Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third 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, 3rd 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	120,227	$560	$724	$1,070	$1,696	$2,583
Men	66,369	594	776	1,164	1,858	2,886
Women	53,858	517	681	971	1,503	2,276

White	91,403	574	742	1,101	1,731	2,597
Men	51,536	605	793	1,192	1,880	2,893
Women	39,868	524	694	990	1,515	2,238

Black or African American	15,996	494	638	881	1,332	1,985
Men	7,762	519	678	922	1,378	2,026
Women	8,234	479	611	830	1,252	1,931

Asian	8,466	599	815	1,442	2,283	3,440
Men	4,728	612	944	1,656	2,484	3,511
Women	3,739	579	742	1,177	1,947	3,020

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	22,210	505	640	861	1,298	1,937
Men	13,222	542	678	908	1,380	2,010
Women	8,988	476	597	782	1,197	1,874

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	108,666	587	764	1,138	1,770	2,690
Less than a high school diploma	5,991	438	561	692	914	1,238
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,462	520	663	866	1,217	1,723
Some college or associate degree	26,379	573	718	993	1,426	1,961
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	49,833	749	1,048	1,556	2,308	3,420
Bachelor's degree only	30,449	714	980	1,452	2,107	3,095
Advanced degree	19,385	863	1,170	1,769	2,606	3,865

Men, 25 years and over	59,753	619	822	1,237	1,906	2,911
Less than a high school diploma	4,053	493	603	760	1,011	1,381
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,394	586	716	958	1,352	1,887
Some college or associate degree	14,313	614	801	1,143	1,574	2,209
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	24,994	811	1,172	1,783	2,682	3,875
Bachelor's degree only	15,772	774	1,115	1,658	2,434	3,498
Advanced degree	9,222	935	1,345	1,988	3,013	4,527

Women, 25 years and over	48,913	546	709	1,018	1,563	2,309
Less than a high school diploma	1,939	379	493	604	717	948
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,068	478	592	740	996	1,377
Some college or associate degree	12,066	522	660	862	1,186	1,666
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	24,840	715	962	1,382	1,975	2,892
Bachelor's degree only	14,677	675	876	1,252	1,850	2,601
Advanced degree	10,163	824	1,101	1,568	2,282	3,165
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, 2022