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, 2025 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	121,470	$1,204	$1,460	$1,566	$1,450	$1,131
16 to 24 years	10,625	774	893	889	893	758
25 to 54 years	85,368	1,268	1,493	1,566	1,484	1,190
25 to 34 years	29,937	1,143	1,315	1,362	1,308	1,088
35 to 44 years	29,830	1,360	1,572	1,719	1,562	1,264
45 to 54 years	25,601	1,368	1,635	1,891	1,605	1,256
55 years and over	25,477	1,268	1,529	1,861	1,502	1,183
55 to 64 years	19,925	1,295	1,531	1,878	1,500	1,209
65 years and over	5,551	1,191	1,522	1,751	1,510	1,105

Men, 16 years and over	66,979	1,326	1,605	1,728	1,592	1,236
16 to 24 years	5,895	805	931	971	923	793
25 to 54 years	47,158	1,386	1,642	1,696	1,637	1,310
55 years and over	13,926	1,424	1,730	2,003	1,668	1,351

Women, 16 years and over	54,491	1,089	1,349	1,411	1,345	993
16 to 24 years	4,731	725	856	715	870	709
25 to 54 years	38,210	1,153	1,384	1,437	1,379	1,051
55 years and over	11,550	1,107	1,377	1,553	1,370	1,012

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	90,767	1,231	1,494	1,559	1,487	1,146
Men	51,099	1,354	1,647	1,726	1,642	1,261
Women	39,667	1,108	1,383	1,413	1,381	998
Black or African American, 16 years and over	16,313	986	1,186	1,377	1,170	936
Men	8,051	1,039	1,337	1,454	1,304	984
Women	8,261	942	1,114	1,209	1,111	900
Asian, 16 years and over	9,467	1,566	1,771	2,024	1,741	1,528
Men	5,156	1,780	1,966	2,270	1,910	1,735
Women	4,311	1,395	1,551	1,753	1,536	1,346
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	24,434	951	1,254	1,270	1,253	906
Men	14,177	1,003	1,351	1,436	1,341	967
Women	10,257	889	1,170	1,032	1,186	837

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	110,845	1,268	1,500	1,620	1,488	1,188
Less than a high school diploma	6,012	770	925	-	925	761
High school graduates, no college(3)	26,126	966	1,129	1,195	1,121	943
Some college or associate degree	26,223	1,097	1,198	1,275	1,186	1,056
Some college, no degree	13,968	1,062	1,164	1,261	1,146	1,031
Associate degree	12,255	1,135	1,229	1,295	1,220	1,089
Bachelor's degree and higher	52,484	1,740	1,758	1,937	1,744	1,729
Bachelor's degree only	31,797	1,578	1,558	1,876	1,532	1,588
Advanced degree(4)	20,687	1,918	1,910	2,261	1,901	1,924

Men, 25 years and over	61,084	1,395	1,660	1,786	1,646	1,323
Less than a high school diploma	4,106	813	1,016	-	1,020	805
High school graduates, no college(3)	16,417	1,078	1,292	1,283	1,294	1,039
Some college or associate degree	14,211	1,240	1,365	1,415	1,355	1,202
Some college, no degree	7,825	1,193	1,332	1,389	1,325	1,158
Associate degree	6,385	1,301	1,397	1,449	1,386	1,261
Bachelor's degree and higher	26,351	1,924	2,022	2,237	2,003	1,911
Bachelor's degree only	16,459	1,833	1,878	2,019	1,831	1,815
Advanced degree(4)	9,892	2,298	2,291	2,554	2,279	2,302

Women, 25 years and over	49,761	1,143	1,382	1,454	1,377	1,040
Less than a high school diploma	1,906	675	695	-	694	674
High school graduates, no college(3)	9,708	824	893	933	891	818
Some college or associate degree	12,012	962	1,055	1,106	1,047	931
Some college, no degree	6,142	933	966	1,032	939	928
Associate degree	5,870	991	1,115	1,141	1,111	935
Bachelor's degree and higher	26,134	1,526	1,573	1,730	1,565	1,477
Bachelor's degree only	15,339	1,393	1,410	1,585	1,392	1,383
Advanced degree(4)	10,795	1,737	1,761	1,908	1,755	1,680
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) People with a license may also have a certification. (3) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (4) Includes people 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. People 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. 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