In 2020, the median usual weekly earnings of a white full-time employee in the United States amounted to 1,003 current U.S. dollars. In 1979, the median weekly earnings for white, full-time employees was 248 current U.S. dollars.
Median weekly earnings of White full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in current U.S. dollars
2020
1,003
2019
945
2018
916
2017
890
2016
862
2015
835
2014
816
2013
802
2012
792
2011
775
2010
765
2009
757
2008
742
2007
716
2006
690
2005
672
2004
657
2003
636
2002
623
2001
610
2000
590
1999
573
1998
545
1997
519
1996
506
1995
494
1994
484
1993
475
1992
458
1991
442
1990
424
1989
409
1988
395
1987
384
1986
371
1985
356
1984
336
1983
320
1982
310
1981
291
1980
269
1979
248
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 21, 2021). Median weekly earnings of White full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of White full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Median weekly earnings of White full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of White Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2020 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of White full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited May 19, 2022)
