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Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 106.9 million full-time wage and salary workers were $797 (seasonally adjusted) in the third quarter of 2014. Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $722, or 82 percent of the $880 median for men. After adjusting for inflation in consumer prices, women's earnings have changed little over the past decade and men's earnings have declined slightly.
Inflation-adjusted median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by gender, seasonally adjusted, third quarter 2004 to third quarter 2014
Quarter
Current dollars
Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (third quarter 2014 = 100)
Constant (2014) dollars
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
2004 Q3
$635
$712
$574
79.681
$797
$894
$720
2004 Q4
646
720
577
80.536
802
894
716
2005 Q1
647
723
580
80.943
799
893
717
2005 Q2
647
714
584
81.490
794
876
717
2005 Q3
651
723
588
82.724
787
874
711
2005 Q4
658
730
588
83.496
788
874
704
2006 Q1
662
737
594
83.931
789
878
708
2006 Q2
663
732
597
84.688
783
864
705
2006 Q3
678
755
603
85.487
793
883
705
2006 Q4
681
748
607
85.137
800
879
713
2007 Q1
687
752
610
85.971
799
875
710
2007 Q2
693
765
610
86.945
797
880
702
2007 Q3
698
774
621
87.496
798
885
710
2007 Q4
700
774
615
88.569
790
874
694
2008 Q1
713
783
633
89.528
796
875
707
2008 Q2
722
802
636
90.693
796
884
701
2008 Q3
724
802
637
92.091
786
871
692
2008 Q4
727
806
647
89.982
808
896
719
2009 Q1
732
815
645
89.363
819
912
722
2009 Q2
737
818
652
89.838
820
911
726
2009 Q3
742
820
664
90.611
819
905
733
2009 Q4
747
823
666
91.321
818
901
729
2010 Q1
748
836
662
91.452
818
914
724
2010 Q2
743
813
670
91.443
813
889
733
2010 Q3
745
822
670
91.725
812
896
730
2010 Q4
750
826
676
92.431
811
894
731
2011 Q1
750
821
679
93.391
803
879
727
2011 Q2
754
828
687
94.529
798
876
727
2011 Q3
758
837
682
95.148
797
880
717
2011 Q4
761
838
686
95.515
797
877
718
2012 Q1
765
841
693
96.012
797
876
722
2012 Q2
772
867
686
96.342
801
900
712
2012 Q3
764
838
693
96.753
790
866
716
2012 Q4
772
868
690
97.331
793
892
709
2013 Q1
770
860
700
97.619
789
881
717
2013 Q2
776
862
705
97.717
794
882
721
2013 Q3
778
859
706
98.241
792
874
719
2013 Q4
782
862
712
98.519
794
875
723
2014 Q1
791
867
716
98.986
799
876
723
2014 Q2
782
859
715
99.728
784
861
717
2014 Q3
797
880
722
100.000
797
880
722
Expressed in constant third quarter 2014 dollars, the overall median of $797 for full-time wage and salary workers in the third quarter of 2014 was the same as in the third quarter of 2004. Among women who worked full time, inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings were $722 in the third quarter of 2014, compared with $720 a decade earlier. For men who worked full time, inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings were $880 in the third quarter of 2014, compared with $894 in the third quarter of 2004.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. To learn more, see “Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Third Quarter 2014” (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑1966. The CPI-U from the Consumer Price Index program is used to convert all dollar values into third-quarter 2014 dollars.
United States Department of Labor
