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Seasonally adjusted median weekly earnings up 0.9 percent from 4th quarter 2016 to 4th quarter 2017
January 24, 2018
Seasonally adjusted median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers were $854 in the fourth quarter of 2017. Median earnings for the fourth quarter of 2017 were 0.9 percent higher than the $846 of a year earlier, compared with an increase of 2.1 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Median weekly earnings in the fourth quarter of 2017 were down from the previous quarter's $866.
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by sex, seasonally adjusted
Current dollars
Constant (adjusted for inflation) 1982-84 dollars
Quarter
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Q4 2008
$727
$806
$647
$340
$377
$302
Q1 2009
732
815
645
345
384
304
Q2 2009
737
818
652
345
383
305
Q3 2009
742
820
664
345
381
309
Q4 2009
747
823
666
344
379
307
Q1 2010
748
836
662
344
384
304
Q2 2010
742
814
671
342
374
309
Q3 2010
746
821
670
342
377
308
Q4 2010
750
826
676
341
376
308
Q1 2011
750
821
679
338
370
306
Q2 2011
754
830
687
336
370
306
Q3 2011
760
836
681
336
370
301
Q4 2011
760
838
686
335
369
302
Q1 2012
764
841
693
335
368
303
Q2 2012
772
870
687
337
380
300
Q3 2012
766
836
693
333
364
302
Q4 2012
771
868
690
333
375
298
Q1 2013
768
860
699
331
370
301
Q2 2013
777
863
706
335
372
304
Q3 2013
779
855
705
334
367
302
Q4 2013
782
865
712
334
369
304
Q1 2014
790
865
716
335
367
304
Q2 2014
781
860
714
330
363
302
Q3 2014
798
879
722
336
370
304
Q4 2014
795
878
724
336
371
306
Q1 2015
801
886
724
340
376
307
Q2 2015
803
889
725
339
375
306
Q3 2015
811
897
728
341
377
306
Q4 2014
822
904
730
345
380
307
Q1 2016
823
904
744
346
380
312
Q2 2016
827
912
743
345
381
310
Q3 2016
834
918
751
347
382
312
Q4 2016
846
925
759
349
382
313
Q1 2017
857
940
759
351
385
311
Q2 2017
862
937
779
353
384
319
Q3 2017
866
944
773
353
385
315
Q4 2017
854
944
771
345
382
312
Note: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is used to convert current dollars to constant (1982-84) dollars.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, women who were full-time wage or salary workers had median weekly earnings of $771, which was 82 percent of the $944 median for men.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2017" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
