This statistic shows the median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of Black full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2018. In 2018, the median usual weekly earnings of an African American full-time employee in the United States amounted to 694 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2018 U.S. dollars.
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2018
(in constant 2018 U.S. dollars)
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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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (November 20, 2019). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2018 (in constant 2018 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, 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 2018 (in constant 2018 U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2019). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of African American full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2018 (in constant 2018 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. 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 2018 (in Constant 2018 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Nov 2019, 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 2018 (in constant 2018 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185303/median-weekly-earnings-of-african-american-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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