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Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages

Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages
Characteristic Number of workers
(in thousands)		 Median weekly earnings
2024 2025 In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
2024 2025 2024 2025

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

 120,053 121,470 $1,159 $1,204 $369 $374

Men, 16 years and over

 65,941 66,979 1,261 1,326 402 412

16 to 24 years

 6,054 5,895 778 805 248 250

25 years and over

 59,887 61,084 1,346 1,395 429 433

Women, 16 years and over

 54,111 54,491 1,043 1,089 333 338

16 to 24 years

 4,763 4,731 709 725 226 225

25 years and over

 49,349 49,761 1,103 1,143 352 355

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

 90,546 90,767 1,177 1,231 375 382

Men

 50,926 51,099 1,288 1,354 411 421

Women

 39,620 39,667 1,061 1,108 338 344

Black or African American

 16,270 16,313 959 986 306 306

Men

 7,826 8,051 1,002 1,039 320 323

Women

 8,444 8,261 922 942 294 292

Asian

 8,671 9,467 1,525 1,566 486 486

Men

 4,727 5,156 1,726 1,780 550 553

Women

 3,944 4,311 1,365 1,395 435 433

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 23,572 24,434 902 951 288 295

Men

 13,902 14,177 963 1,003 307 312

Women

 9,670 10,257 832 889 265 276

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. 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: January 28, 2026