In 2020, the median usual weekly earnings of an African American full-time employee in the United States amounted to 794 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2020 U.S. dollars. In 1979, the median weekly earnings of African American full-time employees was 663 constant 2020 U.S. dollars.
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Wages and salaries in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. personal income 1991-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income distribution 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. total compensation per employee 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. inflation rate versus wage growth 2020-2023
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Median individual earnings
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- Premium Statistic Median weekly earnings of full time wage and salary workers U.S. 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. full-time wage/salary workers - inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. weekly earnings of wage workers 2020, by gender
- Basic Statistic Weekly earnings of U.S. wage workers, by age 2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. full-time wage and salary workers: weekly earnings 2020, by ethnicity
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Median household earnings
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- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income by age 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by education of householder
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by race or ethnic group
Compensation by industry
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- Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary accruals 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic U.S. mean annual wage 2021, by major occupational group
- Basic Statistic U.S. business sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
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- Basic Statistic U.S. manufacturing sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
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The minimum wage
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- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage: real and nominal value 1938-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage if it grew with productivity 1968-2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Basic Statistic Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by age 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by industry 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by age
Accounting for diversity
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- Basic Statistic U.S. male full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic Hispanic full-time wage and salary workers U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of black families 1990-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Hispanic families 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2021
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- African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
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- White full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2018
- U.S. male full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Asian American full-time wage and salary workers: weekly earnings 2000-2020
- U.S. full-time wage/salary workers - inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2020
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- U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2020, by age
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 21, 2021). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Inflation Adjusted Weekly Earnings of African American Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2020 (in Constant 2020 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited March 22, 2023)
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/