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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008

Table 15. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Educational attainment, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
TotalWhiteBlack or
African American
AsianHispanic or
Latino ethnicity

 

     

Total, 25 years and over

$761$784$611$895$568

Less than a high school diploma

453466408419422

High school graduates, no college (1)

618643515568553

Some college, no degree

699723600689640

Associate degree

757782623706704

Bachelor's degree and higher (2)

1,1151,1339121,167945

 

     

Men, 25 years and over

857883654999591

Less than a high school diploma

497502449485472

High school graduates, no college (1)

709738581600603

Some college, no degree

803836663725696

Associate degree

883914668770795

Bachelor's degree and higher (2)

1,2851,3299661,3491,059

 

     

Women, 25 years and over

670688582771518

Less than a high school diploma

378378382383360

High school graduates, no college (1)

520535480521479

Some college, no degree

611621567640585

Associate degree

661678592651628

Bachelor's degree and higher (2)

955961862996852

Footnotes:
(1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: 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.

 

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: December 4, 2009