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Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)		 Median weekly earnings
4th
2024		 4th
2025		 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
4th
2024		 4th
2025		 4th
2024		 4th
2025

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

 120,338 - $1,192 -$ $378 -$

Men, 16 years and over

 66,169 - 1,302 - 413 -

16 to 24 years

 5,954 - 796 - 252 -

25 years and over

 60,215 - 1,372 - 435 -

Women, 16 years and over

 54,169 - 1,083 - 343 -

16 to 24 years

 4,636 - 721 - 228 -

25 years and over

 49,533 - 1,135 - 360 -

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

 91,024 - 1,207 - 382 -

Men

 51,253 - 1,321 - 418 -

Women

 39,771 - 1,094 - 347 -

Black or African American

 16,014 - 1,040 - 329 -

Men

 7,714 - 1,118 - 354 -

Women

 8,300 - 978 - 310 -

Asian

 8,638 - 1,507 - 477 -

Men

 4,661 - 1,684 - 534 -

Women

 3,977 - 1,367 - 433 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 23,558 - 920 - 292 -

Men

 13,907 - 1,001 - 317 -

Women

 9,651 - 844 - 267 -

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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for the fourth quarter of 2025 were not produced. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, reliable estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025 could not be produced.
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Last Modified Date: January 28, 2026