Research series earnings nonhourly workers 2015-Q3 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Research series on deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers

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Deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 3rd quarter 2015 averages
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	51,018	$496	$671	$808	$957	$1,135	$1,330	$1,550	$1,899	$2,499
Men	29,108	518	732	890	1,059	1,243	1,452	1,738	2,080	2,878
Women	21,909	477	620	742	852	982	1,151	1,356	1,634	2,118
White, both sexes	40,847	510	687	829	971	1,146	1,345	1,567	1,907	2,520
Men	23,786	540	744	915	1,074	1,255	1,467	1,752	2,098	2,890
Women	17,061	488	632	749	866	994	1,161	1,367	1,646	2,145
Black or African American, both sexes	5,006	382	540	660	765	854	1,010	1,171	1,456	1,994
Men	2,304	378	568	679	793	925	1,104	1,273	1,549	2,176
Women	2,702	384	528	642	749	821	959	1,133	1,331	1,774
Asian, both sexes	3,889	518	749	939	1,150	1,351	1,551	1,877	2,093	2,700
Men	2,302	595	827	1,051	1,302	1,463	1,698	1,910	2,260	2,892
Women	1,587	464	652	831	996	1,149	1,345	1,621	1,909	2,424
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	5,881	372	484	603	720	834	1,014	1,208	1,464	1,994
Men	3,483	375	480	596	725	853	1,052	1,243	1,500	2,081
Women	2,399	366	490	614	712	798	957	1,161	1,405	1,889
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. For example, about 10 percent of workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile, while about 90 percent of workers earn more than that value. The fifth decile is the median, or the midpoint in the earnings distribution, with half of workers having earnings above the median and the other half having earnings below the median. Data exclude all self-employed workers, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. 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.

Standard error of deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 3rd quarter 2015 averages
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Standard error
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	$4.36	$6.02	$6.22	$5.37	$4.95	$11.29	$10.56	$5.21	$26.41
Men	9.26	6.56	10.31	10.66	8.78	11.40	10.66	22.45	36.17
Women	7.97	5.42	4.94	8.03	9.30	6.68	6.25	23.14	37.47
White, both sexes	5.54	6.85	6.70	6.65	5.49	7.64	7.15	6.01	29.49
Men	12.65	6.68	10.71	14.16	9.47	14.20	13.28	18.74	27.29
Women	6.15	5.90	5.85	9.04	11.70	7.89	7.38	27.04	45.31
Black or African American, both sexes	12.70	16.52	26.35	9.04	16.25	23.96	22.42	36.87	83.81
Men	19.21	28.16	38.68	16.18	39.26	35.15	32.88	27.21	102.94
Women	15.89	15.82	35.22	9.36	17.18	20.89	19.54	77.65	147.11
Asian, both sexes	34.75	19.30	23.62	17.07	17.65	17.07	15.97	13.94	125.74
Men	33.89	45.37	55.34	58.44	35.54	58.44	54.66	47.71	61.19
Women	52.62	33.06	42.23	37.07	18.72	37.07	34.68	30.27	182.70
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	10.23	9.67	10.99	14.74	19.22	14.74	13.79	12.03	69.76
Men	11.44	12.82	13.63	18.63	19.24	18.63	18.63	15.21	63.54
Women	20.75	16.16	17.62	25.99	26.25	25.99	25.99	21.22	80.86
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the standard error of the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. Data exclude all self-employed workers, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Last Modified Date: October 20, 2015