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, 2021 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	114,316	$998	$1,229	$1,288	$1,223	$931
16 to 24 years	10,392	623	734	740	733	615
25 to 54 years	79,463	1,045	1,239	1,309	1,233	979
25 to 34 years	28,697	931	1,065	1,083	1,064	892
35 to 44 years	26,449	1,131	1,339	1,407	1,331	1,040
45 to 54 years	24,317	1,154	1,374	1,490	1,364	1,066
55 years and over	24,461	1,102	1,346	1,407	1,340	1,012
55 to 64 years	19,292	1,132	1,363	1,419	1,358	1,037
65 years and over	5,169	994	1,248	1,338	1,241	938

Men, 16 years and over	62,928	1,097	1,357	1,400	1,352	1,017
16 to 24 years	5,737	650	787	772	792	636
25 to 54 years	43,792	1,144	1,372	1,452	1,363	1,076
55 years and over	13,399	1,226	1,453	1,465	1,452	1,157

Women, 16 years and over	51,388	912	1,135	1,150	1,134	829
16 to 24 years	4,655	605	698	-	701	593
25 to 54 years	35,671	954	1,147	1,152	1,146	877
55 years and over	11,062	956	1,235	1,315	1,230	873

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	87,738	1,018	1,250	1,297	1,246	949
Men	49,382	1,125	1,378	1,398	1,377	1,043
Women	38,356	925	1,154	1,179	1,153	835
Black or African American, 16 years and over	14,740	801	1,009	1,075	1,003	764
Men	7,099	825	1,140	1,281	1,132	784
Women	7,641	776	937	819	941	743
Asian, 16 years and over	7,780	1,328	1,483	1,736	1,470	1,253
Men	4,259	1,453	1,743	1,924	1,668	1,409
Women	3,520	1,141	1,347	1,342	1,348	1,079
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	20,841	777	1,040	1,017	1,045	742
Men	12,469	820	1,147	1,126	1,148	785
Women	8,372	718	937	852	942	688

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	103,924	1,057	1,257	1,332	1,251	987
Less than a high school diploma	6,033	626	765	756	768	621
High school graduates, no college(3)	24,860	809	937	995	928	796
Some college or associate degree	25,824	925	1,002	1,018	999	900
Some college, no degree	14,597	899	975	1,027	966	882
Associate degree	11,227	963	1,023	1,012	1,024	928
Bachelor's degree and higher	47,207	1,452	1,488	1,674	1,472	1,433
Bachelor's degree only	28,930	1,334	1,342	1,564	1,321	1,331
Advanced degree(4)	18,277	1,658	1,628	1,872	1,611	1,702

Men, 25 years and over	57,191	1,160	1,391	1,455	1,384	1,099
Less than a high school diploma	4,123	684	870	-	877	677
High school graduates, no college(3)	15,496	904	1,069	1,092	1,066	882
Some college or associate degree	13,775	1,047	1,155	1,197	1,150	1,015
Some college, no degree	8,110	1,010	1,142	1,233	1,130	986
Associate degree	5,665	1,103	1,163	1,144	1,165	1,070
Bachelor's degree and higher	23,798	1,661	1,744	1,887	1,733	1,636
Bachelor's degree only	15,069	1,512	1,540	1,735	1,519	1,500
Advanced degree(4)	8,729	1,910	1,910	2,093	1,903	1,910

Women, 25 years and over	46,733	954	1,159	1,178	1,158	876
Less than a high school diploma	1,910	550	610	-	610	548
High school graduates, no college(3)	9,364	698	706	764	700	697
Some college or associate degree	12,049	803	870	848	872	783
Some college, no degree	6,487	779	793	808	790	776
Associate degree	5,562	836	920	904	921	794
Bachelor's degree and higher	23,409	1,272	1,352	1,468	1,346	1,233
Bachelor's degree only	13,861	1,165	1,221	1,380	1,206	1,149
Advanced degree(4)	9,548	1,460	1,470	1,542	1,465	1,448
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.

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022