Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, first 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, 1st 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	120,909	$619	$814	$1,194	$1,895	$2,905
Men	66,285	661	878	1,307	2,083	3,174
Women	54,624	588	760	1,096	1,701	2,499

White	90,516	626	828	1,219	1,903	2,901
Men	50,789	676	899	1,342	2,096	3,145
Women	39,727	589	766	1,103	1,705	2,494

Black or African American	16,298	580	730	1,000	1,484	2,301
Men	7,887	593	746	1,017	1,563	2,690
Women	8,411	570	712	984	1,415	2,092

Asian	9,186	688	957	1,585	2,606	3,867
Men	4,970	744	1,068	1,822	2,896	3,917
Women	4,216	659	859	1,455	2,322	3,508

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24,108	554	697	929	1,412	2,119
Men	13,967	587	722	991	1,471	2,288
Women	10,141	510	666	879	1,310	1,992

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	110,807	647	860	1,258	1,966	2,967
Less than a high school diploma	5,919	487	607	743	969	1,319
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,264	580	720	953	1,329	1,879
Some college or associate degree	26,146	632	806	1,096	1,549	2,197
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	52,480	837	1,166	1,754	2,600	3,848
Bachelor's degree only	32,035	786	1,095	1,603	2,399	3,473
Advanced degree	20,444	950	1,364	1,961	2,915	4,332

Men, 25 years and over	60,732	689	919	1,387	2,186	3,312
Less than a high school diploma	4,061	529	657	803	1,026	1,406
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,299	622	788	1,062	1,497	2,029
Some college or associate degree	14,172	698	905	1,223	1,760	2,470
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,201	918	1,342	1,992	2,956	4,315
Bachelor's degree only	16,396	849	1,216	1,869	2,759	3,861
Advanced degree	9,805	1,107	1,552	2,302	3,452	5,079

Women, 25 years and over	50,075	609	792	1,141	1,762	2,562
Less than a high school diploma	1,858	420	542	657	782	982
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,965	522	652	820	1,081	1,435
Some college or associate degree	11,974	584	731	961	1,331	1,828
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,279	791	1,071	1,532	2,249	3,147
Bachelor's degree only	15,640	750	994	1,412	2,005	2,907
Advanced degree	10,639	891	1,225	1,754	2,483	3,528
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: April 16, 2025