In 2021, workers holding a bachelor's degree or higher in the United States earned an average of 1,452 U.S. dollars per week, the most out of any educational attainment group. In total, full-time wage and salary workers earned 1,057 U.S. dollars per week.
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current 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
- Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings for all employees 2011-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings nonfarm payroll employees 2021-2023
Median individual earnings
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- Premium Statistic U.S. Median earnings of full time wage and salary workers 1979-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. full-time workers inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. weekly earnings of wage workers 2021, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. median weekly earnings of wage workers 2021, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic U.S. workers median weekly earnings 2021, by level of education
- Basic Statistic U.S. median weekly earnings 2020, by ethnicity and occupation
- Premium Statistic U.S. unions median weekly earnings 2022, by union affiliation and age
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
- Basic Statistic U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector real compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. manufacturing sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. highest paying occupations 2021
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 1979-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. African American full-time wage workers weekly earnings 1979-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. Hispanic full-time wage workers weekly earnings 1979-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 2000-2021
- 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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- U.S. full-time workers inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. white full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. African American full-time wage workers weekly earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 2000-2021
- U.S. white full-time wage workers inflation adjusted earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. male full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. Asian American full-time worker weekly earnings 2000-2021
- U.S. inflation adjusted wages Black and African Americans 1979-2021
- U.S. Hispanic wage and salary workers median weekly earnings 1979-2021
- U.S. wage and salary workers: change in weekly earnings by gender/education 2021
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 24, 2023). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States in 2021, by Educational Attainment (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185327/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/