White workers inflation adjusted median wage U.S. 2021

In 2021, the median usual weekly earnings of a white full-time employee in the United States amounted to 1,018 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2021 U.S. dollars. Unadjusted median wages for white workers in the U.S. can be found here.

Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2018 (in constant 2021 U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Wage in constant 2021 U.S. dollars
2021	1,018
2020	1,050
2019	1,001
2018	988
2017	983
2016	973
2015	955
2014	935
2013	935
2012	936
2011	936
2010	953
2009	958
2008	936
2007	938
2006	930
2005	935
2004	945
2003	939
2002	941
2001	936
2000	931
1999	935
1998	908
1997	877
1996	872
1995	874
1994	878
1993	880
1992	869
1991	860
1990	855
1989	865
1988	872
1987	879
1986	877
1985	858
1984	836
1983	831
1982	838
1981	834
1980	843
1979	867

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March 2023

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United States

Survey time period

1979 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The term constant dollars refers to a metric for valuing the price of something over time, without that metric changing due to inflation or deflation. The term specifically refers to dollars whose present value is linked to a given year.

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