Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third quarter 2026 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 2026 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	122,190	$634	$849	$1,232	$1,908	$2,919
Men	66,874	683	899	1,352	2,095	3,253
Women	55,315	597	787	1,127	1,729	2,610

White	87,972	659	874	1,261	1,949	2,991
Men	49,119	700	932	1,394	2,124	3,296
Women	38,853	608	799	1,137	1,753	2,620

Black or African American	16,178	554	732	1,012	1,483	2,104
Men	8,005	578	753	1,040	1,553	2,393
Women	8,173	520	709	994	1,427	1,846

Asian	10,442	690	994	1,633	2,603	3,850
Men	5,579	726	1,050	1,841	2,878	3,914
Women	4,863	654	963	1,506	2,314	3,321

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	25,373	588	741	981	1,427	2,094
Men	14,188	622	783	1,028	1,529	2,307
Women	11,185	558	703	919	1,270	1,883

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	110,894	675	898	1,307	1,995	3,071
Less than a high school diploma	5,531	512	655	819	1,089	1,457
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,443	585	747	993	1,402	1,941
Some college or associate degree	25,723	653	848	1,140	1,607	2,293
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	53,197	854	1,170	1,752	2,651	3,874
Bachelor's degree only	31,922	797	1,091	1,602	2,396	3,645
Advanced degree	21,275	981	1,369	1,932	2,913	4,249

Men, 25 years and over	60,119	715	967	1,437	2,234	3,428
Less than a high school diploma	3,642	569	709	908	1,198	1,635
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,245	643	817	1,116	1,549	2,136
Some college or associate degree	13,840	715	935	1,314	1,875	2,514
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,393	922	1,316	1,922	2,946	4,400
Bachelor's degree only	16,642	879	1,215	1,866	2,787	3,918
Advanced degree	9,751	1,044	1,525	2,300	3,409	4,985

Women, 25 years and over	50,775	623	836	1,172	1,774	2,695
Less than a high school diploma	1,889	430	578	710	882	1,061
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,198	517	678	880	1,147	1,556
Some college or associate degree	11,884	607	766	998	1,342	1,821
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,804	792	1,086	1,558	2,285	3,257
Bachelor's degree only	15,280	738	999	1,434	2,002	2,916
Advanced degree	11,524	941	1,264	1,759	2,556	3,572
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people 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. 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.

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Last Modified Date: October 21, 2026