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Research series on earnings of nonhourly full-time workers from the Current Population Survey

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Deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 4th quarter 2014 averages
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	49,462	$494	$662	$800	$942	$1,106	$1,267	$1,518	$1,868	$2,406
Men	28,024	517	715	873	1,023	1,201	1,416	1,683	2,016	2,701
Women	21,438	461	616	744	857	981	1,138	1,318	1,559	1,959
White, both sexes	39,890	509	689	828	963	1,131	1,295	1,538	1,884	2,476
Men	23,145	538	735	894	1,048	1,229	1,439	1,735	2,068	2,732
Women	16,745	479	638	758	875	1,001	1,151	1,331	1,565	1,986
Black or African American, both sexes	4,744	392	511	611	732	855	992	1,168	1,443	1,851
Men	2,210	387	514	620	750	891	1,055	1,265	1,549	1,916
Women	2,534	398	508	605	720	824	965	1,085	1,323	1,715
Asian, both sexes	3,550	522	730	889	1,048	1,247	1,466	1,741	2,069	2,607
Men	1,977	601	838	991	1,163	1,386	1,625	1,902	2,293	2,880
Women	1,573	436	620	761	914	1,073	1,326	1,540	1,842	2,279
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	5,702	362	491	605	707	818	957	1,166	1,462	1,921
Men	3,514	375	493	603	728	847	1,000	1,237	1,566	2,095
Women	2,188	340	488	608	689	777	900	1,094	1,327	1,726
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. For example, about 10 percent of workers earn less than the first decile, while about 90 percent of workers earn more than that value. The fifth decile is the median, or the midpoint in the earnings distribution, with half of workers having earnings above the median and the other half having earnings below the median. Data exclude all self-employed persons, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. 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.

Standard error of deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 4th quarter 2014 averages
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Standard error
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	$4.15	$6.39	$7.51	$5.81	$9.84	$8.29	$7.76	$10.67	$24.58
Men	7.90	8.61	8.28	10.11	16.56	13.36	12.50	24.03	50.18
Women	9.26	4.97	4.65	6.94	8.96	6.77	6.34	9.86	26.20
White, both sexes	5.18	7.10	6.94	6.73	6.47	14.45	13.52	8.38	21.55
Men	12.18	6.73	8.58	11.29	13.92	14.18	13.26	26.52	47.52
Women	9.47	8.44	5.43	8.00	10.71	7.31	6.84	13.23	37.25
Black or African American, both sexes	9.00	10.16	7.86	11.06	16.75	19.21	17.97	30.14	48.36
Men	12.98	17.23	17.00	21.39	29.70	46.81	43.79	59.30	68.12
Women	11.81	11.76	9.72	20.83	35.44	20.66	19.32	78.45	60.45
Asian, both sexes	36.31	17.51	28.79	29.65	25.82	29.65	27.73	24.21	91.45
Men	19.24	29.80	25.93	22.17	42.65	22.17	20.73	18.10	90.72
Women	37.82	26.58	17.51	46.26	72.32	46.26	43.27	37.77	78.90
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	11.90	9.04	9.51	19.38	18.96	19.38	18.12	15.82	59.53
Men	13.41	10.40	14.58	22.10	21.61	22.10	22.10	18.04	105.72
Women	19.13	16.84	11.47	19.38	21.69	19.38	19.38	15.83	69.64
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the standard error of the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. Data exclude all self-employed persons, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Last Modified Date: January 30, 2015