Median weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
54. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics, 2020 annual averages
Characteristic	Full-time wage and salary workers (in thousands)	Median weekly earnings
		Total	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license
		Total	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license
Age and sex
Total, 16 years and over	110,387	$984	$1,189	$1,307	$1,177	$913
16 to 24 years	9,364	606	690	711	685	599
25 to 54 years	77,117	1,018	1,199	1,318	1,188	955
25 to 34 years	27,661	904	1,047	1,088	1,041	854
35 to 44 years	25,641	1,106	1,295	1,490	1,274	1,016
45 to 54 years	23,814	1,129	1,338	1,454	1,327	1,037
55 years and over	23,906	1,076	1,302	1,466	1,278	997
55 to 64 years	19,017	1,096	1,311	1,482	1,286	1,013
65 years and over	4,890	999	1,261	1,338	1,258	923

Men, 16 years and over	60,911	1,082	1,341	1,451	1,332	1,002
16 to 24 years	5,191	622	719	758	714	613
25 to 54 years	42,596	1,129	1,352	1,471	1,341	1,047
55 years and over	13,123	1,204	1,438	1,655	1,421	1,143

Women, 16 years and over	49,476	891	1,094	1,171	1,088	806
16 to 24 years	4,172	589	656	-	655	580
25 to 54 years	34,521	925	1,103	1,153	1,099	847
55 years and over	10,783	944	1,166	1,337	1,155	859

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	85,142	1,003	1,214	1,334	1,204	930
Men	48,051	1,110	1,365	1,458	1,357	1,019
Women	37,091	905	1,111	1,171	1,105	814
Black or African American, 16 years and over	14,044	794	982	1,061	973	754
Men	6,709	830	1,051	1,065	1,045	786
Women	7,335	764	928	1,054	919	724
Asian, 16 years and over	7,353	1,310	1,483	1,840	1,451	1,239
Men	4,084	1,447	1,642	2,083	1,576	1,409
Women	3,269	1,143	1,380	1,544	1,374	1,039
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	19,558	758	1,034	1,008	1,038	721
Men	11,695	797	1,135	1,053	1,144	765
Women	7,863	705	954	888	959	668

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	101,024	1,029	1,222	1,353	1,210	965
Less than a high school diploma	5,699	619	772	-	774	611
High school graduates, no college(3)	24,153	781	908	1,001	901	765
Some college or associate degree	25,413	903	985	1,036	979	876
Some college, no degree	14,331	877	958	1,035	942	857
Associate degree	11,082	938	1,009	1,036	1,007	903
Bachelor's degree and higher	45,759	1,421	1,446	1,736	1,426	1,405
Bachelor's degree only	27,904	1,305	1,313	1,632	1,267	1,302
Advanced degree(4)	17,854	1,624	1,570	1,881	1,554	1,664

Men, 25 years and over	55,720	1,144	1,370	1,499	1,359	1,073
Less than a high school diploma	3,870	674	904	-	910	660
High school graduates, no college(3)	15,013	881	1,052	1,076	1,048	851
Some college or associate degree	13,736	1,027	1,139	1,135	1,140	997
Some college, no degree	8,091	995	1,115	1,126	1,113	967
Associate degree	5,645	1,096	1,159	1,142	1,162	1,057
Bachelor's degree and higher	23,100	1,644	1,738	1,900	1,710	1,607
Bachelor's degree only	14,557	1,504	1,567	1,823	1,537	1,478
Advanced degree(4)	8,543	1,890	1,881	2,104	1,866	1,895

Women, 25 years and over	45,304	929	1,119	1,190	1,112	850
Less than a high school diploma	1,829	525	609	-	603	521
High school graduates, no college(3)	9,140	671	710	767	708	666
Some college or associate degree	11,677	779	829	928	821	759
Some college, no degree	6,240	750	766	896	754	746
Associate degree	5,437	809	883	952	876	779
Bachelor's degree and higher	22,658	1,239	1,291	1,467	1,276	1,185
Bachelor's degree only	13,347	1,135	1,161	1,403	1,149	1,118
Advanced degree(4)	9,311	1,426	1,423	1,596	1,418	1,429
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) Persons with a license may also have a certification. (3) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (4) Includes persons with master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Full time is 35 hours or more per week. Data are for wage and salary workers; all self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000). Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021