In the United States, women holding a Bachelor's degree earned on average 1,568 U.S. dollars per week in the third quarter of 2022. This can be compared with male advanced degree holders who on average earn 1,988 U.S dollars.
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Wage inequality in the U.S.
The gender pay gap
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- Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary workers: weekly earnings by gender and ethnicity 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender pay gap by age group Q4 2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wage in the U.S.: share of workers by gender 1980-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender wage gap, by industry 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender wage gap within the most common occupations for women 2021
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- Basic Statistic African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic Hispanic full-time wage and salary workers U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2020
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- Basic Statistic U.S. mean earnings 2005-2021, by educational attainment
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- Premium Statistic White population share with a bachelor's degree or higher by gender U.S. 1975-2018
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Regional differences
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- Basic Statistic U.S. private industry average wages 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2023
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- Premium Statistic Estimated average salary of public school teachers U.S. 2020/21, by state
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- African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Hispanic wage and salary workers in the U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2020
- U.S. wage and salary workers: change in weekly earnings by gender/education 2021
- 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
- U.S. White full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- White full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2018
- U.S. female wage and salary workers - inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2020
- U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
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- U.S. wage and salary workers: change in weekly earnings by gender/education 2021
- 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
- U.S. White full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- White full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2018
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 18, 2022). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/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 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/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 2022, by Educational Attainment and Gender (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/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 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2022, by educational attainment and gender (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185332/median-weekly-earnings-of-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers-by-educational-attainment/