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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, 1st quarter 2016 averages
Selected characteristics	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Selected characteristics	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	52,224	$512	$688	$837	$972	$1,141	$1,339	$1,564	$1,905	$2,523
Men	29,200	553	745	918	1,076	1,263	1,500	1,773	2,186	2,903
Women	23,024	486	634	760	889	1,012	1,154	1,353	1,607	2,101
White, both sexes	41,797	522	711	855	992	1,153	1,355	1,575	1,914	2,600
Men	23,785	562	757	934	1,109	1,276	1,513	1,827	2,221	2,910
Women	18,012	499	657	773	903	1,029	1,165	1,369	1,615	2,106
Black or African American, both sexes	5,230	461	591	699	802	924	1,045	1,241	1,563	1,985
Men	2,503	498	636	749	849	960	1,101	1,359	1,663	2,291
Women	2,727	433	552	622	766	878	998	1,148	1,413	1,875
Asian, both sexes	3,984	559	751	962	1,151	1,383	1,595	1,885	2,285	2,906
Men	2,295	630	862	1,058	1,374	1,568	1,847	1,979	2,421	2,966
Women	1,689	467	661	833	1,003	1,153	1,351	1,548	1,897	2,695
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	6,129	383	504	609	733	855	1,024	1,225	1,520	2,092
Men	3,646	386	505	611	747	891	1,131	1,337	1,625	2,288
Women	2,484	379	502	606	710	809	940	1,127	1,352	1,891
Region
Northeast (1)	10,648	578	746	921	1,053	1,211	1,440	1,694	2,012	2,714
Midwest (2)	10,467	577	730	864	988	1,141	1,312	1,541	1,887	2,483
South (3)	20,299	485	632	769	909	1,044	1,225	1,465	1,829	2,477
West (4)	10,811	511	710	869	1,052	1,243	1,436	1,730	2,060	2,720
Footnotes: (1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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 upper limit of 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 workers, 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. Data refer to place of residence.

Standard error of deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected characteristics, 1st quarter 2016 averages
Selected characteristics	Standard error
Selected characteristics	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	$5.11	$6.85	$5.67	$5.52	$4.84	$8.36	$9.35	$5.56	$27.85
Men	10.91	6.27	8.86	13.68	12.57	15.23	23.37	35.80	6.78
Women	6.25	6.39	5.14	7.47	8.19	6.19	11.02	16.71	30.63
White, both sexes	7.60	7.43	6.20	7.48	5.20	8.50	11.95	14.00	34.77
Men	11.68	7.83	7.11	14.45	20.75	14.87	27.57	34.22	21.46
Women	6.82	7.26	6.83	8.43	9.94	7.55	13.01	18.95	37.83
Black or African American, both sexes	17.90	7.28	27.93	16.49	15.26	21.34	21.03	34.29	45.21
Men	13.51	18.57	10.17	26.51	17.38	52.70	26.21	52.51	139.32
Women	15.86	25.74	12.22	19.95	21.15	23.87	15.28	67.25	74.04
Asian, both sexes	29.97	26.02	18.42	17.25	31.55	53.22	10.93	50.01	16.28
Men	26.40	22.14	56.75	55.19	35.47	30.94	89.55	87.18	97.51
Women	28.78	32.69	69.78	29.01	17.43	19.38	28.67	22.25	256.34
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	8.12	9.43	8.19	11.27	18.55	33.70	30.13	37.01	81.80
Men	10.45	10.86	11.38	14.59	36.00	27.01	39.55	54.95	80.66
Women	13.03	17.36	11.15	20.28	23.49	25.45	24.42	57.57	83.53
Region
Northeast (1)	17.60	10.01	15.75	15.49	23.43	21.56	36.26	38.68	57.86
Midwest (2)	11.50	10.91	10.86	12.24	9.36	26.85	18.44	19.21	49.82
South (3)	6.37	8.39	7.03	8.44	12.85	16.71	19.11	32.38	27.24
West (4)	14.03	15.22	14.72	22.39	15.49	18.77	37.60	44.55	78.56
Footnotes: (1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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 workers, 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. Data refer to place of residence.

Last Modified Date: April 28, 2016