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In 2021, the average wage and salary per full-time equivalent employee in the United States was at 75,447 U.S. dollars. Wage and salary accruals include executives' compensation, bonuses, tips, and payments-in-kind. Wage and salary accruals by industry data may be accessed Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in 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. employees - importance of salary 2012
- Per capita disposable personal income in Louisiana 1990-2020
- Per capita disposable personal income in Montana 1990-2019
- U.S. workers affected by December 1, 2016 FLSA overtime increase, by education
- Per capita disposable personal income in Connecticut 1990-2021
- Average compensation of logistics/supply chain professionals by age 2018-2019
- Cost of active fall claims New Zealand FY 2018 by accident location
- U.S. private industry compensation cost share 2021, by industry & component
- Total compensation for crop insurance companies in the U.S. 2000-2015
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BEA. (September 30, 2022). Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/
BEA. "Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/
BEA. (2022). Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/
BEA. "Annual Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-time Equivalent Employee in The United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/
BEA, Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Annual wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], BEA, September 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243842/annual-mean-wages-and-salary-per-employee-in-the-us/