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Median weekly earnings by educational attainment in 2014
January 23, 2015
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers age 25 and older with less than a high school diploma were $488 in 2014. The median for workers with a high school diploma only (no college) was $668 per week, and the median for those with at least a bachelor’s degree was $1,193 per week.
| Education level | Total | Men | Women | White | Black or African American | Asian | Hispanic or Latino |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all education levels |
$839 | $922 | $752 | $864 | $674 | $991 | $619 |
|
Less than a high school diploma |
488 | 517 | 409 | 493 | 440 | 477 | 466 |
|
High school graduates, no college |
668 | 751 | 578 | 696 | 579 | 604 | 595 |
|
Some college or associate degree |
761 | 872 | 661 | 791 | 637 | 748 | 689 |
|
Bachelor's degree only |
1,101 | 1,249 | 965 | 1,132 | 895 | 1,149 | 937 |
|
Bachelor's degree and higher |
1,193 | 1,385 | 1,049 | 1,219 | 970 | 1,328 | 1,007 |
|
Advanced degree |
1,386 | 1,630 | 1,185 | 1,390 | 1,149 | 1,562 | 1,235 |
Among workers age 25 and older with at least a bachelor’s degree, median weekly earnings in 2014 were $1,385 for men and $1,049 for women. Black or African American workers with at least a bachelor’s degree had median weekly earnings of $970 in 2014, compared with $1,219 for White workers with the same level of education. Asians with at least a bachelor’s degree had median weekly earnings of $1,328. The median for Hispanic or Latino workers with that level of education was $1,007 per week.
These data are 2014 annual averages from the Current Population Survey. To learn more, see “Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2014” (HTML) (PDF). People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Median weekly earnings by educational attainment in 2014 on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/median-weekly-earnings-by-education-gender-race-and-ethnicity-in-2014.htm (visited January 20, 2020).
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