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, 2024 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	120,053	$1,159	$1,422	$1,531	$1,410	$1,081
16 to 24 years	10,817	744	874	861	875	730
25 to 54 years	83,875	1,218	1,441	1,560	1,429	1,144
25 to 34 years	29,252	1,101	1,268	1,403	1,257	1,033
35 to 44 years	29,213	1,278	1,502	1,612	1,487	1,202
45 to 54 years	25,410	1,327	1,580	1,752	1,564	1,217
55 years and over	25,360	1,228	1,514	1,677	1,503	1,147
55 to 64 years	19,818	1,249	1,520	1,656	1,512	1,164
65 years and over	5,543	1,153	1,484	1,705	1,459	1,060

Men, 16 years and over	65,941	1,261	1,572	1,635	1,562	1,188
16 to 24 years	6,054	778	930	945	926	766
25 to 54 years	46,015	1,330	1,590	1,661	1,576	1,246
55 years and over	13,872	1,400	1,711	1,811	1,690	1,319

Women, 16 years and over	54,111	1,043	1,302	1,368	1,298	957
16 to 24 years	4,763	709	796	719	811	698
25 to 54 years	37,860	1,113	1,332	1,400	1,329	1,008
55 years and over	11,488	1,067	1,370	1,497	1,361	985

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	90,546	1,177	1,457	1,550	1,448	1,097
Men	50,926	1,288	1,602	1,644	1,595	1,207
Women	39,620	1,061	1,337	1,390	1,334	962
Black or African American, 16 years and over	16,270	959	1,161	1,241	1,154	910
Men	7,826	1,002	1,251	1,384	1,238	952
Women	8,444	922	1,115	1,125	1,114	876
Asian, 16 years and over	8,671	1,525	1,741	1,906	1,701	1,464
Men	4,727	1,726	1,896	1,956	1,886	1,628
Women	3,944	1,365	1,557	1,759	1,552	1,271
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	23,572	902	1,204	1,186	1,208	868
Men	13,902	963	1,355	1,250	1,365	916
Women	9,670	832	1,101	1,105	1,100	797

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	109,236	1,221	1,459	1,578	1,445	1,145
Less than a high school diploma	6,100	738	939	-	925	729
High school graduates, no college(3)	26,132	930	1,083	1,145	1,076	912
Some college or associate degree	26,005	1,056	1,163	1,217	1,157	1,019
Some college, no degree	13,937	1,020	1,135	1,250	1,111	1,001
Associate degree	12,068	1,099	1,190	1,167	1,193	1,052
Bachelor's degree and higher	50,999	1,692	1,729	1,913	1,698	1,668
Bachelor's degree only	31,088	1,543	1,543	1,885	1,501	1,543
Advanced degree(4)	19,911	1,901	1,878	2,083	1,865	1,921

Men, 25 years and over	59,887	1,346	1,618	1,704	1,606	1,259
Less than a high school diploma	4,214	788	1,077	-	1,086	779
High school graduates, no college(3)	16,177	1,033	1,242	1,267	1,239	1,005
Some college or associate degree	14,039	1,209	1,374	1,420	1,367	1,173
Some college, no degree	7,785	1,170	1,347	1,479	1,334	1,142
Associate degree	6,254	1,255	1,393	1,390	1,394	1,211
Bachelor's degree and higher	25,457	1,907	1,948	2,094	1,921	1,898
Bachelor's degree only	15,952	1,770	1,832	1,978	1,772	1,764
Advanced degree(4)	9,505	2,261	2,184	2,290	2,171	2,287

Women, 25 years and over	49,349	1,103	1,340	1,427	1,335	1,002
Less than a high school diploma	1,885	663	719	-	687	659
High school graduates, no college(3)	9,955	805	858	802	865	799
Some college or associate degree	11,965	921	1,000	1,017	997	899
Some college, no degree	6,151	898	950	1,124	938	887
Associate degree	5,814	950	1,033	992	1,040	915
Bachelor's degree and higher	25,542	1,479	1,547	1,752	1,534	1,432
Bachelor's degree only	15,137	1,344	1,386	1,739	1,360	1,321
Advanced degree(4)	10,406	1,703	1,711	1,841	1,706	1,688
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: 01/29/2025