• U.S. Median Weekly Earnings — Q4 2015

Median weekly earnings were $825 in the fourth quarter of 2015. Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $729, or 80.4 percent of the $907 median for men...

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, median weekly earnings for black men working at full-time jobs were $674 per week, or 72.4 percent of the median for white men ($931). The difference was less among women, as black women's median earnings ($621) were 83.4 percent of those for white women ($745). Overall, median earnings of Hispanics ($624) and blacks ($643) who worked full time were lower than those of whites ($847) and Asians ($1,091)....

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• U.S. Women's Earnings Compared To Men's Earnings — 2014

In 2014, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $719. Women’s median earnings were 83 percent of those of male full-time wage and salary workers ($871).

Median weekly earnings for women were highest between the ages of 35 and 64. In 2014, there was little or no difference in the earnings of 35- to 44-year-olds ($781), 45- to 54-year-olds ($780), and 55- to 64-year-olds ($780). For men, earnings peaked between the ages of 45 and 64, with 45- to 54-year-olds ($1,011) and 55- to 64-year-olds ($1,021) having similar earnings. Young women and men ages 16 to 24 had the lowest earnings ($451 and $493, respectively).

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