Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected
characteristics, first quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Number of Upper limit of:
workers
Characteristic (in
thousands) First First Second Third Ninth
decile quartile quartile quartile decile
(median)
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total, 16 years and over....................................... 100,370 $349 $489 $738 $1,151 $1,748
Men.......................................................... 55,231 377 524 823 1,305 1,919
Women........................................................ 45,139 326 446 649 974 1,422
White........................................................ 81,201 359 503 758 1,175 1,793
Men........................................................ 45,882 383 552 855 1,341 1,988
Women...................................................... 35,319 332 463 666 995 1,449
Black or African American.................................... 12,023 311 406 577 871 1,270
Men........................................................ 5,448 312 421 595 917 1,403
Women...................................................... 6,575 310 395 559 831 1,192
Asian........................................................ 4,828 362 535 869 1,378 1,923
Men........................................................ 2,662 391 608 951 1,548 2,223
Women...................................................... 2,166 330 494 773 1,155 1,671
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 14,497 293 381 545 813 1,233
Men........................................................ 9,125 305 394 577 874 1,328
Women...................................................... 5,372 278 356 510 738 1,080
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over....................................... 91,350 370 514 772 1,195 1,811
Less than a high school diploma.............................. 7,224 272 337 450 612 901
High school graduates, no college (1)........................ 25,722 337 442 620 888 1,229
Some college or associate degree............................. 25,348 378 512 726 1,040 1,445
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)............................. 33,057 547 768 1,138 1,677 2,393
Bachelor's degree only..................................... 21,399 509 724 1,024 1,548 2,214
Advanced degree............................................ 11,657 664 912 1,326 1,899 2,831
Men, 25 years and over....................................... 50,222 397 579 879 1,368 1,998
Less than a high school diploma............................ 4,846 287 365 493 681 980
High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 14,778 377 500 712 1,009 1,373
Some college or associate degree........................... 13,139 421 594 844 1,196 1,628
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 17,459 614 890 1,353 1,912 2,881
Bachelor's degree only................................... 11,232 582 823 1,239 1,798 2,498
Advanced degree.......................................... 6,227 743 1,024 1,537 2,212 3,224
Women, 25 years and over..................................... 41,128 341 471 679 1,009 1,463
Less than a high school diploma............................ 2,377 236 303 388 515 644
High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 10,944 308 395 527 721 962
Some college or associate degree........................... 12,209 344 466 627 876 1,183
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 15,598 497 695 962 1,366 1,885
Bachelor's degree only................................... 10,168 468 633 885 1,251 1,753
Advanced degree.......................................... 5,430 599 828 1,140 1,541 2,092
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 per-
cent earn less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less than the upper limit of the second quartile,
or median; 75 percent earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent earn less than the upper limit of
the ninth decile. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
