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Research series on earnings of nonhourly full-time workers from the Current Population Survey

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Deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 2015 annual 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	51,272	$503	$674	$818	$957	$1,130	$1,326	$1,547	$1,895	$2,506
Men	29,084	533	734	895	1,055	1,241	1,460	1,744	2,085	2,891
Women	22,188	475	626	747	864	982	1,145	1,351	1,609	2,096
White, both sexes	41,229	515	694	835	970	1,140	1,340	1,562	1,904	2,537
Men	23,786	557	746	914	1,072	1,256	1,481	1,760	2,105	2,901
Women	17,443	486	638	756	873	992	1,151	1,357	1,616	2,104
Black or African American, both sexes	5,000	411	569	660	768	900	1,045	1,233	1,488	1,901
Men	2,383	423	588	690	800	943	1,130	1,301	1,538	1,944
Women	2,617	400	530	642	748	862	985	1,161	1,440	1,875
Asian, both sexes	3,893	552	748	934	1,126	1,325	1,531	1,856	2,124	2,883
Men	2,288	601	831	1,031	1,229	1,445	1,728	1,911	2,305	3,086
Women	1,605	491	669	832	965	1,136	1,333	1,549	1,897	2,384
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	5,982	379	497	614	731	853	997	1,174	1,450	1,954
Men	3,620	388	502	616	740	881	1,037	1,247	1,528	2,087
Women	2,361	361	486	610	717	818	944	1,114	1,350	1,760
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, 2015 annual 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	$2.43	$3.20	$3.56	$2.78	$3.42	$6.58	$4.03	$2.75	$15.39
Men	6.08	3.31	5.03	5.51	4.89	6.66	6.52	12.86	13.51
Women	4.16	2.98	2.58	3.78	4.65	3.69	5.80	10.49	17.97
White, both sexes	3.54	3.98	3.19	3.35	2.93	4.68	5.36	3.18	16.89
Men	6.60	3.40	5.32	7.21	5.29	8.28	9.45	14.38	10.40
Women	4.32	3.46	2.89	4.37	5.52	4.14	6.18	11.71	21.79
Black or African American, both sexes	6.59	10.06	8.43	6.01	10.74	13.73	13.79	16.47	8.29
Men	14.49	5.47	20.39	11.79	13.13	16.15	32.29	14.23	60.63
Women	8.60	12.25	10.06	7.20	13.17	15.29	11.97	17.99	27.55
Asian, both sexes	17.88	9.48	11.28	13.28	28.22	16.06	23.08	41.11	47.07
Men	14.07	24.61	23.33	26.95	20.97	43.00	7.97	11.30	77.44
Women	16.17	17.36	20.14	16.36	12.00	31.53	19.06	11.19	73.92
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	5.23	5.47	5.41	7.18	10.02	12.17	17.15	16.33	27.67
Men	5.91	6.08	7.00	9.60	15.08	16.84	15.24	22.28	50.37
Women	9.32	11.06	8.12	12.71	14.49	13.52	23.94	18.51	64.43
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: January 28, 2016