Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)		Median weekly earnings
	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	In current dollars		In constant (1982-84) dollars
	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025
SEX AND AGE
Total, 16 years and over	119,937	121,469	$1,143	$1,196	$364	$372

Men, 16 years and over	66,023	67,127	1,253	1,330	399	414
16 to 24 years	6,021	6,091	771	797	246	248
25 years and over	60,002	61,037	1,338	1,396	426	434

Women, 16 years and over	53,915	54,342	1,017	1,078	324	335
16 to 24 years	4,884	4,855	695	712	221	221
25 years and over	49,031	49,487	1,078	1,138	343	354

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX
White	90,152	90,799	1,167	1,225	372	381
Men	50,834	51,052	1,281	1,357	408	422
Women	39,318	39,747	1,037	1,100	330	342

Black or African American	16,570	16,228	941	991	300	308
Men	7,962	8,123	979	1,053	312	327
Women	8,607	8,105	906	942	289	293

Asian	8,581	9,694	1,500	1,553	478	483
Men	4,774	5,366	1,608	1,759	512	547
Women	3,807	4,328	1,337	1,363	426	424

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	23,649	24,417	903	947	288	295
Men	14,072	14,425	963	1,005	307	313
Women	9,577	9,992	831	880	265	274
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. People 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.

Last Modified Date: July 22, 2025