Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third quarter 2023 averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 3rd quarter 2023 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	First quartile	Second quartile (median)	Third quartile	Ninth decile
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total, 16 years and over	122,095	$587	$754	$1,118	$1,767	$2,781
Men	67,223	611	801	1,208	1,913	2,916
Women	54,871	548	712	1,005	1,546	2,412

White	92,250	597	772	1,137	1,778	2,785
Men	51,848	623	819	1,231	1,920	2,918
Women	40,402	567	723	1,021	1,551	2,381

Black or African American	16,552	508	667	918	1,457	2,251
Men	8,101	541	693	968	1,548	2,283
Women	8,451	494	631	886	1,379	2,097

Asian	8,857	643	909	1,444	2,390	3,531
Men	4,798	686	1,012	1,630	2,688	3,798
Women	4,059	610	809	1,217	2,013	3,273

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	23,412	516	666	885	1,335	1,993
Men	13,824	554	694	931	1,420	2,108
Women	9,588	489	626	813	1,172	1,841

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	109,953	608	796	1,172	1,871	2,890
Less than a high school diploma	5,909	481	591	721	978	1,249
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,372	548	686	905	1,255	1,751
Some college or associate degree	26,590	591	745	1,012	1,470	2,102
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	51,082	772	1,096	1,620	2,474	3,543
Bachelor's degree only	31,300	733	1,005	1,499	2,284	3,227
Advanced degree	19,781	887	1,249	1,864	2,877	3,919

Men, 25 years and over	60,547	642	856	1,287	2,011	3,040
Less than a high school diploma	4,076	506	619	791	1,036	1,368
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,322	598	738	994	1,393	1,904
Some college or associate degree	14,539	633	809	1,157	1,650	2,342
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,609	866	1,237	1,892	2,841	3,910
Bachelor's degree only	15,942	832	1,164	1,780	2,592	3,665
Advanced degree	9,668	940	1,401	2,100	3,097	4,528

Women, 25 years and over	49,405	580	744	1,062	1,619	2,511
Less than a high school diploma	1,833	416	516	642	773	1,019
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,050	488	620	792	1,045	1,369
Some college or associate degree	12,050	533	688	905	1,221	1,747
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,472	732	980	1,426	2,086	3,100
Bachelor's degree only	15,359	691	896	1,283	1,896	2,776
Advanced degree	10,114	853	1,168	1,615	2,459	3,478
Footnotes (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.

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Last Modified Date: October 18, 2023