Median weekly earnings $971 for women, $1,164 for men, in third quarter 2022

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 120.2 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,070 in the third quarter of 2022. Women had median weekly earnings of $971, or 83.4 percent of the $1,164 median for men. By age, usual weekly earnings were highest for men ages 35 to 64: median weekly earnings were $1,299 for men ages 35 to 44, $1,398 for men ages 45 to 54, and $1,346 for men ages 55 to 64.

Among women, usual weekly earnings were highest for workers ages 35 to 54: median weekly earnings were $1,086 for women ages 35 to 44 and $1,071 for women ages 45 to 54. Men and women ages 16 to 24 had the lowest median weekly earnings, $713 and $639, respectively. Men's and women's earnings were closer among younger workers than older workers; for example, women ages 16 to 24 earned 89.6 percent as much as men in the same age group, while the women's-to-men's earnings ratio was 74.9 percent for those age 55 and over.

Third-quarter median weekly earnings of full-time workers ($1,070) were 6.9 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with an increase of 8.3 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

These data are from the Current Population Survey and are not seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Third Quarter 2022." Also see more charts of usual weekly earnings data. Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week at their sole or main job. The median (or 50th percentile) is the middle point in the earnings distribution; half of workers earn more than the median and half earn less.