Research series earnings nonhourly workers 2015-Q4 : 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, 4th quarter 2015 averages
Selected characteristics	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Selected characteristics	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	51,640	$509	$692	$838	$972	$1,146	$1,359	$1,591	$1,910	$2,577
Men	29,218	563	746	907	1,082	1,272	1,508	1,823	2,124	2,905
Women	22,422	477	634	760	889	1,012	1,161	1,391	1,654	2,117
White, both sexes	41,336	518	710	847	985	1,154	1,376	1,630	1,923	2,623
Men	23,804	576	753	918	1,100	1,308	1,533	1,860	2,216	2,919
Women	17,532	485	644	768	892	1,021	1,166	1,402	1,665	2,175
Black or African American, both sexes	4,989	437	577	660	793	931	1,088	1,261	1,468	1,879
Men	2,369	486	597	699	824	959	1,161	1,343	1,534	1,902
Women	2,620	408	517	642	755	910	1,028	1,176	1,428	1,835
Asian, both sexes	4,103	596	804	970	1,142	1,356	1,568	1,868	2,248	2,885
Men	2,376	641	906	1,092	1,249	1,483	1,770	1,919	2,316	3,134
Women	1,727	513	711	888	1,000	1,156	1,420	1,615	1,900	2,417
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	5,842	402	545	668	772	914	1,048	1,226	1,473	1,995
Men	3,598	399	555	678	781	942	1,084	1,303	1,608	2,100
Women	2,245	404	527	648	762	873	1,005	1,147	1,356	1,749
Region
Northeast (1)	10,436	524	725	880	1,036	1,207	1,445	1,673	1,976	2,879
Midwest (2)	10,406	572	734	867	994	1,154	1,360	1,564	1,902	2,469
South (3)	19,716	479	633	768	913	1,054	1,242	1,508	1,866	2,418
West (4)	11,082	560	731	887	1,050	1,229	1,453	1,752	2,062	2,807
Footnotes: (1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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. Data refer to place of residence.

Standard error of deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 4th quarter 2015 averages
Selected characteristics	Standard error
Selected characteristics	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	$5.34	$6.31	$5.25	$6.01	$4.50	$8.60	$13.52	$4.60	$28.15
Men	11.27	5.47	8.75	14.89	16.38	14.71	23.83	35.75	18.95
Women	7.92	6.05	5.89	8.01	9.66	6.13	16.66	19.47	34.53
White, both sexes	8.30	6.79	5.47	7.71	5.13	10.85	15.11	15.73	42.83
Men	13.03	5.71	9.86	17.31	21.19	13.19	16.65	43.68	33.60
Women	9.24	7.08	6.97	9.26	10.61	7.82	19.15	25.32	40.39
Black or African American, both sexes	15.85	14.22	13.52	16.20	14.40	43.58	23.20	25.88	21.76
Men	11.70	9.48	48.22	32.88	26.57	20.89	30.79	33.14	19.77
Women	19.46	13.24	16.24	26.34	22.36	27.06	35.21	34.89	70.31
Asian, both sexes	15.12	34.87	16.64	12.05	29.90	33.39	23.57	96.75	48.87
Men	38.12	27.46	41.92	50.53	44.45	43.84	65.81	53.37	313.55
Women	59.40	34.06	30.98	40.56	22.10	98.60	65.82	26.44	105.39
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	10.09	24.22	18.32	15.73	21.57	18.59	36.72	35.00	67.27
Men	19.45	28.90	18.67	24.88	21.46	36.67	57.59	62.13	104.00
Women	10.01	32.26	31.10	19.01	23.99	37.17	16.52	24.07	116.80
Region
Northeast (1)	21.10	11.47	12.96	19.02	30.58	17.06	33.09	40.05	74.35
Midwest (2)	18.65	9.44	10.18	14.68	11.73	16.79	20.56	9.10	58.53
South (3)	8.11	8.00	7.11	10.34	12.41	15.96	17.64	17.24	37.52
West (4)	17.26	10.02	14.45	18.55	20.90	20.43	18.97	36.76	55.81
Footnotes: (1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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. Data refer to place of residence.

Last Modified Date: April 28, 2016