• Median weekly earnings were $803 in the third quarter of 2015. Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $721, or 81.1 percent of the $889 median for men.
• Among the major race and ethnicity groups, median earnings of Hispanics who worked full time ($602) were lower than those of blacks ($624), whites ($829), and Asians ($974). Median weekly earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $652 per week, or 70.9 percent of the median for white men ($919). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($608) were 82.2 percent of those for white women ($740).
• By educational attainment, full-time workers age 25 and over without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $492, compared with $672 for high school graduates (no college) and $1,234 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 $3,480 or more per week, compared with $2,413 or more for their female counterparts.
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