2016 Annual Averages ‐ Median weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
54. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics, 2016 annual averages
Characteristic	Full-time wage and salary workers (in thousands)	Median weekly earnings
		Total	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license
		Total	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license
Age and sex
Total, 16 years and over	111,091	$832	$1,032	$1,089	$1,026	$765
16 to 24 years	10,076	501	588	577	590	492
25 to 54 years	78,392	871	1,035	1,127	1,025	804
25 to 34 years	27,456	751	890	899	889	713
35 to 44 years	25,284	934	1,120	1,244	1,101	860
45 to 54 years	25,652	955	1,145	1,227	1,137	890
55 years and over	22,624	939	1,167	1,199	1,165	864
55 to 64 years	18,496	952	1,171	1,217	1,170	881
65 years and over	4,128	866	1,138	1,156	1,137	788

Men, 16 years and over	61,930	915	1,144	1,197	1,137	848
16 to 24 years	5,646	512	608	673	601	505
25 to 54 years	43,965	943	1,142	1,216	1,133	886
55 years and over	12,319	1,082	1,297	1,367	1,286	1,004

Women, 16 years and over	49,161	749	945	928	947	684
16 to 24 years	4,430	486	571	517	579	473
25 to 54 years	34,427	778	955	978	953	717
55 years and over	10,304	801	1,055	960	1,063	735

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	86,474	862	1,062	1,118	1,057	785
Men	49,310	942	1,164	1,203	1,159	873
Women	37,163	766	970	965	971	696
Black or African American, 16 years and over	13,963	678	797	806	796	642
Men	6,728	718	883	898	881	679
Women	7,235	641	748	737	749	613
Asian, 16 years and over	7,030	1,021	1,250	1,469	1,222	962
Men	3,888	1,151	1,391	1,661	1,341	1,125
Women	3,142	902	1,158	1,157	1,158	809
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	18,950	624	884	917	880	600
Men	11,666	663	972	1,006	959	626
Women	7,284	586	793	728	801	549

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	101,015	885	1,064	1,137	1,056	816
Less than a high school diploma	7,108	504	620	686	617	498
High school graduates, no college(3)	25,475	692	795	869	786	676
Some college or associate degree	27,307	779	849	910	838	760
Some college, no degree	16,056	756	794	888	778	746
Associate degree	11,251	819	898	934	894	786
Bachelor's degree and higher	41,125	1,259	1,296	1,480	1,272	1,242
Bachelor's degree only	25,503	1,156	1,163	1,400	1,143	1,153
Advanced degree(4)	15,622	1,444	1,428	1,610	1,416	1,465

Men, 25 years and over	56,284	969	1,167	1,241	1,160	910
Less than a high school diploma	4,904	551	718	757	714	531
High school graduates, no college(3)	15,619	769	919	950	915	742
Some college or associate degree	14,383	896	980	1,026	973	865
Some college, no degree	8,738	861	935	1,000	923	835
Associate degree	5,646	951	1,023	1,046	1,019	919
Bachelor's degree and higher	21,378	1,464	1,517	1,680	1,487	1,442
Bachelor's degree only	13,516	1,348	1,365	1,551	1,339	1,341
Advanced degree(4)	7,862	1,707	1,704	1,884	1,663	1,710

Women, 25 years and over	44,731	784	971	973	971	722
Less than a high school diploma	2,204	423	484	-	481	420
High school graduates, no college(3)	9,856	599	620	684	617	595
Some college or associate degree	12,924	688	729	751	726	673
Some college, no degree	7,319	665	654	742	641	668
Associate degree	5,606	720	788	762	791	683
Bachelor's degree and higher	19,747	1,101	1,162	1,237	1,159	1,029
Bachelor's degree only	11,987	994	1,047	1,167	1,033	966
Advanced degree(4)	7,760	1,257	1,276	1,283	1,276	1,231
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) Persons with a license may also have a certification. (3) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (4) Includes persons with master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Full time is 35 hours or more per week. Data are for wage and salary workers; all self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000). Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

(Certification and licensing status tables 1-7 renumbered as annual average tables 49-55 in February 2018.)

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2018