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Median usual weekly earnings of men and women, 2010 to 2018
January 22, 2019
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers were $991 for men and $796 for women (seasonally adjusted) in the fourth quarter of 2018. A year earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2017, men's earnings were $943, while women's were $771.
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted
Quarter
In current dollars
In constant (1982–84) dollars
Men
Women
Men
Women
Q1 2010
$836
$662
$384
$304
Q2 2010
814
671
374
309
Q3 2010
821
670
377
308
Q4 2010
826
676
376
308
Q1 2011
821
679
370
306
Q2 2011
830
687
370
306
Q3 2011
836
681
370
301
Q4 2011
838
686
369
302
Q1 2012
841
693
368
303
Q2 2012
870
687
380
300
Q3 2012
836
693
364
302
Q4 2012
868
690
375
298
Q1 2013
860
699
370
301
Q2 2013
863
706
372
304
Q3 2013
855
705
367
302
Q4 2013
865
712
369
304
Q1 2014
865
716
367
304
Q2 2014
860
715
363
302
Q3 2014
878
721
370
304
Q4 2014
878
724
371
306
Q1 2015
886
724
377
307
Q2 2015
890
726
376
306
Q3 2015
896
727
377
306
Q4 2015
904
730
380
307
Q1 2016
903
743
380
312
Q2 2016
914
744
382
311
Q3 2016
917
750
381
312
Q4 2016
924
760
382
314
Q1 2017
940
759
385
311
Q2 2017
939
780
385
320
Q3 2017
943
771
385
314
Q4 2017
943
771
381
312
Q1 2018
955
776
383
311
Q2 2018
964
780
385
312
Q3 2018
980
801
389
318
Q4 2018
991
796
392
315
Men's seasonally adjusted constant (1982-84) dollar median weekly earnings were $392 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with women's earnings of $315.
United States Department of Labor
