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

      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.
     
     
     
     

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