Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, second 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, 2nd 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	121,469	$615	$806	$1,196	$1,887	$2,901
Men	67,127	653	867	1,330	2,077	3,148
Women	54,342	583	756	1,078	1,659	2,489

White	90,799	627	823	1,225	1,892	2,901
Men	51,052	671	890	1,357	2,088	3,169
Women	39,747	591	764	1,100	1,660	2,481

Black or African American	16,228	579	715	991	1,499	2,240
Men	8,123	606	738	1,053	1,561	2,284
Women	8,105	537	684	942	1,398	2,123

Asian	9,694	667	940	1,553	2,531	3,845
Men	5,366	698	1,013	1,759	2,899	4,044
Women	4,328	644	884	1,363	2,297	3,153

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24,417	557	702	947	1,473	2,241
Men	14,425	584	729	1,005	1,568	2,479
Women	9,992	525	665	880	1,300	1,898

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	110,524	644	853	1,264	1,920	2,930
Less than a high school diploma	5,935	490	599	750	982	1,341
High school graduates, no college(1)	25,948	590	728	960	1,399	1,925
Some college or associate degree	26,394	620	789	1,086	1,566	2,187
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	52,247	833	1,160	1,732	2,570	3,846
Bachelor's degree only	31,629	772	1,061	1,559	2,319	3,476
Advanced degree	20,618	959	1,368	1,912	2,905	4,208

Men, 25 years and over	61,037	685	915	1,396	2,173	3,318
Less than a high school diploma	4,024	500	641	794	1,077	1,499
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,443	633	787	1,078	1,532	2,120
Some college or associate degree	14,177	686	889	1,240	1,797	2,506
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,393	900	1,326	1,912	2,910	4,356
Bachelor's degree only	16,632	835	1,199	1,771	2,690	3,900
Advanced degree	9,762	1,087	1,558	2,295	3,404	5,346

Women, 25 years and over	49,487	605	790	1,138	1,745	2,522
Less than a high school diploma	1,911	482	553	669	823	989
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,505	514	659	819	1,089	1,545
Some college or associate degree	12,217	580	726	949	1,286	1,768
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,854	780	1,055	1,521	2,201	3,106
Bachelor's degree only	14,998	736	979	1,355	1,949	2,880
Advanced degree	10,856	898	1,234	1,725	2,490	3,484
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: July 22, 2025