<H3>• U.S. Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers — Q2 2015</H3>

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Median weekly earnings of the nation's 108.8 million full-time wage and salary workers were $801 in the second quarter of 2015 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 2.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with no change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period. By Gender: Median weekly earnings of full-time workers were $801 in the second quarter of 2015. Women had median usual weekly earnings of $726, or 81.9 percent of the $886 median for men. The women's-to-men's earnings ratio varied by race and ethnicity. White women earned 81.2 percent as much as their male counterparts, compared with black women (88.4 percent), Asian women (77.1 percent), and Hispanic women (92.4 percent). By Race and Ethnicity: Among the major race and ethnicity groups, median weekly earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $696 per week, or 76.1 percent of the median for white men ($914). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($615) were 82.9 percent of those for white women ($742). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($601) were lower than those of blacks ($647), whites ($829), and Asians ($965). By Educational Attainment: Full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $499, compared with $678 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,210 for those holding at least a bachelor's degree. Among college graduates with advanced degrees (professional or master's degree and above), the highest earning 10 percent of male workers made $3,779 or more per week, compared with $2,412 or more for their female counterparts. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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