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)
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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)