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Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex
July 23, 2015
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers were $801 in the second quarter of 2015. Women had median usual weekly earnings of $726. This is 81.9 percent of the $886 median for men.
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, second quarter 2015, not seasonally adjusted
Occupation
Men
Women
Difference
Women’s to men’s
earnings ratio
Total
$886
$726
$160
81.9%
Management, business, and financial operations
1,401
1,064
337
75.9
Professional and related
1,319
953
366
72.3
Sales and related
864
556
308
64.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair
838
603
235
72.0
Construction and extraction
742
700
42
94.3
Production
734
524
210
71.4
Office and administrative support
683
655
28
95.9
Transportation and material moving
663
524
139
79.0
Service
587
457
130
77.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry
448
427
21
95.3
Among occupational groups, people employed full time in management, business, and financial operations occupations had the highest median weekly earnings — $1,401 for men and $1,064 for women. Men and women employed in service jobs earned $587 and $457, respectively.
In office and administrative support occupations, median weekly earnings for men were $683, and $655 for women. In construction and extraction occupations, median weekly earnings for men were $742, and $700 for women.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. To learn more, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Second Quarter 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
