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Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 5. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the foreign born and native born by selected characteristics, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2021 2022
Foreign born Native born Earnings
of foreign
born as
percent of
native
born
Foreign born Native born Earnings
of foreign
born as
percent of
native
born
Number Median
weekly
earnings
Number Median
weekly
earnings
Number Median
weekly
earnings
Number Median
weekly
earnings

Total, 16 years and over

19,975 $898 94,341 $1,017 88.3 21,929 $945 96,940 $1,087 86.9

Men

11,934 957 50,994 1,131 84.6 12,974 1,000 52,580 1,185 84.4

Women

8,041 804 43,347 927 86.7 8,955 861 44,360 975 88.3

AGE

16 to 24 years

998 621 9,394 624 99.5 1,049 683 9,677 691 98.8

25 to 34 years

4,126 889 24,570 938 94.8 4,477 962 24,820 998 96.4

35 to 44 years

5,538 957 20,911 1,159 82.6 6,049 992 22,016 1,233 80.5

45 to 54 years

5,184 936 19,134 1,205 77.7 5,730 983 19,567 1,250 78.6

55 to 64 years

3,284 921 16,008 1,169 78.8 3,676 933 16,467 1,202 77.6

65 years and over

845 806 4,325 1,020 79.0 949 889 4,393 1,082 82.2

RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY(1)

White non-Hispanic or Latino

3,027 1,276 66,221 1,106 115.4 3,294 1,318 67,524 1,162 113.4

Black non-Hispanic or Latino

2,003 859 11,809 799 107.5 2,360 943 12,391 871 108.3

Asian non-Hispanic or Latino

5,168 1,371 2,304 1,272 107.8 5,584 1,435 2,359 1,398 102.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

9,531 713 11,310 846 84.3 10,408 758 11,819 910 83.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Total, 25 years and over

18,977 921 84,947 1,091 84.4 20,881 968 87,263 1,150 84.2

Less than a high school diploma

3,538 610 2,495 669 91.2 3,748 663 2,454 708 93.6

High school graduates, no college(2)

4,495 735 20,365 826 89.0 5,157 767 21,277 879 87.3

Some college or associate degree

2,842 846 22,982 934 90.6 3,083 889 23,193 981 90.6

Bachelor's degree and higher(3)

8,102 1,521 39,105 1,440 105.6 8,893 1,581 40,338 1,537 102.9

Footnotes
(1) Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
(2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(3) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 18, 2023