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Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers were $991 for men and $796 for women (seasonally adjusted) in the fourth quarter of 2018. A year earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2017, men's earnings were $943, while women's were $771.
Quarter | In current dollars | In constant (1982–84) dollars | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Men | Women | |
Q1 2010 |
$836 | $662 | $384 | $304 |
Q2 2010 |
814 | 671 | 374 | 309 |
Q3 2010 |
821 | 670 | 377 | 308 |
Q4 2010 |
826 | 676 | 376 | 308 |
Q1 2011 |
821 | 679 | 370 | 306 |
Q2 2011 |
830 | 687 | 370 | 306 |
Q3 2011 |
836 | 681 | 370 | 301 |
Q4 2011 |
838 | 686 | 369 | 302 |
Q1 2012 |
841 | 693 | 368 | 303 |
Q2 2012 |
870 | 687 | 380 | 300 |
Q3 2012 |
836 | 693 | 364 | 302 |
Q4 2012 |
868 | 690 | 375 | 298 |
Q1 2013 |
860 | 699 | 370 | 301 |
Q2 2013 |
863 | 706 | 372 | 304 |
Q3 2013 |
855 | 705 | 367 | 302 |
Q4 2013 |
865 | 712 | 369 | 304 |
Q1 2014 |
865 | 716 | 367 | 304 |
Q2 2014 |
860 | 715 | 363 | 302 |
Q3 2014 |
878 | 721 | 370 | 304 |
Q4 2014 |
878 | 724 | 371 | 306 |
Q1 2015 |
886 | 724 | 377 | 307 |
Q2 2015 |
890 | 726 | 376 | 306 |
Q3 2015 |
896 | 727 | 377 | 306 |
Q4 2015 |
904 | 730 | 380 | 307 |
Q1 2016 |
903 | 743 | 380 | 312 |
Q2 2016 |
914 | 744 | 382 | 311 |
Q3 2016 |
917 | 750 | 381 | 312 |
Q4 2016 |
924 | 760 | 382 | 314 |
Q1 2017 |
940 | 759 | 385 | 311 |
Q2 2017 |
939 | 780 | 385 | 320 |
Q3 2017 |
943 | 771 | 385 | 314 |
Q4 2017 |
943 | 771 | 381 | 312 |
Q1 2018 |
955 | 776 | 383 | 311 |
Q2 2018 |
964 | 780 | 385 | 312 |
Q3 2018 |
980 | 801 | 389 | 318 |
Q4 2018 |
991 | 796 | 392 | 315 |
Men's seasonally adjusted constant (1982-84) dollar median weekly earnings were $392 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with women's earnings of $315.
These data are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2018." Also see Charts related to the latest "Usual Weekly Earnings" news release. Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week at their sole or main job. The median is the midpoint in the earnings distribution; half of workers earn more than the median and half earn less.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Median usual weekly earnings of men and women, 2010 to 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/median-usual-weekly-earnings-of-men-and-women-2010-to-2018.htm (visited November 11, 2024).