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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
1st
2024
1st
2025
In current dollars In constant (1982-84) dollars
1st
2024
1st
2025
1st
2024
1st
2025

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over

119,168 120,909 $1,139 $1,194 $367 $374

Men, 16 years and over

65,070 66,285 1,227 1,307 396 410

16 to 24 years

5,797 5,553 767 795 247 249

25 years and over

59,273 60,732 1,313 1,387 423 435

Women, 16 years and over

54,098 54,624 1,021 1,096 329 344

16 to 24 years

4,719 4,549 703 733 226 230

25 years and over

49,378 50,075 1,082 1,141 349 358

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White

89,951 90,516 1,157 1,219 373 382

Men

50,105 50,789 1,254 1,342 404 421

Women

39,846 39,727 1,040 1,103 335 346

Black or African American

16,153 16,298 908 1,000 293 314

Men

7,756 7,887 935 1,017 301 319

Women

8,396 8,411 887 984 286 309

Asian

8,568 9,186 1,505 1,585 485 497

Men

4,680 4,970 1,679 1,822 541 571

Women

3,888 4,216 1,331 1,455 429 456

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

23,019 24,108 879 929 283 291

Men

13,429 13,967 914 991 295 311

Women

9,590 10,141 825 879 266 276

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: April 16, 2025