Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over by sex and educational attainment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
37b. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over by sex and educational attainment
Educational attainment and sex	Number of workers (in thousands)		Median weekly earnings
Educational attainment and sex	2024	2025	2024	2025
Total, 25 years and over	109,236	110,845	$1,221	$1,268
Less than a high school diploma	6,100	6,012	738	770
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,132	26,126	930	966
Some college or associate degree	26,005	26,223	1,056	1,097
Some college, no degree	13,937	13,968	1,020	1,062
Associate degree	12,068	12,255	1,099	1,135
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	50,999	52,484	1,692	1,740
Bachelor's degree only	31,088	31,797	1,543	1,578
Advanced degree	19,911	20,687	1,901	1,918
Master's degree	15,019	15,329	1,840	1,876
Professional degree	1,720	2,003	2,363	2,294
Doctoral degree	3,172	3,356	2,278	2,307
Men, 25 years and over	59,887	61,084	1,346	1,395
Less than a high school diploma	4,214	4,106	788	813
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,177	16,417	1,033	1,078
Some college or associate degree	14,039	14,211	1,209	1,240
Some college, no degree	7,785	7,825	1,170	1,193
Associate degree	6,254	6,385	1,255	1,301
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,457	26,351	1,907	1,924
Bachelor's degree only	15,952	16,459	1,770	1,833
Advanced degree	9,505	9,892	2,261	2,298
Master's degree	6,889	7,002	2,133	2,245
Professional degree	869	1,077	2,707	2,579
Doctoral degree	1,747	1,813	2,485	2,520
Women, 25 years and over	49,349	49,761	1,103	1,143
Less than a high school diploma	1,885	1,906	663	675
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,955	9,708	805	824
Some college or associate degree	11,965	12,012	921	962
Some college, no degree	6,151	6,142	898	933
Associate degree	5,814	5,870	950	991
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,542	26,134	1,479	1,526
Bachelor's degree only	15,137	15,339	1,344	1,393
Advanced degree	10,406	10,795	1,703	1,737
Master's degree	8,129	8,326	1,604	1,633
Professional degree	851	927	2,129	1,930
Doctoral degree	1,425	1,542	2,040	2,126
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: 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.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026