Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected
characteristics, third quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Number of Upper limit of:
workers
Characteristic (in
thousands) First First Second Third Ninth
decile quartile quartile quartile decile
(median)
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total, 16 years and over....................................... 100,060 $346 $488 $738 $1,147 $1,755
Men.......................................................... 55,359 369 518 812 1,267 1,905
Women........................................................ 44,701 328 449 657 984 1,459
White........................................................ 81,315 350 497 753 1,166 1,795
Men........................................................ 45,963 375 532 835 1,298 1,913
Women...................................................... 35,352 329 458 668 997 1,479
Black or African American.................................... 11,514 327 420 607 903 1,286
Men........................................................ 5,335 332 447 622 949 1,440
Women...................................................... 6,179 323 408 593 848 1,171
Asian........................................................ 4,919 378 546 877 1,354 1,991
Men........................................................ 2,764 396 583 941 1,539 2,209
Women...................................................... 2,155 346 511 777 1,225 1,782
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 14,586 296 376 527 806 1,250
Men........................................................ 9,203 300 386 539 836 1,308
Women...................................................... 5,383 291 358 513 761 1,147
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over....................................... 90,595 373 517 774 1,192 1,838
Less than a high school diploma.............................. 7,278 283 341 448 615 858
High school graduates, no college (1)........................ 25,492 339 454 621 895 1,224
Some college or associate degree............................. 24,958 382 509 720 1,029 1,419
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)............................. 32,867 569 774 1,145 1,732 2,410
Bachelor's degree only..................................... 21,030 519 726 1,026 1,548 2,206
Advanced degree............................................ 11,837 672 923 1,336 1,906 2,896
Men, 25 years and over....................................... 50,098 396 573 870 1,337 1,930
Less than a high school diploma............................ 4,924 296 375 495 686 926
High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 14,806 374 501 715 1,000 1,375
Some college or associate degree........................... 12,923 419 578 824 1,164 1,562
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 17,445 602 879 1,310 1,905 2,883
Bachelor's degree only................................... 11,251 575 807 1,194 1,775 2,490
Advanced degree.......................................... 6,194 737 1,046 1,536 2,190 3,260
Women, 25 years and over..................................... 40,497 346 480 691 1,017 1,516
Less than a high school diploma............................ 2,353 260 306 382 501 626
High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 10,686 315 404 545 734 983
Some college or associate degree........................... 12,036 352 467 624 867 1,196
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 15,422 518 721 981 1,414 1,930
Bachelor's degree only................................... 9,779 492 659 905 1,273 1,857
Advanced degree.......................................... 5,643 628 841 1,161 1,641 2,252
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 per-
cent earn less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less than the upper limit of the second quartile,
or median; 75 percent earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent earn less than the upper limit of
the ninth decile. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals
because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any
race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
