Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, second quarter 2012 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic | Number of workers (in thousands) |
Upper limit of: | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First decile | First quartile |
Second quartile (median) |
Third quartile |
Ninth decile |
||
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY |
||||||
Total, 16 years and over |
102,769 | $360 | $505 | $771 | $1,203 | $1,875 |
Men |
57,319 | 382 | 544 | 865 | 1,364 | 2,022 |
Women |
45,450 | 335 | 473 | 689 | 1,030 | 1,530 |
White |
82,045 | 368 | 516 | 792 | 1,236 | 1,895 |
Men |
46,765 | 388 | 566 | 891 | 1,394 | 2,097 |
Women |
35,280 | 342 | 483 | 701 | 1,049 | 1,564 |
Black or African American |
12,198 | 318 | 429 | 637 | 942 | 1,351 |
Men |
5,785 | 333 | 463 | 668 | 974 | 1,423 |
Women |
6,413 | 309 | 414 | 616 | 917 | 1,274 |
Asian |
5,540 | 381 | 570 | 930 | 1,491 | 2,207 |
Men |
3,101 | 407 | 660 | 1,092 | 1,713 | 2,491 |
Women |
2,439 | 355 | 493 | 771 | 1,269 | 1,867 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
16,325 | 308 | 397 | 576 | 876 | 1,332 |
Men |
9,995 | 321 | 414 | 600 | 926 | 1,396 |
Women |
6,330 | 294 | 374 | 525 | 772 | 1,167 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
||||||
Total, 25 years and over |
93,672 | 385 | 543 | 821 | 1,261 | 1,900 |
Less than a high school diploma |
7,140 | 288 | 353 | 483 | 656 | 921 |
High school graduates, no college(1) |
25,234 | 353 | 474 | 659 | 938 | 1,294 |
Some college or associate degree |
25,821 | 389 | 528 | 754 | 1,087 | 1,522 |
Bachelor's degree and higher(2) |
35,477 | 570 | 797 | 1,164 | 1,765 | 2,520 |
Bachelor's degree only |
22,732 | 517 | 736 | 1,070 | 1,592 | 2,292 |
Advanced degree |
12,745 | 664 | 936 | 1,368 | 2,015 | 2,989 |
Men, 25 years and over |
52,119 | 409 | 596 | 918 | 1,425 | 2,112 |
Less than a high school diploma |
4,784 | 305 | 384 | 515 | 727 | 1,003 |
High school graduates, no college(1) |
15,181 | 382 | 516 | 742 | 1,047 | 1,430 |
Some college or associate degree |
13,517 | 428 | 605 | 876 | 1,242 | 1,745 |
Bachelor's degree and higher(2) |
18,637 | 606 | 912 | 1,377 | 1,995 | 2,918 |
Bachelor's degree only |
12,070 | 571 | 837 | 1,254 | 1,875 | 2,598 |
Advanced degree |
6,567 | 753 | 1,099 | 1,640 | 2,395 | 3,481 |
Women, 25 years and over |
41,553 | 358 | 497 | 727 | 1,073 | 1,579 |
Less than a high school diploma |
2,355 | 269 | 312 | 399 | 517 | 673 |
High school graduates, no college(1) |
10,054 | 323 | 414 | 572 | 759 | 1,009 |
Some college or associate degree |
12,304 | 359 | 485 | 660 | 924 | 1,224 |
Bachelor's degree and higher(2) |
16,840 | 523 | 727 | 1,001 | 1,435 | 2,020 |
Bachelor's degree only |
10,661 | 490 | 661 | 935 | 1,335 | 1,881 |
Advanced degree |
6,178 | 612 | 847 | 1,145 | 1,692 | 2,304 |
Footnotes |
||||||
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. |