Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third quarter 2025 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 2025 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	122,572	$616	$818	$1,214	$1,898	$2,903
Men	67,792	660	886	1,333	2,042	3,132
Women	54,780	581	760	1,076	1,727	2,516

White	91,684	626	837	1,238	1,912	2,909
Men	51,781	678	903	1,362	2,093	3,189
Women	39,903	588	770	1,103	1,731	2,511

Black or African American	16,415	545	716	970	1,460	2,276
Men	8,088	578	737	1,032	1,512	2,277
Women	8,327	522	700	927	1,371	2,276

Asian	9,356	700	1,016	1,620	2,597	3,880
Men	5,093	737	1,126	1,831	2,889	4,280
Women	4,263	647	933	1,441	2,306	3,470

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24,613	551	701	944	1,422	2,119
Men	14,077	583	727	994	1,489	2,277
Women	10,536	520	666	890	1,342	1,944

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	111,274	650	874	1,281	1,978	2,975
Less than a high school diploma	6,247	493	615	777	1,009	1,388
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,502	589	740	980	1,388	1,919
Some college or associate degree	26,112	639	813	1,099	1,582	2,200
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	52,413	846	1,180	1,747	2,605	3,861
Bachelor's degree only	31,646	795	1,099	1,580	2,387	3,421
Advanced degree	20,767	946	1,355	1,970	2,918	4,430

Men, 25 years and over	61,395	697	941	1,405	2,154	3,306
Less than a high school diploma	4,253	509	660	813	1,111	1,480
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,723	647	810	1,096	1,533	2,095
Some college or associate degree	14,004	699	916	1,272	1,780	2,480
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,414	923	1,341	1,931	2,918	4,341
Bachelor's degree only	16,350	884	1,237	1,815	2,682	3,843
Advanced degree	10,064	1,052	1,507	2,310	3,467	4,809

Women, 25 years and over	49,879	608	797	1,145	1,769	2,618
Less than a high school diploma	1,993	460	567	695	860	1,068
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,779	507	659	834	1,075	1,493
Some college or associate degree	12,108	594	743	948	1,341	1,894
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,999	776	1,062	1,545	2,294	3,224
Bachelor's degree only	15,296	735	982	1,411	2,012	2,922
Advanced degree	10,703	894	1,244	1,756	2,494	3,697
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: December 04, 2025