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In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a Black full-time employee in the United States amounted to 199 current U.S. dollars, which was 42 U.S. dollars below the general average. In 2021, the median usual weekly earnings of an African American working full-time was 801 current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. The median weekly earnings of Black and African Americans in the U.S. adjusted for inflation can be found Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 24, 2023). Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of African American Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2021 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited September 29, 2023)
Median weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2021 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185269/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/