Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, first quarter 2024 averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 1st quarter 2024 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	First quartile	Second quartile (median)	Third quartile	Ninth decile
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total, 16 years and over	119,168	$594	$772	$1,139	$1,812	$2,820
Men	65,070	615	817	1,227	1,936	3,003
Women	54,098	576	730	1,021	1,607	2,407

White	89,951	603	791	1,157	1,835	2,821
Men	50,105	632	846	1,254	1,980	3,018
Women	39,846	580	739	1,040	1,612	2,389

Black or African American	16,153	543	692	908	1,431	2,121
Men	7,756	549	707	935	1,515	2,171
Women	8,396	538	680	887	1,348	2,111

Asian	8,568	657	917	1,505	2,497	3,834
Men	4,680	696	988	1,679	2,707	3,889
Women	3,888	618	853	1,331	2,215	3,550

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	23,019	529	660	879	1,305	1,954
Men	13,429	542	682	914	1,397	2,084
Women	9,590	515	633	825	1,175	1,813

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	108,652	613	810	1,190	1,888	2,897
Less than a high school diploma	6,022	470	586	718	973	1,291
High school graduates, no college(1)	25,657	560	695	901	1,249	1,802
Some college or associate degree	26,255	598	757	1,027	1,460	2,042
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	50,719	801	1,129	1,680	2,505	3,825
Bachelor's degree only	31,209	759	1,031	1,551	2,310	3,347
Advanced degree	19,510	922	1,314	1,899	2,888	4,334

Men, 25 years and over	59,273	641	866	1,313	2,024	3,112
Less than a high school diploma	4,071	482	606	788	1,024	1,416
High school graduates, no college(1)	15,877	588	729	982	1,393	1,955
Some college or associate degree	14,225	645	843	1,171	1,658	2,310
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,100	874	1,294	1,906	2,902	4,134
Bachelor's degree only	15,731	834	1,192	1,784	2,678	3,847
Advanced degree	9,369	994	1,489	2,186	3,254	4,867

Women, 25 years and over	49,378	593	760	1,082	1,671	2,491
Less than a high school diploma	1,951	447	547	659	792	1,045
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,780	512	643	804	1,029	1,473
Some college or associate degree	12,029	561	702	906	1,219	1,679
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	25,619	751	1,008	1,479	2,145	3,086
Bachelor's degree only	15,478	706	928	1,337	1,929	2,879
Advanced degree	10,141	877	1,180	1,669	2,398	3,725
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: April 16, 2024