Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, fourth quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted






Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 4th quarter 2009 averages, not seasonally adjusted





	Characteristic
	Number of
workers
(in
thousands)		
	Upper limit of:




	First decile
	First
quartile		
	Second
quartile
(median)		
	Third
quartile		
	Ninth
decile		








	
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

				





	
Total, 16 years and over

	98,720
	$355
	$499
	$748
	$1,146
	$1,738





	
Men

	54,422
	379
	545
	825
	1,267
	1,910





	
Women

	44,298
	333
	462
	670
	989
	1,457





	




	
White

	79,964
	363
	508
	763
	1,166
	1,769





	
Men

	45,152
	384
	562
	850
	1,314
	1,945





	
Women

	34,813
	341
	473
	679
	1,003
	1,473





	




	
Black or African American

	11,530
	312
	423
	629
	918
	1,272





	
Men

	5,324
	331
	447
	653
	966
	1,356





	
Women

	6,207
	301
	408
	610
	889
	1,224





	




	
Asian

	4,968
	366
	539
	877
	1,353
	1,899





	
Men

	2,744
	378
	595
	941
	1,465
	2,100





	
Women

	2,224
	351
	494
	786
	1,232
	1,725





	




	
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

	14,513
	301
	383
	547
	819
	1,283





	
Men

	9,007
	313
	398
	581
	867
	1,389





	
Women

	5,506
	290
	356
	503
	740
	1,145





	




	
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

				





	
Total, 25 years and over

	90,414
	376
	524
	780
	1,184
	1,781





	
Less than a high school diploma

	7,088
	285
	342
	449
	617
	823





	
High school graduates, no college(1)

	24,446
	342
	460
	638
	900
	1,238





	
Some college or associate degree

	25,066
	385
	518
	735
	1,027
	1,419





	
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

	33,814
	545
	759
	1,121
	1,645
	2,320





	
Bachelor's degree only

	21,977
	511
	710
	1,020
	1,495
	2,103





	
Advanced degree

	11,836
	648
	908
	1,309
	1,900
	2,891





	




	
Men, 25 years and over

	49,764
	400
	590
	871
	1,337
	1,979





	
Less than a high school diploma

	4,832
	301
	378
	506
	686
	917





	
High school graduates, no college(1)

	14,426
	376
	514
	721
	994
	1,370





	
Some college or associate degree

	12,861
	431
	607
	833
	1,177
	1,604





	
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

	17,645
	601
	873
	1,273
	1,896
	2,790





	
Bachelor's degree only

	11,547
	572
	790
	1,168
	1,745
	2,402





	
Advanced degree

	6,097
	743
	1,019
	1,519
	2,277
	3,342





	




	
Women, 25 years and over

	40,650
	348
	484
	700
	1,021
	1,497





	
Less than a high school diploma

	2,256
	263
	304
	371
	477
	606





	
High school graduates, no college(1)

	10,020
	319
	405
	547
	748
	996





	
Some college or associate degree

	12,205
	350
	477
	640
	888
	1,158





	
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

	16,169
	507
	692
	963
	1,384
	1,893





	
Bachelor's degree only

	10,430
	484
	639
	890
	1,265
	1,744





	
Advanced degree

	5,739
	600
	798
	1,122
	1,583
	2,156









	

		Footnotes

		(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 percent 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.

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Last Modified Date: January 21, 2010