Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, first quarter 2022 averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 1st quarter 2022 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	117,518	$531	$701	$1,037	$1,635	$2,512
Men	64,799	576	749	1,128	1,773	2,888
Women	52,719	501	655	939	1,464	2,151

White	89,733	543	713	1,064	1,659	2,544
Men	50,665	585	767	1,148	1,817	2,898
Women	39,069	504	662	954	1,483	2,160

Black or African American	15,412	486	618	840	1,271	1,928
Men	7,344	489	624	870	1,353	2,097
Women	8,068	483	613	811	1,228	1,853

Asian	8,132	593	822	1,362	2,102	3,116
Men	4,512	621	903	1,452	2,309	3,462
Women	3,620	556	758	1,237	1,896	2,714

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	22,033	484	605	799	1,198	1,820
Men	13,142	502	624	866	1,287	1,921
Women	8,891	450	582	732	1,103	1,671

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	107,451	565	732	1,100	1,725	2,676
Less than a high school diploma	6,151	417	533	670	892	1,200
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,830	494	625	827	1,178	1,666
Some college or associate degree	25,852	539	689	938	1,369	1,908
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	48,618	733	1,036	1,525	2,297	3,436
Bachelor's degree only	29,799	692	946	1,395	2,087	3,082
Advanced degree	18,819	865	1,194	1,748	2,621	3,923

Men, 25 years and over	59,304	594	789	1,185	1,876	2,915
Less than a high school diploma	4,182	478	579	722	958	1,289
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,785	532	687	924	1,311	1,774
Some college or associate degree	13,686	593	765	1,082	1,534	2,182
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	24,652	795	1,142	1,742	2,700	3,923
Bachelor's degree only	15,415	754	1,054	1,586	2,404	3,493
Advanced degree	9,236	915	1,317	1,930	3,107	4,820

Women, 25 years and over	48,148	521	681	985	1,525	2,264
Less than a high school diploma	1,969	353	468	586	709	910
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,046	440	579	711	930	1,309
Some college or associate degree	12,166	500	634	812	1,148	1,614
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	23,967	690	950	1,366	1,920	2,799
Bachelor's degree only	14,384	645	853	1,238	1,807	2,508
Advanced degree	9,583	834	1,143	1,541	2,197	3,099
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: April 15, 2022