Wages and salaries in the U.S.

Statistics report about wages and salaries in the United States

Wages and salaries in the U.S.

This report presents a statistical overview of wages and salaries in the United States. It contains data on average wages, including median individual earnings, and median household earnings by selected characteristics. It additionally presents data on wages in different industries, and closes with a comprehensive look at the minimum wage, and statistical variations for diversity in income data.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. personal income 1991-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. household income distribution 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. total compensation per employee 2000-2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. inflation rate versus wage growth 2020-2024
  • Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings for all employees 2011-2024
  • Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings nonfarm payroll employees 2022-2024

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 2022, by ethnicity and occupation
  • Premium Statistic U.S. unions median weekly earnings 2023, by union affiliation and age

Median household earnings

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median household income by age 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by education of householder
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by race and ethnicity

Compensation by industry

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary accruals 2022, by industry
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median annual wage 2022, by major occupational group
  • Basic Statistic U.S. business sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector real compensation quarterly change 2020-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. manufacturing sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. highest paying occupations 2022

The minimum wage

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage: real and nominal value 1938-2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage if it grew with productivity 1968-2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage 2024, by state
  • Premium Statistic U.S. percentage of minimum wage workers 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic U.S. percentage distribution of low wage workers 2022, by age
  • Premium Statistic U.S. number of minimum wage workers 2022, by industry
  • Premium Statistic U.S. share of adults who support a minimum wage increase 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 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Hispanic families 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. median household income of same-sex couples 2022, by household composition

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