Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, first quarter 2013 averages, not seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 1st quarter 2013 averages, not seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Characteristic	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	First quartile	Second quartile (median)	Third quartile	Ninth decile
SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total, 16 years and over	102,606	$368	$510	$773	$1,245	$1,884
Men	56,829	388	550	867	1,387	2,079
Women	45,777	345	482	704	1,081	1,595

White	81,432	376	523	802	1,269	1,900
Men	46,163	392	574	888	1,409	2,105
Women	35,269	354	493	723	1,097	1,626

Black or African American	12,432	330	438	622	965	1,507
Men	5,784	358	467	666	1,020	1,594
Women	6,648	316	414	597	902	1,374

Asian	5,861	382	566	951	1,533	2,118
Men	3,255	399	602	1,058	1,673	2,314
Women	2,606	361	507	831	1,356	1,893

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	16,016	310	396	575	885	1,373
Men	9,821	322	408	593	934	1,479
Women	6,195	295	373	531	804	1,209

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over	94,167	387	543	827	1,307	1,909
Less than a high school diploma	6,591	286	346	457	617	875
High school graduates, no college(1)	24,768	359	476	651	947	1,342
Some college or associate degree	25,796	393	521	741	1,072	1,528
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	37,013	565	801	1,189	1,772	2,585
Bachelor's degree only	23,764	519	740	1,095	1,624	2,323
Advanced degree	13,249	673	946	1,412	2,000	2,914

Men, 25 years and over	52,102	407	590	914	1,449	2,116
Less than a high school diploma	4,454	296	369	488	665	940
High school graduates, no college(1)	14,746	390	517	732	1,052	1,481
Some college or associate degree	13,411	422	592	866	1,242	1,753
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	19,491	600	891	1,373	2,000	2,922
Bachelor's degree only	12,778	577	825	1,242	1,869	2,720
Advanced degree	6,713	730	1,045	1,608	2,339	3,844

Women, 25 years and over	42,065	366	503	735	1,135	1,651
Less than a high school diploma	2,137	266	317	400	520	705
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,021	326	414	574	763	1,067
Some college or associate degree	12,384	368	488	652	905	1,265
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	17,522	526	736	1,050	1,512	2,085
Bachelor's degree only	10,986	486	674	958	1,383	1,896
Advanced degree	6,537	636	886	1,239	1,744	2,301
Footnotes (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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Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, first quarter 2013 averages, not seasonally adjusted

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