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Median weekly earnings were $1,302 for men, $1,083 for women in fourth quarter 2024

February 21, 2025

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 120.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,192 in the fourth quarter of 2024. Women had median weekly earnings of $1,083, or 83.2 percent of the $1,302 median for men.

Usual weekly earnings were highest for men ages 35 to 64: median weekly earnings were $1,488 for men ages 35 to 44, $1,468 for men ages 45 to 54, and $1,442 for men ages 55 to 64. Among women, usual weekly earnings were highest for workers ages 35 to 54: median weekly earnings were $1,205 for women ages 35 to 44 and $1,193 for women ages 45 to 54. Men and women ages 16 to 24 had the lowest median weekly earnings, $796 and $721, respectively.

Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by age and sex, current dollars, fourth quarter 2024
AgeTotalMenWomen

16 years and over

1,192 1,302 1,083

16 to 24 years

766 796 721

25 to 34 years

1,136 1,187 1,062

35 to 44 years

1,356 1,488 1,205

45 to 54 years

1,336 1,468 1,193

55 to 64 years

1,268 1,442 1,097

65 years and over

1,159 1,313 1,055

Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted.

The women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio also varied by age. Women ages 16 to 24 earned 90.6 percent as much as men in the same age group, compared with 84.5 percent for those ages 25 to 54 and 76.7 percent for those age 55 and over.

These data are from the Current Population Survey and are not seasonally adjusted. For more information, see “Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2024” and more charts of usual weekly earnings data. Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week at their sole or main job. The median is the midpoint in the earnings distribution; half of workers earn more than the median and half earn less.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Median weekly earnings were $1,302 for men, $1,083 for women in fourth quarter 2024 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/median-weekly-earnings-were-1302-for-men-1083-for-women-in-fourth-quarter-2024.htm (visited March 18, 2025).

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