Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2022-2023 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, 2022-2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2022					2023
	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	21,929	$945	96,940	$1,087	86.9	22,675	$987	98,232	$1,140	86.6
Men	12,974	1,000	52,580	1,185	84.4	13,447	1,051	53,253	1,238	84.9
Women	8,955	861	44,360	975	88.3	9,228	899	44,978	1,025	87.7

AGE
16 to 24 years	1,049	683	9,677	691	98.8	1,178	672	10,247	718	93.6
25 to 34 years	4,477	962	24,820	998	96.4	4,492	992	25,257	1,054	94.1
35 to 44 years	6,049	992	22,016	1,233	80.5	6,184	1,059	22,518	1,301	81.4
45 to 54 years	5,730	983	19,567	1,250	78.6	5,839	1,033	19,772	1,326	77.9
55 to 64 years	3,676	933	16,467	1,202	77.6	3,905	976	16,126	1,266	77.1
65 years and over	949	889	4,393	1,082	82.2	1,077	898	4,312	1,131	79.4

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY(1)
White non-Hispanic or Latino	3,294	1,318	67,524	1,162	113.4	3,275	1,380	67,748	1,224	112.7
Black non-Hispanic or Latino	2,360	943	12,391	871	108.3	2,482	971	12,893	919	105.7
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino	5,584	1,435	2,359	1,398	102.6	5,904	1,503	2,489	1,464	102.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	10,408	758	11,819	910	83.3	10,716	792	12,117	947	83.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	20,881	968	87,263	1,150	84.2	21,497	1,012	87,984	1,206	83.9
Less than a high school diploma	3,748	663	2,454	708	93.6	3,694	692	2,353	748	92.5
High school graduates, no college(2)	5,157	767	21,277	879	87.3	5,298	809	21,029	919	88.0
Some college or associate degree	3,083	889	23,193	981	90.6	3,109	944	23,418	1,027	91.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	8,893	1,581	40,338	1,537	102.9	9,397	1,637	41,185	1,602	102.2
Footnotes (1) Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. (2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) Includes persons 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 21, 2024