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Technical information: (202) 691-6378 USDL 09-0077 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ For release: 10:00 A.M. (EST) Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Thursday, January 22, 2009 USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 Median weekly earnings of the nation's 105.8 million full-time wage and salary workers were $728 in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was 4.0 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.6 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period. Data on usual weekly earnings are collected as part of the Current Population Survey, a nationwide sample survey of households in which respondents are asked, among other things, how much each wage and salary worker usually earns. (See the Technical Note.) Highlights from the fourth-quarter data are: --Women who usually worked full time had median earnings of $650 per week, or 80.5 percent of the $807 median for men. The female- to-male earnings ratios were higher among blacks (92.1 percent) and Hispanics (90.9 percent) than among whites (80.1 percent) or Asians (79.1 percent). (See table 1.) --Median earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $618 per week, 74.2 percent of the median for white men ($833). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($569) were 85.3 percent of those for their white counterparts ($667). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($535) were lower than those of blacks ($593), whites ($748), and Asians ($889). (See table 1.) --Among men, those age 45 to 54 had the highest median weekly earnings ($951). Among women, weekly earnings were highest for those age 45 to 54 and age 55 to 64, $714 and $711, respectively. (See table 2.) --Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in management, professional, and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings--$1,238 for men and $881 for women. Persons employed in service jobs earned the least. (See table 3.) --Full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $459, compared with $619 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,115 for those holding at least a bachelor's degree. Among college graduates with advanced degrees (professional or master's degree and above), the highest earning 10 percent of male workers made $2,991 or more per week, compared with $2,147 or more for their female counterparts. (See table 4.) Annual Averages for 2007 and 2008 In addition to the data for the fourth quarter, this release in- cludes 2007 and 2008 annual average weekly earnings for major demo- graphic and occupational groups and 2008 annual average data for edu- cational attainment groups (tables 6, 7, and 8). Annual average data on median usual earnings for men and women by detailed occupational categories will appear in the January 2009 version of Employment and Earnings Online at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm.
- 2 - Technical Note The estimates in this release were obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which provides the basic information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment. The survey is conducted monthly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau from a scientifically selected national sample of about 60,000 households, with coverage in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The earnings data are collected from one-quarter of the CPS monthly sample and are limited to wages and salaries. The data, therefore, exclude self-employment income. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339. Reliability Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies de- pending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and informa- tion on estimating standard errors, see the Household Data section of the "Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error" at http://www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_ methods.pdf. Definitions The principal definitions used in connection with the earnings series are described briefly below. Usual weekly earnings. Data represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders.) Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is as perceived by the respondent. If the respondent asks for a definition of usual, interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. - 3 - Medians (and other quantiles) of weekly earnings. The median (or upper limit of the second quartile) is the amount which divides a given earnings distribution into two equal groups, one having earnings above the median and the other having earnings below the median. Ten percent of a given distribution have earnings below the upper limit of the first decile (90 percent have higher earnings); 25 percent have earnings below the upper limit of the first quartile (75 percent have higher earnings); 75 percent have earnings below the upper limit of the third quartile (25 percent have higher earnings); and 90 percent have earnings below the upper limit of the ninth decile (10 percent have higher earnings). The estimating procedure places each reported or calculated weekly earnings value into $50-wide intervals which are centered around multiples of $50. The actual value is estimated through the linear interpolation of the interval in which the quantile boundary lies. Over-the-year changes in the medians (and other quantile boundaries) for specific groups may not necessarily be consistent with the movements estimated for the overall quantile boundary. The most common reasons for this possible anomaly are: (1) There could be a change in the relative weights of the subgroups. For example, the medians of both 16-to-24 year olds and those 25 years and over may rise; but if the lower-earning 16-to- 24 group accounts for a greatly increased share of the total, the overall median could actually fall. (2) There could be a large change in the shape of the distribution of reported earnings, particularly near a quantile boundary. This could be caused by survey observations that are clustered at rounded values, such as $250, $300, $400. An estimate lying in a $50-wide centered interval containing such a cluster or "spike" tends to change more slowly than one in other intervals. Wage and salary workers. Workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, excludes all self-employed persons, regardless of whether or not their busi- nesses are incorporated. Full-time workers. Workers who usually work 35 hours or more per week at their sole or principal job. Part-time workers. Workers who usually work fewer than 35 hours per week at their sole or principal job. Constant dollars. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is used to convert current dollars to constant (1982) dollars. Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Refers to persons who identified themselves in the enumeration process as being Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Table 1. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted Number of workers Median weekly earnings (in thousands) Characteristic In current dollars In constant (1982) dollars IV IV 2007 2008 IV IV IV IV 2007 2008 2007 2008 SEX AND AGE Total, 16 years and over....................................... 108,318 105,774 $700 $728 $322 $330 Men, 16 years and over....................................... 60,482 58,505 774 807 356 366 16 to 24 years............................................. 6,150 5,487 459 462 211 209 25 years and over.......................................... 54,332 53,018 831 859 382 389 Women, 16 years and over..................................... 47,835 47,269 618 650 284 295 16 to 24 years............................................. 4,744 4,392 421 449 194 203 25 years and over.......................................... 43,091 42,877 649 679 298 308 RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX White........................................................ 87,601 85,378 722 748 332 339 Men........................................................ 50,071 48,379 800 833 368 377 Women...................................................... 37,530 36,999 632 667 291 302 Black or African American.................................... 12,959 12,593 574 593 264 269 Men........................................................ 6,100 5,833 599 618 276 280 Women...................................................... 6,859 6,760 539 569 248 258 Asian........................................................ 5,200 5,235 856 889 394 403 Men........................................................ 2,883 2,886 968 989 445 448 Women...................................................... 2,317 2,348 732 782 337 354 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 16,298 15,595 507 535 233 242 Men........................................................ 10,117 9,770 520 563 239 255 Women...................................................... 6,181 5,825 479 512 221 232 NOTE: 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, fourth quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted Total Men Women Age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Number of Number of Number of workers Median workers Median workers Median (in weekly (in weekly (in weekly thousands) earnings thousands) earnings thousands) earnings TOTAL 16 years and over........................................... 105,774 $728 58,505 $807 47,269 $650 16 to 24 years............................................ 9,879 456 5,487 462 4,392 449 16 to 19 years.......................................... 1,320 378 808 387 512 362 20 to 24 years.......................................... 8,559 475 4,679 481 3,880 467 25 years and over......................................... 95,895 764 53,018 859 42,877 679 25 to 54 years.......................................... 78,154 758 43,523 846 34,630 678 25 to 34 years........................................ 25,395 680 14,507 715 10,888 640 35 to 44 years........................................ 26,156 801 14,824 918 11,332 689 45 to 54 years........................................ 26,602 822 14,192 951 12,410 714 55 years and over....................................... 17,741 798 9,495 913 8,247 683 55 to 64 years........................................ 14,998 827 8,012 929 6,985 711 65 years and over..................................... 2,744 644 1,482 804 1,261 553 White 16 years and over........................................... 85,378 748 48,379 833 36,999 667 16 to 24 years............................................ 7,936 466 4,489 475 3,447 454 25 years and over......................................... 77,442 786 43,891 884 33,551 698 25 to 54 years.......................................... 62,574 776 35,770 871 26,805 696 55 years and over....................................... 14,868 828 8,121 940 6,747 704 Black or African American 16 years and over........................................... 12,593 593 5,833 618 6,760 569 16 to 24 years............................................ 1,277 403 643 399 635 408 25 years and over......................................... 11,316 614 5,190 655 6,125 587 25 to 54 years.......................................... 9,561 614 4,392 652 5,168 589 55 years and over....................................... 1,755 613 798 668 957 573 Asian 16 years and over........................................... 5,235 889 2,886 989 2,348 782 16 to 24 years............................................ 319 537 180 522 139 554 25 years and over......................................... 4,916 925 2,707 1,025 2,209 808 25 to 54 years.......................................... 4,136 938 2,304 1,103 1,832 818 55 years and over....................................... 780 840 403 900 377 737 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 16 years and over........................................... 15,595 535 9,770 563 5,825 512 16 to 24 years............................................ 1,888 409 1,213 402 675 427 25 years and over......................................... 13,707 572 8,557 592 5,150 525 25 to 54 years.......................................... 12,216 574 7,692 591 4,524 527 55 years and over....................................... 1,491 539 865 593 626 516 NOTE: 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted Number of workers Median weekly earnings (in thousands) Occupation and sex IV IV IV IV 2007 2008 2007 2008 TOTAL Management, professional, and related occupations................... 39,787 40,749 $1,002 $1,019 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 16,081 16,531 1,067 1,109 Professional and related occupations.............................. 23,707 24,219 966 980 Service occupations................................................. 14,708 14,853 460 487 Sales and office occupations........................................ 25,678 24,765 596 622 Sales and related occupations..................................... 10,125 10,077 647 674 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 15,553 14,688 582 607 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 12,520 11,305 689 719 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 711 714 388 428 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 7,118 6,269 660 715 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,691 4,322 774 769 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 15,624 14,101 579 591 Production occupations............................................ 8,627 7,627 587 600 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6,998 6,474 566 581 Men Management, professional, and related occupations................... 19,308 19,529 1,223 1,238 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 8,698 8,963 1,274 1,344 Professional and related occupations.............................. 10,609 10,566 1,169 1,171 Service occupations................................................. 7,292 7,389 520 539 Sales and office occupations........................................ 9,554 9,521 708 737 Sales and related occupations..................................... 5,469 5,574 813 826 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 4,085 3,947 604 652 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 12,045 10,914 695 723 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 579 562 410 441 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 6,937 6,169 661 714 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,528 4,183 779 770 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 12,284 11,152 617 630 Production occupations............................................ 6,176 5,551 646 666 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6,108 5,602 594 602 Women Management, professional, and related occupations................... 20,480 21,221 861 881 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 7,382 7,568 887 926 Professional and related occupations.............................. 13,097 13,653 848 862 Service occupations................................................. 7,416 7,464 415 441 Sales and office occupations........................................ 16,124 15,244 552 583 Sales and related occupations..................................... 4,656 4,503 478 529 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 11,468 10,741 576 596 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 476 390 550 596 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 132 152 339 396 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 181 100 622 769 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 163 138 674 719 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 3,340 2,949 433 458 Production occupations............................................ 2,450 2,077 445 458 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 890 873 404 460 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, fourth quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted Upper limit of: Number of Characteristic workers (in First First Second Third Ninth thousands) decile quartile quartile quartile decile (median) SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Total, 16 years and over....................................... 105,774 $349 $490 $728 $1,129 $1,732 Men.......................................................... 58,505 372 520 807 1,258 1,901 Women........................................................ 47,269 328 453 650 960 1,424 White........................................................ 85,378 356 499 748 1,152 1,756 Men........................................................ 48,379 378 532 833 1,288 1,915 Women...................................................... 36,999 336 464 667 978 1,443 Black or African American.................................... 12,593 309 409 593 853 1,251 Men........................................................ 5,833 326 426 618 901 1,333 Women...................................................... 6,760 297 397 569 802 1,164 Asian........................................................ 5,235 386 563 889 1,445 1,993 Men........................................................ 2,886 400 606 989 1,592 2,269 Women...................................................... 2,348 367 509 782 1,163 1,729 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 15,595 301 382 535 800 1,211 Men........................................................ 9,770 310 391 563 833 1,311 Women...................................................... 5,825 288 363 512 752 1,066 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Total, 25 years and over....................................... 95,895 368 513 764 1,170 1,770 Less than a high school diploma.............................. 8,220 282 341 459 632 883 High school graduates, no college (1)........................ 26,650 332 449 619 888 1,247 Some college or associate degree............................. 26,685 385 515 719 1,008 1,402 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)............................. 34,340 541 761 1,115 1,673 2,324 Bachelor's degree only..................................... 22,229 507 717 1,016 1,544 2,209 Advanced degree............................................ 12,111 639 891 1,272 1,893 2,662 Men, 25 years and over....................................... 53,018 394 575 859 1,332 1,923 Less than a high school diploma............................ 5,566 299 378 503 698 950 High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 15,673 368 501 710 1,003 1,385 Some college or associate degree........................... 13,599 427 597 826 1,165 1,596 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 18,180 590 860 1,297 1,902 2,717 Bachelor's degree only................................... 11,889 551 806 1,188 1,773 2,480 Advanced degree.......................................... 6,291 670 998 1,527 2,123 2,991 Women, 25 years and over..................................... 42,877 340 477 679 994 1,476 Less than a high school diploma............................ 2,654 251 301 377 502 669 High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 10,977 305 395 525 704 961 Some college or associate degree........................... 13,087 353 477 634 860 1,155 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 16,160 507 705 960 1,396 1,909 Bachelor's degree only................................... 10,340 480 644 878 1,268 1,770 Advanced degree.......................................... 5,819 613 817 1,109 1,562 2,147 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 percent earn less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less than the upper limit of the second quartile, or median; 75 percent earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent earn less than the upper limit of the ninth decile. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted Number of workers Median weekly earnings (in thousands) Characteristic IV IV IV IV 2007 2008 2007 2008 SEX AND AGE Total, 16 years and over............................................ 22,140 22,913 $214 $218 Men, 16 years and over............................................ 7,191 7,528 206 212 16 to 24 years.................................................. 3,556 3,601 165 164 25 years and over............................................... 3,635 3,927 266 279 Women, 16 years and over.......................................... 14,949 15,385 218 221 16 to 24 years.................................................. 4,589 4,614 151 157 25 years and over............................................... 10,360 10,770 259 261 RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX White............................................................. 18,630 19,158 216 219 Men............................................................. 5,881 6,200 205 211 Women........................................................... 12,749 12,958 224 222 Black or African American......................................... 2,092 2,250 204 210 Men............................................................. 792 812 226 218 Women........................................................... 1,300 1,438 191 207 Asian............................................................. 847 901 204 240 Men............................................................. 288 285 185 211 Women........................................................... 559 616 213 256 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................................... 2,736 2,886 209 221 Men............................................................. 1,038 1,088 227 243 Women........................................................... 1,697 1,799 197 211 NOTE: 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 6. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, annual averages Number of workers Median weekly earnings (in thousands) Characteristic In current dollars In constant (1982) dollars 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 SEX AND AGE Total, 16 years and over.................................. 107,339 106,648 $695 $722 $323 $323 Men, 16 years and over.................................. 60,298 59,439 766 798 356 358 16 to 24 years........................................ 6,458 5,996 443 461 206 207 25 years and over..................................... 53,840 53,444 823 857 383 384 Women, 16 years and over................................ 47,041 47,209 614 638 286 286 16 to 24 years........................................ 4,792 4,625 409 420 190 188 25 years and over..................................... 42,249 42,584 646 670 301 300 RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX White................................................... 86,653 86,022 716 742 333 333 Men................................................... 49,889 49,082 788 825 367 370 Women................................................. 36,764 36,940 626 654 291 293 Black or African American............................... 13,061 12,821 569 589 265 264 Men................................................... 6,186 6,031 600 620 279 278 Women................................................. 6,874 6,790 533 554 248 248 Asian................................................... 5,155 5,266 830 861 386 386 Men................................................... 2,858 2,919 936 966 435 433 Women................................................. 2,297 2,347 731 753 340 337 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............................ 16,201 15,807 503 529 234 237 Men................................................... 10,248 9,961 520 559 242 251 Women................................................. 5,953 5,846 473 501 220 225 NOTE: 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 7. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, annual averages Number of workers Median weekly earnings (in thousands) Occupation and sex 2007 2008 2007 2008 TOTAL Management, professional, and related occupations................... 39,147 40,154 $996 $1,025 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 15,977 16,310 1,080 1,128 Professional and related occupations.............................. 23,170 23,845 951 980 Service occupations................................................. 14,716 14,814 454 475 Sales and office occupations........................................ 25,702 25,232 598 614 Sales and related occupations..................................... 10,448 10,113 643 656 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 15,253 15,119 581 601 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 12,486 11,609 670 702 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 739 756 372 420 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 7,227 6,432 646 688 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,520 4,420 749 774 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 15,289 14,840 577 594 Production occupations............................................ 8,389 8,008 581 595 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6,900 6,832 570 593 Men Management, professional, and related occupations................... 19,222 19,619 1,187 1,238 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 8,684 8,847 1,261 1,343 Professional and related occupations.............................. 10,538 10,773 1,148 1,169 Service occupations................................................. 7,371 7,355 515 537 Sales and office occupations........................................ 9,725 9,597 714 733 Sales and related occupations..................................... 5,773 5,594 791 796 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 3,952 4,003 619 651 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 12,028 11,159 674 705 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 601 612 382 427 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 7,071 6,293 648 688 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,357 4,253 750 774 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 11,951 11,709 616 637 Production occupations............................................ 5,992 5,763 641 659 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 5,959 5,946 596 615 Women Management, professional, and related occupations................... 19,924 20,535 858 892 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 7,293 7,463 908 941 Professional and related occupations.............................. 12,632 13,072 835 867 Service occupations................................................. 7,345 7,458 406 418 Sales and office occupations........................................ 15,976 15,635 550 578 Sales and related occupations..................................... 4,675 4,518 493 516 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 11,301 11,117 570 590 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 457 450 539 607 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 138 144 348 392 Construction and extraction occupations........................... 156 139 573 747 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 163 167 726 779 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 3,338 3,131 437 462 Production occupations............................................ 2,396 2,245 443 464 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 942 886 424 455 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 8. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2008 annual averages Upper limit of: Number of Characteristic workers (in First First Second Third Ninth thousands) decile quartile quartile quartile decile (median) TOTAL Total, 25 years and over.................................. 96,027 $369 $511 $761 $1,167 $1,758 Less than a high school diploma......................... 8,120 282 342 453 618 873 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 27,392 335 445 618 886 1,229 Some college or associate degree........................ 26,526 383 513 722 1,023 1,421 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 33,990 550 758 1,115 1,649 2,314 Bachelor's degree only................................ 22,033 510 710 1,012 1,524 2,112 Advanced degree....................................... 11,957 640 890 1,287 1,883 2,719 Men Total, 25 years and over.................................. 53,444 397 574 857 1,326 1,914 Less than a high school diploma......................... 5,554 298 377 497 683 935 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 15,941 378 504 709 997 1,369 Some college or associate degree........................ 13,770 426 592 830 1,172 1,590 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 18,178 599 861 1,285 1,891 2,719 Bachelor's degree only................................ 11,831 572 798 1,172 1,753 2,406 Advanced degree....................................... 6,347 692 993 1,512 2,116 3,113 Women Total, 25 years and over.................................. 42,584 338 470 670 994 1,456 Less than a high school diploma......................... 2,566 252 303 378 497 646 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 11,451 304 392 520 711 966 Some college or associate degree........................ 12,756 349 470 628 870 1,171 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 15,812 506 688 955 1,369 1,888 Bachelor's degree only................................ 10,202 478 636 878 1,250 1,755 Advanced degree....................................... 5,610 609 817 1,128 1,544 2,111 White, total Total, 25 years and over.................................. 77,431 379 524 784 1,199 1,802 Less than a high school diploma......................... 6,650 285 348 466 631 895 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 22,046 345 467 643 918 1,269 Some college or associate degree........................ 21,249 393 529 746 1,066 1,461 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 27,487 566 769 1,133 1,689 2,392 Bachelor's degree only................................ 17,850 521 726 1,035 1,557 2,201 Advanced degree....................................... 9,637 651 898 1,293 1,893 2,796 White men Total, 25 years and over.................................. 44,148 406 589 883 1,352 1,952 Less than a high school diploma......................... 4,770 301 380 502 693 957 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 13,132 389 522 738 1,028 1,407 Some college or associate degree........................ 11,328 443 612 866 1,212 1,636 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 14,917 610 879 1,329 1,905 2,876 Bachelor's degree only................................ 9,816 585 830 1,223 1,826 2,499 Advanced degree....................................... 5,101 705 1,001 1,527 2,202 3,197 White women Total, 25 years and over.................................. 33,283 346 481 688 1,013 1,474 Less than a high school diploma......................... 1,879 253 304 378 497 647 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 8,914 311 401 535 727 985 Some college or associate degree........................ 9,920 358 479 644 891 1,199 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 12,569 515 697 961 1,375 1,898 Bachelor's degree only................................ 8,034 483 642 883 1,256 1,764 Advanced degree....................................... 4,535 622 828 1,130 1,549 2,156 Black or African American, total Total, 25 years and over.................................. 11,511 324 432 611 901 1,314 Less than a high school diploma......................... 885 260 319 408 547 698 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 3,918 301 387 515 712 980 Some college or associate degree........................ 3,705 337 458 608 844 1,143 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 3,004 471 644 912 1,338 1,831 Bachelor's degree only................................ 2,077 438 613 842 1,231 1,665 Advanced degree....................................... 927 581 764 1,127 1,536 2,010 Black or African American men Total, 25 years and over.................................. 5,360 342 476 654 954 1,383 Less than a high school diploma......................... 453 $277 $353 $449 $600 $747 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 1,989 325 422 581 784 1,046 Some college or associate degree........................ 1,611 370 497 665 925 1,244 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 1,307 477 674 966 1,420 1,994 Bachelor's degree only................................ 904 437 637 886 1,294 1,779 Advanced degree....................................... 403 597 868 1,235 1,732 2,286 Black or African American women Total, 25 years and over.................................. 6,151 310 408 582 843 1,240 Less than a high school diploma......................... 432 251 302 382 490 615 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 1,929 283 361 480 626 888 Some college or associate degree........................ 2,094 323 422 576 777 1,029 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 1,697 468 621 862 1,260 1,680 Bachelor's degree only................................ 1,173 439 599 804 1,187 1,564 Advanced degree....................................... 524 564 737 1,026 1,389 1,858 Asian, total Total, 25 years and over.................................. 4,923 380 561 895 1,430 1,958 Less than a high school diploma......................... 341 248 323 419 603 813 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 822 310 410 568 765 1,114 Some college or associate degree........................ 795 356 490 695 989 1,453 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 2,964 527 788 1,167 1,738 2,308 Bachelor's degree only................................ 1,737 493 718 1,027 1,508 1,994 Advanced degree....................................... 1,228 642 943 1,438 1,909 2,774 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, total Total, 25 years and over.................................. 13,773 305 395 568 840 1,256 Less than a high school diploma......................... 4,308 281 332 422 577 773 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 4,227 309 397 553 775 1,084 Some college or associate degree........................ 3,047 359 483 663 943 1,340 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 2,192 444 641 945 1,399 2,003 Bachelor's degree only................................ 1,541 430 608 872 1,256 1,886 Advanced degree....................................... 650 494 783 1,147 1,699 2,387 Hispanic or Latino men Total, 25 years and over.................................. 8,674 320 412 591 887 1,335 Less than a high school diploma......................... 3,151 293 358 472 610 822 High school graduates, no college (1)................... 2,704 333 426 603 850 1,172 Some college or associate degree........................ 1,678 388 516 724 1,042 1,482 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 1,141 452 694 1,059 1,638 2,318 Bachelor's degree only................................ 793 434 646 990 1,435 2,200 Advanced degree....................................... 348 499 856 1,378 1,895 2,886 Hispanic or Latino women Total, 25 years and over.................................. 5,099 288 365 518 767 1,131 Less than a high school diploma (1)..................... 1,156 247 296 360 465 599 High school graduates, no college....................... 1,523 287 354 479 654 874 Some college or associate degree........................ 1,369 326 440 601 805 1,121 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................ 1,051 436 610 852 1,184 1,613 Bachelor's degree only................................ 749 427 580 802 1,097 1,487 Advanced degree....................................... 302 489 734 1,007 1,421 1,909 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 percent earn less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less than the upper limit of the second quartile, or median; 75 percent earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent earn less than the upper limit of the ninth decile. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.