Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, third quarter 2008 averages, not seasonally adjusted Number of Upper limit of: workers Characteristic (in thousand- First First Second Third Ninth s) decile quartile quartile quartile decile (median) SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Total, 16 years and over....................................... 107,194 $345 $484 $720 $1,131 $1,708 Men.......................................................... 60,170 376 519 796 1,246 1,886 Women........................................................ 47,025 319 435 631 966 1,435 White........................................................ 86,600 352 493 739 1,154 1,745 Men........................................................ 49,727 380 529 816 1,272 1,897 Women...................................................... 36,873 325 450 649 985 1,460 Black or African American.................................... 12,878 311 411 589 882 1,307 Men........................................................ 6,085 337 470 646 952 1,374 Women...................................................... 6,793 294 386 530 789 1,243 Asian........................................................ 5,266 368 525 854 1,362 1,916 Men........................................................ 3,004 401 606 960 1,561 2,261 Women...................................................... 2,261 330 470 723 1,121 1,645 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................. 16,095 301 387 529 803 1,199 Men........................................................ 10,197 316 403 566 852 1,255 Women...................................................... 5,898 286 354 498 723 1,103 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Total, 25 years and over....................................... 95,869 374 513 763 1,180 1,766 Less than a high school diploma.............................. 7,841 284 347 471 631 877 High school graduates, no college (1)........................ 27,759 341 453 618 887 1,240 Some college or associate degree............................. 26,599 382 514 725 1,039 1,435 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)............................. 33,671 552 761 1,131 1,666 2,329 Bachelor's degree only..................................... 21,979 507 712 1,020 1,542 2,116 Advanced degree............................................ 11,692 642 896 1,333 1,895 2,881 Men, 25 years and over....................................... 53,731 403 578 857 1,328 1,911 Less than a high school diploma............................ 5,459 298 382 505 697 924 High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 16,239 385 508 710 993 1,366 Some college or associate degree........................... 13,805 431 593 835 1,182 1,596 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 18,227 603 866 1,291 1,889 2,719 Bachelor's degree only................................... 12,025 579 811 1,173 1,760 2,386 Advanced degree.......................................... 6,202 695 988 1,509 2,139 3,192 Women, 25 years and over..................................... 42,139 338 469 666 1,011 1,487 Less than a high school diploma............................ 2,381 256 305 381 492 647 High school graduates, no college (1)...................... 11,520 306 396 518 710 983 Some college or associate degree........................... 12,794 343 471 622 880 1,189 Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........................... 15,443 499 685 968 1,401 1,906 Bachelor's degree only................................... 9,954 461 631 888 1,265 1,764 Advanced degree.......................................... 5,490 608 824 1,166 1,605 2,287 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Ten percent of all full-time wage and salary workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile; 25 percent earn less than the upper limit of the first quartile; 50 percent earn less than the upper limit of the second quartile, or median; 75 percent earn less than the upper limit of the third quartile; and 90 percent earn less than the upper limit of the ninth decile. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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