Table 9. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2025 annual averages

Table 9. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2025 annual averages
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
TOTAL

Total, 25 years and over	110,845	$649	$865	$1,268	$1,954	$2,977
Less than a high school diploma	6,012	493	613	770	1,002	1,381
High school graduates, no college(1)	26,126	586	729	966	1,374	1,910
Some college or associate degree	26,223	632	806	1,097	1,568	2,227
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	52,484	835	1,166	1,740	2,586	3,848
Bachelor's degree only	31,797	782	1,083	1,578	2,380	3,455
Advanced degree	20,687	944	1,353	1,918	2,911	4,317

Men
Total, 25 years and over	61,084	692	926	1,395	2,179	3,323
Less than a high school diploma	4,106	519	666	813	1,105	1,480
High school graduates, no college(1)	16,417	631	796	1,078	1,524	2,100
Some college or associate degree	14,211	691	900	1,240	1,778	2,494
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,351	916	1,336	1,924	2,918	4,307
Bachelor's degree only	16,459	864	1,220	1,833	2,700	3,866
Advanced degree	9,892	1,070	1,538	2,298	3,447	4,949

Women
Total, 25 years and over	49,761	609	794	1,143	1,758	2,587
Less than a high school diploma	1,906	454	553	675	819	1,028
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,708	514	657	824	1,081	1,485
Some college or associate degree	12,012	589	739	962	1,333	1,857
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	26,134	775	1,059	1,526	2,247	3,131
Bachelor's degree only	15,339	734	980	1,393	1,992	2,905
Advanced degree	10,795	888	1,228	1,737	2,486	3,510

White, total
Total, 25 years and over	82,648	663	886	1,306	1,984	2,983
Less than a high school diploma	4,746	497	626	782	1,015	1,396
High school graduates, no college(1)	19,655	598	753	999	1,428	1,985
Some college or associate degree	19,713	651	834	1,140	1,635	2,302
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	38,534	852	1,178	1,749	2,593	3,850
Bachelor's degree only	24,073	798	1,113	1,614	2,403	3,477
Advanced degree	14,461	962	1,369	1,919	2,909	4,347

White men
Total, 25 years and over	46,503	706	953	1,426	2,207	3,331
Less than a high school diploma	3,336	527	680	822	1,124	1,487
High school graduates, no college(1)	12,628	649	826	1,124	1,568	2,197
Some college or associate degree	10,887	714	927	1,298	1,865	2,595
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	19,652	933	1,352	1,970	2,918	4,320
Bachelor's degree only	12,796	889	1,247	1,874	2,712	3,869
Advanced degree	6,856	1,074	1,560	2,303	3,472	5,177

White women
Total, 25 years and over	36,145	617	809	1,158	1,762	2,579
Less than a high school diploma	1,410	451	555	678	818	1,030
High school graduates, no college(1)	7,027	531	672	847	1,109	1,535
Some college or associate degree	8,826	599	755	990	1,381	1,882
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	18,882	784	1,075	1,535	2,214	3,123
Bachelor's degree only	11,277	737	991	1,407	1,998	2,907
Advanced degree	7,605	908	1,246	1,740	2,461	3,499

Black or African American, total
Total, 25 years and over	14,968	590	747	1,018	1,533	2,313
Less than a high school diploma	677	474	573	710	911	1,235
High school graduates, no college(1)	4,169	518	668	836	1,139	1,658
Some college or associate degree	4,325	583	722	946	1,279	1,897
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	5,796	750	984	1,398	2,078	2,967
Bachelor's degree only	3,544	725	936	1,336	1,894	2,880
Advanced degree	2,252	819	1,123	1,534	2,302	3,232

Black or African American men
Total, 25 years and over	7,352	616	770	1,092	1,614	2,482
Less than a high school diploma	404	480	614	769	1,004	1,398
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,377	583	712	911	1,278	1,826
Some college or associate degree	2,138	615	763	1,026	1,432	2,048
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,433	759	1,074	1,512	2,289	3,318
Bachelor's degree only	1,615	736	997	1,420	2,103	3,090
Advanced degree	818	892	1,238	1,660	2,516	3,906

Black or African American women
Total, 25 years and over	7,615	569	725	969	1,436	2,201
Less than a high school diploma	273	467	544	636	811	943
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,792	465	613	764	987	1,323
Some college or associate degree	2,187	552	696	882	1,162	1,623
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,363	745	947	1,337	1,903	2,644
Bachelor's degree only	1,929	710	906	1,249	1,798	2,483
Advanced degree	1,434	803	1,032	1,461	2,145	2,902

Asian, total
Total, 25 years and over	8,957	709	999	1,632	2,664	3,880
Less than a high school diploma	292	498	607	756	985	1,198
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,124	584	716	935	1,256	1,744
Some college or associate degree	1,026	630	795	1,065	1,476	2,014
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	6,515	878	1,326	1,987	2,989	4,331
Bachelor's degree only	3,139	776	1,151	1,746	2,606	3,845
Advanced degree	3,376	1,044	1,547	2,324	3,401	4,756

Asian men
Total, 25 years and over	4,900	761	1,131	1,858	2,907	4,280
Less than a high school diploma	175	503	614	777	1,003	1,183
High school graduates, no college(1)	665	607	756	1,002	1,424	1,916
Some college or associate degree	552	688	897	1,229	1,590	2,288
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,508	1,018	1,497	2,297	3,419	4,762
Bachelor's degree only	1,555	890	1,267	1,913	2,916	4,118
Advanced degree	1,953	1,178	1,768	2,518	3,664	5,396

Asian women
Total, 25 years and over	4,058	669	911	1,444	2,311	3,351
Less than a high school diploma	117	490	595	740	951	1,360
High school graduates, no college(1)	459	539	682	840	1,102	1,408
Some college or associate degree	474	584	725	941	1,287	1,750
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,007	777	1,160	1,760	2,682	3,832
Bachelor's degree only	1,584	728	1,013	1,534	2,300	3,127
Advanced degree	1,423	906	1,372	2,022	2,934	4,117

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, total
Total, 25 years and over	21,657	581	723	994	1,507	2,286
Less than a high school diploma	3,721	495	610	750	978	1,282
High school graduates, no college(1)	6,834	575	695	896	1,222	1,738
Some college or associate degree	4,815	603	769	1,021	1,475	2,049
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	6,286	694	981	1,469	2,190	3,110
Bachelor's degree only	4,256	669	916	1,375	1,959	2,904
Advanced degree	2,031	793	1,148	1,739	2,485	3,548

Hispanic or Latino men
Total, 25 years and over	12,577	604	762	1,050	1,581	2,399
Less than a high school diploma	2,614	517	659	798	1,024	1,388
High school graduates, no college(1)	4,320	604	746	985	1,375	1,895
Some college or associate degree	2,603	637	838	1,149	1,616	2,312
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,040	720	1,054	1,620	2,479	3,657
Bachelor's degree only	2,110	705	1,004	1,505	2,272	3,288
Advanced degree	929	791	1,256	1,909	2,905	4,114

Hispanic or Latino women
Total, 25 years and over	9,080	536	687	916	1,394	2,048
Less than a high school diploma	1,107	455	550	667	785	984
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,515	497	639	778	997	1,377
Some college or associate degree	2,212	570	719	916	1,258	1,761
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,247	669	931	1,360	1,917	2,776
Bachelor's degree only	2,145	630	874	1,250	1,841	2,521
Advanced degree	1,101	794	1,124	1,594	2,204	3,012
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. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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Last Modified Date: January 28, 2026