Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2023-2024 annual averages

Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2023-2024 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2023					2024
	Foreign born		Native born		Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born	Foreign born		Native born		Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born
	Number	Median weekly earnings	Number	Median weekly earnings	Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born	Number	Median weekly earnings	Number	Median weekly earnings	Earnings of foreign born as percent of native born
Total, 16 years and over	22,675	$987	98,232	$1,140	86.6	23,319	$1,001	96,734	$1,190	84.1
Men	13,447	1,051	53,253	1,238	84.9	13,781	1,077	52,160	1,316	81.8
Women	9,228	899	44,978	1,025	87.7	9,538	911	44,573	1,074	84.8

AGE
16 to 24 years	1,178	672	10,247	718	93.6	1,274	707	9,544	749	94.4
25 to 34 years	4,492	992	25,257	1,054	94.1	4,594	995	24,659	1,117	89.1
35 to 44 years	6,184	1,059	22,518	1,301	81.4	6,395	1,085	22,817	1,341	80.9
45 to 54 years	5,839	1,033	19,772	1,326	77.9	5,931	1,062	19,479	1,396	76.1
55 to 64 years	3,905	976	16,126	1,266	77.1	4,042	1,013	15,776	1,319	76.8
65 years and over	1,077	898	4,312	1,131	79.4	1,084	926	4,459	1,206	76.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY(1)
White non-Hispanic or Latino	3,275	1,380	67,748	1,224	112.7	3,240	1,483	66,510	1,274	116.4
Black non-Hispanic or Latino	2,482	971	12,893	919	105.7	2,510	971	12,561	966	100.5
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino	5,904	1,503	2,489	1,464	102.7	6,003	1,532	2,404	1,541	99.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	10,716	792	12,117	947	83.6	11,298	809	12,274	997	81.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	21,497	1,012	87,984	1,206	83.9	22,046	1,027	87,190	1,259	81.6
Less than a high school diploma	3,694	692	2,353	748	92.5	3,813	717	2,287	789	90.9
High school graduates, no college(2)	5,298	809	21,029	919	88.0	5,538	821	20,594	962	85.3
Some college or associate degree	3,109	944	23,418	1,027	91.9	3,133	954	22,871	1,074	88.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	9,397	1,637	41,185	1,602	102.2	9,562	1,738	41,437	1,679	103.5
Footnotes (1) Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. (2) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: May 20, 2025