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Median weekly earnings, 2004–2014

April 23, 2014

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 104.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $791 (seasonally adjusted) in the first quarter of 2014. Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $716, or 82.6 percent of the $867 median for men. After adjusting for inflation in consumer prices, earnings of women have changed very little over the past decade, while earnings of men have drifted down slightly.
Inflation-adjusted median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by gender, seasonally adjusted, first quarter 2004 to first quarter 2014
Quarter Current dollars Consumer Price Index
for all Urban Consumers (2013 = 100)		 Constant 2013 dollars
Total Men Women Total Men Women

2004 Q1

 $629 $705 $562 79.958 $787 $882 $703

2004 Q2

 642 715 576 81.102 792 882 710

2004 Q3

 635 712 574 81.388 780 875 705

2004 Q4

 646 720 577 81.875 789 879 705

2005 Q1

 647 723 580 82.390 785 878 704

2005 Q2

 647 714 584 83.492 775 855 699

2005 Q3

 651 723 588 84.508 770 856 696

2005 Q4

 658 730 588 84.937 775 859 692

2006 Q1

 662 737 594 85.395 775 863 696

2006 Q2

 663 732 597 86.840 763 843 687

2006 Q3

 678 755 603 87.327 776 865 691

2006 Q4

 681 748 607 86.582 787 864 701

2007 Q1

 687 752 610 87.465 785 860 697

2007 Q2

 693 765 610 89.142 777 858 684

2007 Q3

 698 774 621 89.388 781 866 695

2007 Q4

 700 774 615 90.024 778 860 683

2008 Q1

 713 783 633 91.047 783 860 695

2008 Q2

 722 802 636 93.046 776 862 684

2008 Q3

 724 802 637 94.128 769 852 677

2008 Q4

 727 806 647 91.465 795 881 707

2009 Q1

 732 815 645 91.010 804 896 709

2009 Q2

 737 818 652 91.975 801 889 709

2009 Q3

 742 820 664 92.600 801 886 717

2009 Q4

 747 823 666 92.786 805 887 718

2010 Q1

 748 836 662 93.159 803 897 711

2010 Q2

 743 813 670 93.601 794 869 716

2010 Q3

 745 822 670 93.689 795 877 715

2010 Q4

 750 826 676 93.965 798 879 719

2011 Q1

 750 821 679 95.153 788 863 714

2011 Q2

 754 828 687 96.812 779 855 710

2011 Q3

 758 837 682 97.208 780 861 702

2011 Q4

 761 838 686 97.060 784 863 707

2012 Q1

 765 841 693 97.832 782 860 708

2012 Q2

 772 867 686 98.642 783 879 695

2012 Q3

 764 838 693 98.858 773 848 701

2012 Q4

 772 868 690 98.894 781 878 698

2013 Q1

 770 860 700 99.477 774 865 704

2013 Q2

 776 862 705 100.016 776 862 705

2013 Q3

 778 859 706 100.394 775 856 703

2013 Q4

 782 862 712 100.113 781 861 711

2014 Q1

 791 867 716 100.876 784 859 710

Expressed in constant 2013 dollars, median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers were $784 in the first quarter of 2014, compared with $787 in the first quarter of 2004. Among women, inflation-adjusted median earnings were $710 in the first quarter of 2014, compared with $703 a decade earlier. Inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of men who worked full time were $859 in the first quarter of 2014, compared with $882 in the first quarter of 2004.

These data are from the Current Population Survey. To learn more, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: First Quarter 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑0605. The CPI-U from the Consumer Price Index program is used to convert all dollar values into 2013 dollars.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Median weekly earnings, 2004–2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140423.htm (visited March 03, 2026).