	855	1000	609
2014 Q3	669	865	978	622
2014 Q4	662	876	992	627
2015 Q1	692	883	999	616
2015 Q2	691	878	989	623
2015 Q3	673	887	1034	631
2015 Q4	672	892	1121	661
2016 Q1	716	905	1072	644
2016 Q2	708	907	1063	658
2016 Q3	724	909	1077	675
2016 Q4	713	926	1066	676
2017 Q1	709	937	1089	687
2017 Q2	717	938	1137	692
2017 Q3	734	937	1063	690
2017 Q4	692	935	1093	684
2018 Q1	725	954	1109	705
2018 Q2	715	961	1130	704
2018 Q3	719	968	1158	716
2018 Q4	756	979	1146	716
2019 Q1	768	986	1212	725
2019 Q2	758	987	1185	724
2019 Q3	758	998	1299	749
2019 Q4	794	1011	1207	739
2020 Q1	811	1023	1242	759
2020 Q2	839	1069	1366	824
2020 Q3	848	1070	1428	821
2020 Q4	828	1058	1314	779
2021 Q1	842	1064	1339	788
2021 Q2	851	1078	1338	817
2021 Q3	843	1100	1385	828
2021 Q4	839	1098	1414	847
2022 Q1	875	1125	1404	835
2022 Q2	916	1133	1376	862
2022 Q3	912	1161	1492	904
2022 Q4	921	1158	1530	876

U.S. Men Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25yrs+, Not Seas. Adj. ($)

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Year Quarter	Black Men ($)	White Men($)	Asian Men ($)	Hispanic Men ($)
2002 Q1	582	749	781	496
2002 Q2	572	754	803	486
2002 Q3	549	752	782	479
2002 Q4	572	759	778	495
2003 Q1	582	761	828	501
2003 Q2	584	766	804	488
2003 Q3	592	766	807	493
2003 Q4	595	770	836	489
2004 Q1	600	780	847	501
2004 Q2	626	781	840	502
2004 Q3	599	781	848	502
2004 Q4	567	799	836	515
2005 Q1	591	805	853	515
2005 Q2	602	785	841	511
2005 Q3	571	792	872	502
2005 Q4	604	804	904	522
2006 Q1	616	818	978	535
2006 Q2	595	814	897	533
2006 Q3	647	830	893	534
2006 Q4	630	821	939	524
2007 Q1	614	843	896	565
2007 Q2	623	846	959	559
2007 Q3	656	851	974	559
2007 Q4	625	859	1037	567
2008 Q1	632	881	974	577
2008 Q2	655	887	1008	599
2008 Q3	683	879	989	595
2008 Q4	655	884	1025	592
2009 Q1	616	912	968	605
2009 Q2	660	896	1009	605
2009 Q3	666	890	973	577
2009 Q4	680	895	972	604
2010 Q1	661	913	955	611
2010 Q2	657	888	951	577
2010 Q3	668	895	1005	581
2010 Q4	678	901	986	591
2011 Q1	657	902	987	596
2011 Q2	698	909	992	615
2011 Q3	691	907	1058	598
2011 Q4	698	919	983	589
2012 Q1	715	928	1113	605
2012 Q2	704	943	1137	632
2012 Q3	674	911	1130	616
2012 Q4	713	947	1091	633
2013 Q1	702	936	1106	617
2013 Q2	695	936	1155	607
2013 Q3	719	925	1083	658
2013 Q4	674	945	1070	618
2014 Q1	742	948	1088	651
2014 Q2	696	942	1176	637
2014 Q3	720	951	1142	657
2014 Q4	716	960	1096	663
2015 Q1	731	969	1129	656
2015 Q2	732	969	1109	654
2015 Q3	709	972	1201	666
2015 Q4	709	986	1240	705
2016 Q1	761	988	1200	680
2016 Q2	731	997	1190	692
2016 Q3	765	992	1208	699
2016 Q4	740	1006	1172	712
2017 Q1	756	1025	1247	725
2017 Q2	727	1020	1291	718
2017 Q3	801	1019	1200	725
2017 Q4	712	1028	1293	711
2018 Q1	751	1055	1235	765
2018 Q2	768	1044	1270	734
2018 Q3	767	1070	1350	755
2018 Q4	805	1086	1324	765
2019 Q1	807	1102	1349	761
2019 Q2	832	1096	1365	784
2019 Q3	817	1104	1440	785
2019 Q4	809	1127	1374	796
2020 Q1	880	1154	1383	796
2020 Q2	869	1173	1519	885
2020 Q3	931	1174	1588	877
2020 Q4	850	1163	1504	812
2021 Q1	901	1174	1439	824
2021 Q2	913	1170	1530	878
2021 Q3	871	1199	1503	885
2021 Q4	840	1195	1537	895
2022 Q1	901	1214	1519	899
2022 Q2	991	1236	1567	917
2022 Q3	975	1265	1730	956
2022 Q4	998	1255	1725	929

U.S. Women Median Weekly Earnings By Race and Ethnicity of Full-Time Wage And Salary Workers Aged 25yrs+, Not Seas. Adj. ($)

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Year Quarter	Black Women ($)	White Women($)	Asian Women ($)	Hispanic Women ($)
2002 Q1	511	578	594	406
2002 Q2	488	576	582	413
2002 Q3	478	586	599	419
2002 Q4	489	591	580	419
2003 Q1	512	590	652	430
2003 Q2	507	591	622	417
2003 Q3	497	599	607	431
2003 Q4	517	598	585	426
2004 Q1	512	602	647	438
2004 Q2	520	612	667	439
2004 Q3	524	613	615	456
2004 Q4	540	613	619	440
2005 Q1	506	623	694	454
2005 Q2	511	619	677	459
2005 Q3	531	625	690	434
2005 Q4	530	630	696	461
2006 Q1	571	636	680	465
2006 Q2	530	630	714	454
2006 Q3	528	643	761	462
2006 Q4	548	656	745	474
2007 Q1	563	664	757	494
2007 Q2	554	654	737	488
2007 Q3	572	671	755	497
2007 Q4	575	663	755	495
2008 Q1	581	683	769	519
2008 Q2	590	684	763	511
2008 Q3	564	687	744	515
2008 Q4	587	698	808	525
2009 Q1	581	697	817	522
2009 Q2	583	698	813	535
2009 Q3	609	705	800	537
2009 Q4	634	709	813	522
2010 Q1	611	716	789	522
2010 Q2	604	715	876	535
2010 Q3	617	720	798	530
2010 Q4	625	725	736	524
2011 Q1	610	732	776	538
2011 Q2	610	735	768	557
2011 Q3	611	737	731	545
2011 Q4	621	740	803	528
2012 Q1	625	746	856	566
2012 Q2	658	736	807	569
2012 Q3	610	746	787	540
2012 Q4	608	744	772	544
2013 Q1	624	751	862	567
2013 Q2	639	753	896	583
2013 Q3	618	755	827	585
2013 Q4	645	761	835	574
2014 Q1	624	771	921	587
2014 Q2	663	758	895	565
2014 Q3	631	767	818	588
2014 Q4	620	773	875	583
2015 Q1	654	776	881	580
2015 Q2	654	774	863	597
2015 Q3	650	781	889	597
2015 Q4	647	782	960	596
2016 Q1	663	801	973	601
2016 Q2	684	797	945	605
2016 Q3	682	805	924	617
2016 Q4	679	822	933	614
2017 Q1	672	827	921	623
2017 Q2	707	845	958	646
2017 Q3	686	839	941	636
2017 Q4	670	828	913	629
2018 Q1	699	845	979	632
2018 Q2	676	857	943	652
2018 Q3	658	867	1026	652
2018 Q4	697	859	964	643
2019 Q1	740	864	1102	664
2019 Q2	720	874	974	653
2019 Q3	707	895	1158	697
2019 Q4	773	898	1072	681
2020 Q1	768	910	1140	702
2020 Q2	811	971	1157	748
2020 Q3	793	952	1300	759
2020 Q4	813	951	1124	732
2021 Q1	803	951	1162	733
2021 Q2	789	964	1118	746
2021 Q3	823	972	1244	758
2021 Q4	837	986	1204	765
2022 Q1	849	1005	1277	761
2022 Q2	867	1008	1216	789
2022 Q3	860	1042	1236	816
2022 Q4	885	1030	1373	805