Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 5. Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, quarterly 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
Men
Women

White
Men
Women

Black or African American
Men
Women

Asian
Men
Women

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Men
Women

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma
High school graduates, no college(1)
Some college or associate degree
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)
Bachelor's degree only
Advanced degree

Men, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma
High school graduates, no college(1)
Some college or associate degree
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)
Bachelor's degree only
Advanced degree

Women, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma
High school graduates, no college(1)
Some college or associate degree
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)
Bachelor's degree only
Advanced degree
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.

Last Modified Date: July 20, 2010