Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2024-2025 annual averages

Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2024-2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2024					2025
	Foreign born		Native born		Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born	Foreign born		Native born		Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born
	Number	Median weekly earnings	Number	Median weekly earnings	Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born	Number	Median weekly earnings	Number	Median weekly earnings	Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born
Total, 16 years and over	23,319	$1,001	96,734	$1,190	84.1	23,709	$1,059	97,761	$1,236	85.7
Men	13,781	1,077	52,160	1,316	81.8	13,904	1,153	53,075	1,364	84.5
Women	9,538	911	44,573	1,074	84.8	9,806	960	44,686	1,118	85.9

AGE
16 to 24 years	1,274	707	9,544	749	94.4	1,105	714	9,521	781	91.4
25 to 34 years	4,594	995	24,659	1,117	89.1	4,774	1,079	25,164	1,150	93.8
35 to 44 years	6,395	1,085	22,817	1,341	80.9	6,488	1,184	23,342	1,399	84.6
45 to 54 years	5,931	1,062	19,479	1,396	76.1	6,035	1,114	19,565	1,429	78.0
55 to 64 years	4,042	1,013	15,776	1,319	76.8	4,177	1,028	15,749	1,361	75.5
65 years and over	1,084	926	4,459	1,206	76.8	1,130	976	4,421	1,247	78.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY(1)
White non-Hispanic or Latino	3,240	1,483	66,510	1,274	116.4	3,356	1,543	65,930	1,343	114.9
Black non-Hispanic or Latino	2,510	971	12,561	966	100.5	2,591	995	12,466	986	100.9
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino	6,003	1,532	2,404	1,541	99.4	6,364	1,615	2,825	1,526	105.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	11,298	809	12,274	997	81.1	11,140	841	13,293	1,053	79.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	22,046	1,027	87,190	1,259	81.6	22,605	1,106	88,240	1,318	83.9
Less than a high school diploma	3,813	717	2,287	789	90.9	3,625	745	2,387	805	92.5
High school graduates, no college(2)	5,538	821	20,594	962	85.3	5,371	851	20,754	995	85.5
Some college or associate degree	3,133	954	22,871	1,074	88.8	3,269	986	22,954	1,112	88.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	9,562	1,738	41,437	1,679	103.5	10,339	1,762	42,145	1,735	101.6
Footnotes (1) Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. (2) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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Last Modified Date: May 19, 2026