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Table 502.30.Median annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25 to 34 years old and full-time year-round workers as a percentage of the labor force, by sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: Selected years, 2005 through 2022
[Amounts in constant 2022 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment2005201020122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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Total, all full-time year-round workers 25 to 34 years old
Median annual earnings, all education levels$48,990(582)$50,290(433)$49,670(665)$50,790(204)$49,740(259)$50,780(219)$50,690(193)$50,450(233)$52,410(763)$53,950(427)$57,510(226)$55,440(245)$54,210(1,073)
  Less than high school completion32,130(442)29,330(428)29,480(859)30,580(1,095)30,720(880)32,020(570)32,480(630)32,490(904)33,430(1,721)35,020(640)35,270(685)35,330(2,331)35,470(975)
  High school completion141,530(644)41,460(299)39,350(298)38,830(327)38,560(212)39,030(301)39,190(287)38,570(301)41,510(440)41,280(416)42,140(641)43,970(336)41,790(254)
  Some college, no degree47,640(321)44,030(1,103)42,130(1,203)44,020(1,115)40,080(587)43,760(356)42,750(787)43,580(412)43,040(460)45,540(1,017)46,110(427)44,980(381)45,230(1,135)
  Associate's degree52,530(1,113)50,190(1,201)46,970(735)47,620(2,470)44,740(566)46,170(995)46,420(1,652)47,530(877)47,640(502)47,350(511)50,620(1,560)49,370(931)49,470(1,089)
  Bachelor's or higher degree66,940(1,320)66,850(963)64,990(352)64,930(394)64,760(754)67,340(1,566)67,970(456)67,660(549)68,400(1,240)69,500(512)70,310(457)71,650(638)71,060(428)
    Bachelor's degree62,340(435)62,290(574)60,340(877)62,000(1,445)62,690(458)63,180(425)62,680(383)62,320(525)64,870(550)64,880(622)68,470(565)67,320(776)66,610(788)
    Master's or higher degree77,090(736)75,320(1,115)77,200(1,346)76,660(743)74,410(1,364)76,580(800)79,430(2,377)80,050(2,226)76,580(1,169)81,660(1,339)79,720(1,391)81,460(1,834)80,180(1,318)
Percent, all education levels270.8(0.36)64.8(0.42)67.2(0.43)67.8(0.50)70.2(0.39)71.0(0.42)72.7(0.42)73.3(0.40)74.4(0.40)74.5(0.39)65.7(0.45)72.3(0.40)75.8(0.39)
  Less than high school completion64.1(1.29)48.1(1.44)52.6(1.32)55.9(1.65)59.1(1.43)58.6(1.76)60.1(1.49)63.8(1.59)61.5(1.78)65.0(2.09)49.1(1.98)53.0(2.17)63.8(2.44)
  High school completion171.3(0.71)60.0(0.79)63.4(0.77)64.5(1.09)68.4(0.80)68.6(0.83)68.9(0.83)71.1(0.75)72.2(0.86)71.8(0.86)59.7(0.79)67.9(0.85)73.2(0.87)
  Some college, no degree67.3(0.82)60.9(0.89)62.1(1.00)61.9(1.12)64.6(0.82)67.0(0.99)69.5(0.95)68.8(1.02)70.6(0.92)69.4(0.99)58.4(1.06)70.1(1.17)71.3(1.10)
  Associate's degree71.8(1.09)65.9(1.25)67.9(1.14)70.2(1.47)69.2(1.16)68.5(1.16)72.3(1.12)73.2(1.08)73.5(1.14)73.5(1.05)62.1(1.30)69.5(1.38)76.2(1.17)
  Bachelor's or higher degree74.4(0.67)74.3(0.60)75.5(0.60)74.8(0.69)76.3(0.62)77.2(0.59)78.8(0.59)77.8(0.56)79.2(0.56)79.2(0.58)74.4(0.64)78.4(0.57)79.9(0.58)
    Bachelor's degree75.3(0.76)74.4(0.70)75.7(0.74)75.1(0.83)76.4(0.68)77.7(0.72)78.9(0.66)78.1(0.66)79.6(0.66)78.9(0.73)73.3(0.78)78.5(0.70)79.8(0.71)
    Master's or higher degree72.0(1.18)73.8(1.22)75.2(1.15)74.0(1.27)76.2(1.07)75.9(1.09)78.5(1.06)77.2(1.05)78.3(0.94)79.9(1.00)77.1(1.05)78.1(0.97)80.2(0.94)
 
Male
Median annual earnings, all education levels$53,250(352)$54,650(316)$52,650(296)$52,300(290)$51,570(293)$52,470(1,128)$54,150(1,009)$55,320(418)$56,020(1,068)$57,490(420)$58,640(284)$58,220(1,356)$56,840(450)
  Less than high school completion33,450(610)31,890(1,275)32,210(1,017)32,580(676)32,550(672)33,530(780)35,200(1,852)35,820(2,776)36,470(627)35,890(545)36,920(2,820)39,670(1,001)36,730(1,589)
  High school completion145,970(399)44,640(1,368)41,870(860)40,360(382)41,120(1,201)42,970(1,166)43,500(448)43,680(483)46,330(759)46,110(434)46,310(478)45,860(1,209)46,410(546)
  Some college, no degree53,860(560)50,690(1,033)48,990(1,548)49,990(1,457)45,590(555)48,930(1,335)47,220(1,603)49,490(551)48,230(714)49,050(1,280)52,050(1,114)50,840(867)50,160(1,020)
  Associate's degree60,150(1,878)55,470(664)54,410(3,175)53,200(2,118)51,500(904)54,250(2,386)52,880(2,276)54,190(1,660)56,550(2,552)55,260(2,264)57,590(969)55,310(906)54,160(2,108)
  Bachelor's or higher degree75,170(1,035)70,590(2,171)71,080(889)72,560(3,243)73,800(1,998)75,290(703)75,190(532)74,540(2,500)73,780(2,598)78,510(2,882)79,250(1,815)81,470(1,817)77,230(1,470)
    Bachelor's degree69,890(917)68,640(477)65,920(503)65,900(2,072)68,880(950)70,000(1,268)70,040(2,344)72,450(600)70,960(556)74,000(2,731)74,800(950)76,490(635)75,080(2,096)
    Master's or higher degree87,820(3,902)88,240(1,889)85,950(2,803)88,380(3,848)82,130(1,779)87,720(2,819)87,770(1,844)91,450(2,311)93,850(2,855)97,310(4,368)89,810(3,558)97,300(2,821)89,200(4,545)
Percent, all education levels278.2(0.48)68.5(0.57)72.4(0.51)73.2(0.62)76.8(0.53)76.8(0.52)78.2(0.50)78.4(0.53)79.8(0.52)78.4(0.51)70.0(0.58)77.0(0.56)79.6(0.57)
  Less than high school completion72.0(1.49)51.2(1.71)59.2(1.71)63.3(2.04)68.3(1.68)68.2(2.00)66.5(2.00)73.4(1.82)67.9(1.84)70.2(2.70)55.6(2.54)60.4(2.56)68.0(3.04)
  High school completion179.2(0.89)64.3(1.00)69.5(0.89)70.6(1.31)75.4(0.93)74.9(1.05)75.0(1.00)77.2(0.89)79.0(0.99)76.9(1.05)64.9(1.03)75.5(0.94)76.4(1.02)
  Some college, no degree76.1(1.07)65.7(1.16)67.9(1.38)67.7(1.51)71.7(1.17)73.9(1.34)75.7(1.14)73.9(1.45)75.8(1.24)73.6(1.31)65.3(1.33)75.6(1.57)78.9(1.53)
  Associate's degree80.8(1.44)72.4(1.74)76.0(1.54)79.4(1.93)75.6(1.74)75.4(1.73)79.9(1.41)79.6(1.58)82.1(1.60)79.7(1.56)69.5(1.89)73.2(1.94)86.6(1.38)
  Bachelor's or higher degree80.7(0.93)79.6(0.85)80.9(0.86)79.6(0.94)83.2(0.84)82.3(0.71)84.2(0.77)82.1(0.78)83.7(0.76)82.4(0.79)78.5(0.90)82.2(0.86)82.4(0.87)
    Bachelor's degree80.9(1.03)80.4(0.96)81.0(0.93)79.5(1.24)83.0(0.93)81.9(0.90)83.7(0.89)82.0(0.84)84.2(0.89)82.2(0.94)77.3(1.06)82.1(0.98)82.3(1.05)
    Master's or higher degree80.3(1.79)77.3(1.82)80.6(1.66)79.7(1.79)83.7(1.52)83.3(1.39)85.6(1.35)82.4(1.51)82.1(1.50)83.0(1.52)81.6(1.53)82.4(1.73)82.8(1.57)
 
Female
Median annual earnings, all education levels$46,590(288)$47,650(312)$45,910(301)$46,450(444)$45,300(365)$47,010(806)$47,370(857)$47,660(733)$47,810(293)$50,360(1,205)$54,900(1,249)$51,470(805)$50,770(326)
  Less than high school completion25,790(546)24,290(1,153)23,300(1,575)25,740(872)25,900(481)26,290(578)26,880(664)28,170(2,006)26,100(1,072)30,510(775)30,370(2,038)32,670(1,265)30,920(1,686)
  High school completion136,000(690)34,130(622)32,910(454)32,660(600)32,570(358)33,920(762)35,220(1,328)32,680(740)34,690(842)35,010(427)35,960(404)36,870(1,611)36,690(488)
  Some college, no degree42,240(1,109)39,790(807)37,460(962)38,720(519)35,700(1,131)38,420(496)37,580(352)37,090(394)37,350(353)41,060(489)40,840(670)39,410(540)39,100(1,565)
  Associate's degree45,320(855)47,050(1,005)40,400(668)40,710(995)38,290(500)39,740(528)39,350(616)39,330(1,935)40,420(1,459)41,090(822)44,330(1,440)43,350(1,061)43,070(1,314)
  Bachelor's or higher degree61,120(477)60,030(1,038)59,890(493)59,410(813)61,760(805)62,570(386)61,730(394)61,250(535)61,130(795)63,690(595)67,000(1,785)65,380(455)65,450(1,159)
    Bachelor's degree56,140(1,298)55,860(534)55,200(1,674)57,150(714)56,950(834)57,050(742)56,850(495)56,180(770)58,590(631)59,090(415)61,210(1,612)61,610(862)60,850(439)
    Master's or higher degree70,920(1,772)68,170(700)68,920(2,331)68,890(2,308)68,230(1,365)72,500(2,883)70,660(2,293)73,380(723)70,430(923)71,050(1,213)74,010(1,691)71,570(978)75,670(2,518)
Percent, all education levels261.9(0.53)60.3(0.54)61.1(0.61)61.6(0.75)62.5(0.57)64.2(0.65)66.5(0.63)67.4(0.57)68.2(0.58)70.2(0.61)60.8(0.60)67.0(0.57)71.5(0.60)
  Less than high school completion47.3(1.87)41.2(2.13)39.6(2.04)42.0(2.70)40.0(2.03)40.4(2.63)47.4(2.41)43.8(2.82)48.5(3.10)55.3(3.25)35.3(2.75)40.2(3.31)54.9(3.71)
  High school completion159.5(1.07)53.1(1.20)53.4(1.27)53.7(1.64)56.6(1.28)58.1(1.25)59.2(1.31)60.7(1.34)60.9(1.32)63.0(1.41)50.7(1.26)55.9(1.32)67.8(1.45)
  Some college, no degree57.8(1.19)55.6(1.25)55.4(1.22)55.1(1.75)56.7(1.30)59.4(1.35)62.3(1.30)63.0(1.35)64.2(1.28)64.4(1.54)49.8(1.67)62.8(1.61)62.0(1.70)
  Associate's degree63.3(1.55)60.0(1.68)60.8(1.65)62.1(2.09)63.3(1.50)62.2(1.89)65.3(1.75)67.3(1.54)66.0(1.72)67.3(1.76)54.9(1.83)66.0(1.78)65.9(1.93)
  Bachelor's or higher degree68.6(0.93)69.5(0.80)70.7(0.89)70.5(0.97)70.0(0.83)72.4(0.85)73.9(0.86)73.9(0.75)75.0(0.76)76.4(0.79)71.0(0.84)75.1(0.79)77.8(0.78)
    Bachelor's degree70.0(1.12)68.6(0.96)70.5(1.13)70.9(1.19)70.0(0.94)73.4(1.00)74.5(0.94)74.2(0.99)74.8(0.99)75.9(1.01)69.5(1.05)75.0(1.00)77.5(0.98)
    Master's or higher degree65.2(1.68)71.4(1.64)71.3(1.68)69.7(1.77)70.1(1.52)70.5(1.55)72.8(1.50)73.3(1.46)75.5(1.24)77.7(1.31)74.1(1.43)75.1(1.38)78.4(1.36)
 
Asian
Median annual earnings, all education levels$62,270(1,244)$62,670(1,800)$67,110(3,651)$64,740(1,445)$62,910(1,217)$64,400(2,686)$67,210(3,707)$73,300(889)$71,130(804)$70,540(2,077)$81,160(2,190)$78,740(3,768)$81,030(1,728)
  Less than high school completion45,120(9,657)(†)(†)(†)27,250(1,283)35,840(7,622)32,930(5,323)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  High school completion139,700(1,736)40,870(2,532)38,850(1,622)36,880(2,490)37,620(1,760)35,730(1,428)36,760(2,289)42,350(3,922)40,150(3,628)34,790(1,654)46,030(3,186)44,320(2,935)50,990(3,017)
  Some college, no degree47,360(2,567)48,330(1,876)43,160(3,352)42,900(5,312)38,100(3,775)43,980(3,289)44,360(2,107)40,710(4,783)46,710(6,380)40,060(3,400)42,070(1,812)49,760(6,358)50,450(2,919)
  Associate's degree54,800(6,144)49,760(6,538)57,880(4,876)41,370(3,667)42,810(4,816)39,250(2,941)50,250(5,031)45,440(2,894)47,230(9,353)46,170(6,500)58,020(6,280)50,000(6,964)52,170(8,597)
  Bachelor's or higher degree76,900(1,175)80,910(2,169)83,250(3,205)77,410(1,326)76,720(3,182)86,700(3,549)85,580(3,326)84,860(1,382)83,750(2,486)85,150(3,755)87,540(4,544)92,590(3,656)91,130(3,921)
    Bachelor's degree74,670(5,471)70,130(4,839)77,130(2,922)75,380(5,491)70,610(2,323)78,470(4,096)75,060(2,547)79,650(2,762)72,750(4,111)70,700(2,803)80,210(3,405)76,950(3,925)81,420(3,096)
    Master's or higher degree83,910(5,870)94,280(5,327)90,590(1,963)95,490(7,779)90,680(5,245)95,500(4,871)99,510(6,405)96,090(6,291)95,570(2,207)99,980(4,285)98,310(5,425)108,090(5,966)107,290(8,295)
Percent, all education levels269.8(1.62)68.6(1.38)70.1(1.52)68.3(1.76)70.8(1.42)72.5(1.55)76.6(1.34)75.2(1.45)77.0(1.24)76.6(1.60)69.3(1.64)75.9(1.40)76.9(1.44)
  Less than high school completion65.1(7.36)50.0(11.09)56.3(7.31)58.5(8.64)56.0(8.09)75.3(7.33)77.8(7.1)(†)76.5(7.38)84.1(8)(†)(†)(†)
  High school completion170.6(4.46)63.4(3.64)68.2(3.27)63.9(5.34)68.7(4.49)77.6(3.62)79.7(3.16)71.9(5.10)81.8(3.65)69.6(4.53)49.8(5.30)71.5(4.61)69.1(5.31)
  Some college, no degree73.1(4.13)59.0(4.95)53.6(4.27)62.7(5.84)62.4(5.24)69.4(4.30)71.5(4.01)69.4(4.57)69.5(5.20)70.7(5.11)48.2(6.52)69.6(5.33)65.2(5.00)
  Associate's degree71.0(5.49)59.5(5.68)65.2(5.51)70.6(5.80)77.4(4.43)65.5(5.92)70.9(5.79)71.2(5.29)70.8(5.61)78.2(5.59)46.8(5.57)57.9(6.63)68.4(6.64)
  Bachelor's or higher degree69.1(2.05)74.1(1.75)74.4(1.76)70.3(2.20)72.6(1.60)72.5(1.92)77.3(1.53)76.8(1.74)77.7(1.42)77.6(1.80)76.0(1.60)79.6(1.46)79.6(1.74)
    Bachelor's degree71.9(2.58)76.9(2.04)75.7(2.27)70.0(2.92)75.1(1.98)73.8(2.35)76.4(2.15)76.0(2.59)79.3(1.67)75.9(2.45)73.9(2.28)78.4(2.34)78.8(2.54)
    Master's or higher degree64.5(3.23)70.1(3.19)72.6(2.75)70.9(3.50)69.0(2.74)71.0(2.91)78.5(2.15)77.9(2.40)75.6(2.39)79.8(2.38)78.3(2.18)80.6(2.12)80.4(2.22)
 
Black
Median annual earnings, all education levels$43,730(1,116)$42,780(552)$40,930(495)$42,810(2,154)$39,190(495)$43,440(786)$41,980(1,694)$42,170(748)$42,740(624)$43,660(1,749)$46,550(645)$45,170(421)$46,040(680)
  Less than high school completion32,280(1,352)29,390(2,204)27,420(1,952)26,260(1,663)27,380(1,802)38,160(2,882)26,900(3,034)29,320(2,516)30,160(4,907)31,270(3,500)34,070(5,456)38,080(5,505)32,210(3,854)
  High school completion134,580(1,429)35,080(792)34,190(596)33,580(1,088)32,270(640)34,340(1,747)34,360(1,608)35,910(1,289)35,510(879)35,390(796)39,630(3,289)39,370(1,176)37,530(1,465)
  Some college, no degree44,290(2,373)40,640(845)39,640(725)40,360(1,683)34,610(2,111)39,140(956)38,430(590)37,260(856)41,520(890)42,810(2,350)42,360(1,565)39,220(1,277)40,260(1,329)
  Associate's degree42,420(1,786)42,220(2,074)41,320(2,931)44,170(5,270)39,280(1,253)39,230(1,154)38,780(977)42,480(3,231)41,800(1,310)42,190(1,612)41,890(1,867)45,150(3,898)46,950(3,569)
  Bachelor's or higher degree60,000(2,316)56,120(991)57,490(3,144)57,420(1,399)58,780(1,642)59,180(1,743)62,000(1,668)55,870(2,251)53,940(1,852)55,060(2,356)58,790(1,359)60,140(1,486)61,150(702)
    Bachelor's degree55,730(2,367)54,660(1,186)51,980(1,403)52,650(2,165)58,000(1,432)52,960(3,302)56,690(1,802)50,300(1,654)49,070(2,226)52,240(2,725)58,380(867)55,700(1,058)56,030(3,190)
    Master's or higher degree66,840(4,649)65,010(5,081)71,070(2,941)71,040(7,008)61,730(2,157)69,340(4,662)73,910(1,963)67,300(4,534)63,760(3,367)63,720(6,033)62,580(4,649)67,980(5,346)68,970(3,034)
Percent, all education levels266.6(1.12)59.1(1.21)60.2(1.16)61.1(1.50)63.3(1.11)66.0(1.17)69.3(1.18)69.7(1.22)70.5(1.15)68.2(1.31)57.9(1.39)67.5(1.38)73.5(1.34)
  Less than high school completion41.4(4.02)32.8(3.78)29.8(4.17)41.6(5.89)41.6(5.10)35.6(4.37)39.3(5.19)53.2(5.01)43.6(4.57)48.8(6.10)49.0(7.20)41.6(7.62)56.3(9.28)
  High school completion166.1(1.92)54.6(2.02)53.0(2.17)51.9(2.66)59.7(1.77)63.1(2.22)65.6(2.15)65.8(2.22)66.7(2.14)64.5(2.31)53.1(2.44)62.5(2.39)68.6(2.30)
  Some college, no degree61.6(2.66)57.8(2.30)59.8(2.24)56.5(2.89)60.5(2.33)62.8(2.56)67.8(2.38)65.5(2.77)69.5(2.23)64.6(2.55)49.2(2.87)67.2(3.01)69.7(2.83)
  Associate's degree73.5(3.50)64.8(3.34)61.6(3.42)67.6(4.17)60.2(3.32)69.2(3.53)75.4(2.90)72.8(3.65)75.9(3.18)68.4(3.75)57.2(4.01)66.7(3.70)83.4(2.82)
  Bachelor's or higher degree81.5(1.82)73.1(2.09)77.1(2.10)79.8(2.20)76.5(2.11)77.9(2.00)78.5(1.98)78.8(1.95)77.9(2.05)77.7(2.13)72.4(2.19)76.6(2.26)78.7(2.00)
    Bachelor's degree82.5(1.99)72.0(2.70)75.9(2.48)76.3(2.90)75.9(2.54)76.6(2.25)78.0(2.56)76.9(2.22)78.7(2.31)76.8(2.67)71.1(2.54)74.7(2.57)75.3(2.55)
    Master's or higher degree78.5(3.78)76.5(3.65)80.7(3.87)89.1(3.26)78.1(3.49)81.7(3.55)79.7(3.54)84.3(2.93)75.7(4.14)80.9(3.93)76.1(3.75)81.2(4.20)85.8(3.04)
 
Hispanic
Median annual earnings, all education levels$38,680(457)$40,410(680)$39,260(426)$38,580(382)$38,880(286)$39,840(365)$41,420(1,287)$42,090(552)$42,790(485)$43,180(1,003)$46,310(377)$45,490(459)$45,610(633)
  Less than high school completion31,010(505)28,230(459)28,910(802)28,660(1,028)29,910(1,190)30,060(1,007)31,760(752)31,780(585)32,310(1,674)32,980(2,580)35,050(704)34,690(1,441)32,940(1,507)
  High school completion135,830(1,227)38,000(1,434)35,840(1,207)36,300(1,453)37,440(456)37,630(401)37,680(447)36,760(585)37,840(2,203)40,760(861)39,560(1,494)41,240(2,085)41,220(432)
  Some college, no degree47,600(1,188)42,980(1,290)41,060(1,368)39,480(560)39,730(1,099)42,440(1,172)39,370(1,233)42,400(801)42,490(993)42,200(864)43,810(2,311)44,680(656)43,010(2,209)
  Associate's degree52,860(1,851)46,580(2,298)43,500(2,225)43,000(2,518)39,370(1,142)45,330(2,292)44,000(892)44,010(1,143)42,870(1,983)45,670(2,771)47,610(1,649)46,160(2,865)45,770(1,239)
  Bachelor's or higher degree62,750(1,529)60,220(3,640)58,490(889)58,780(1,103)59,940(2,416)63,810(788)61,530(1,341)58,700(1,635)59,230(872)58,320(732)60,540(2,426)61,290(1,963)60,200(1,843)
    Bachelor's degree61,190(1,257)56,720(3,158)54,580(1,926)57,880(1,687)55,730(2,301)63,000(1,116)57,080(1,744)56,100(1,330)54,620(2,185)53,400(2,232)58,160(934)56,670(2,790)57,100(1,930)
    Master's or higher degree76,500(2,879)65,500(4,030)66,830(6,036)62,730(6,187)72,530(4,341)67,560(4,276)69,700(5,736)69,420(4,694)72,330(4,929)70,140(4,356)68,320(1,806)77,070(3,011)62,290(4,631)
Percent, all education levels271.9(0.80)61.6(0.86)64.4(0.84)67.0(1.00)68.7(0.93)69.4(0.78)72.0(0.81)70.8(0.75)71.6(0.88)72.2(1.01)59.9(0.92)67.7(0.89)72.9(0.84)
  Less than high school completion68.5(1.63)53.0(1.67)57.6(1.69)60.9(2.07)66.3(1.81)65.7(2.01)65.2(1.95)68.8(2.05)65.5(2.12)70.5(2.42)47.8(2.62)57.5(2.77)67.5(2.87)
  High school completion175.2(1.35)61.7(1.61)65.9(1.46)68.5(1.71)70.6(1.66)70.8(1.32)72.1(1.47)71.0(1.51)70.4(1.41)74.0(1.68)59.3(1.52)67.9(1.54)73.3(1.31)
  Some college, no degree70.0(1.88)65.5(1.81)62.8(2.07)60.4(2.40)65.0(1.79)69.1(2.00)71.1(1.58)69.2(1.90)68.9(2.01)68.9(2.22)57.2(2.25)68.9(1.98)70.8(2.06)
  Associate's degree74.1(2.46)66.1(2.68)66.4(2.83)76.8(2.59)68.3(2.77)65.5(2.85)73.0(2.27)69.7(2.43)73.0(2.48)74.4(2.37)57.1(2.71)64.7(2.58)69.9(3.05)
  Bachelor's or higher degree74.1(2.08)70.6(2.08)72.2(1.87)74.2(1.95)72.8(1.84)73.1(1.77)78.0(1.76)73.8(1.73)79.4(1.50)71.9(1.78)70.0(1.59)72.5(1.59)77.1(1.61)
    Bachelor's degree73.7(2.35)70.9(2.27)71.5(2.18)75.6(2.19)72.4(2.05)72.9(1.93)77.7(1.93)73.2(1.92)79.2(1.63)71.0(2.14)67.6(1.87)72.7(1.84)76.7(1.76)
    Master's or higher degree75.6(3.99)69.6(3.95)74.8(3.90)69.6(4.39)74.3(4.10)73.8(3.86)78.8(3.55)75.9(3.68)80.0(3.31)74.5(3.59)77.4(3.52)72.0(3.39)78.1(3.46)
 
White
Median annual earnings, all education levels$54,170(326)$55,330(292)$53,110(301)$53,140(316)$52,580(740)$56,060(444)$55,910(396)$56,040(449)$57,450(997)$58,760(319)$59,790(1,047)$59,620(762)$58,120(1,165)
  Less than high school completion34,920(1,718)35,190(929)33,360(1,622)38,950(1,486)35,820(2,899)37,060(2,662)36,750(1,576)36,540(1,148)41,650(3,014)39,560(3,433)38,250(3,654)37,700(3,475)43,830(3,583)
  High school completion146,290(362)43,760(1,117)41,410(738)40,400(546)40,930(1,246)43,500(849)44,260(614)43,250(692)43,780(876)44,610(1,350)46,100(585)45,400(534)45,060(1,212)
  Some college, no degree48,470(546)47,010(1,186)45,030(1,071)45,800(828)43,760(586)44,990(499)44,220(545)47,390(1,138)44,860(1,159)47,240(660)47,580(1,002)48,860(1,521)48,310(1,564)
  Associate's degree53,260(928)54,100(982)49,950(1,998)51,310(628)45,960(779)48,830(1,452)49,520(732)49,250(676)49,730(1,670)51,520(2,477)52,960(1,582)50,090(1,157)50,930(826)
  Bachelor's or higher degree67,630(1,030)67,380(537)64,900(381)65,000(497)65,310(1,397)67,980(1,580)67,760(547)68,250(861)70,450(407)70,660(587)72,490(1,861)72,620(1,425)71,650(490)
    Bachelor's degree62,640(487)62,960(635)61,190(1,745)62,710(1,342)63,110(528)63,420(501)62,960(435)65,240(1,734)67,530(1,382)69,150(845)69,800(796)71,920(948)70,250(1,121)
    Master's or higher degree77,190(888)74,780(1,335)73,710(3,083)76,330(907)73,200(2,362)76,570(1,110)75,690(957)79,890(2,553)73,920(2,492)80,340(3,206)79,440(2,187)76,050(2,045)78,700(1,892)
Percent, all education levels271.6(0.47)66.7(0.51)69.4(0.55)69.5(0.69)72.3(0.50)72.6(0.58)73.7(0.55)74.9(0.52)76.4(0.49)76.7(0.56)69.3(0.59)74.9(0.56)77.6(0.55)
  Less than high school completion64.3(2.17)44.4(2.85)51.3(2.47)51.5(3.22)51.1(2.84)52.5(3.43)57.5(2.70)59.5(3.20)62.0(3.48)59.8(3.99)52.0(3.60)53.4(3.82)60.5(4)
  High school completion171.7(0.88)60.6(1.02)65.4(1.03)66.4(1.44)70.7(1.08)68.9(1.28)68.3(1.24)72.9(1.06)74.9(1.13)73.8(1.23)62.8(1.34)70.0(1.13)75.5(1.22)
  Some college, no degree68.4(1.00)60.9(1.18)62.9(1.38)63.6(1.57)66.1(1.18)67.6(1.33)69.8(1.29)69.5(1.42)72.1(1.30)70.8(1.32)62.4(1.45)71.6(1.56)72.9(1.67)
  Associate's degree71.3(1.32)66.3(1.51)69.6(1.37)69.5(1.79)70.6(1.36)69.2(1.48)72.2(1.36)74.2(1.43)73.9(1.33)73.5(1.39)65.9(1.69)72.0(1.84)76.4(1.72)
  Bachelor's or higher degree74.4(0.79)75.0(0.70)75.8(0.72)74.8(0.91)77.3(0.73)78.4(0.73)79.1(0.70)78.7(0.67)79.8(0.69)81.1(0.73)75.6(0.80)79.8(0.77)80.9(0.75)
    Bachelor's degree75.0(0.92)75.0(0.78)76.2(0.89)75.5(1.04)77.1(0.84)79.2(0.86)79.5(0.76)79.6(0.79)80.0(0.81)81.3(0.88)74.9(0.94)80.7(0.89)81.6(0.82)
    Master's or higher degree72.8(1.47)75.0(1.43)74.9(1.34)73.2(1.70)77.7(1.24)76.8(1.29)78.3(1.32)76.5(1.34)79.2(1.14)80.7(1.28)77.4(1.39)77.5(1.26)79.3(1.33)
 
Two or more races
Median annual earnings, all education levels$52,480(2,069)$47,580(1,945)$47,150(1,667)$50,620(5,673)$43,650(2,240)$50,130(1,245)$51,080(2,857)$47,100(1,926)$49,530(2,491)$52,880(2,965)$55,140(3,664)$55,400(1,824)$51,800(4,965)
  Less than high school completion(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  High school completion141,480(6,674)42,450(5,630)36,160(3,163)42,080(3,477)34,070(2,654)44,550(3,976)41,660(6,502)42,020(5,364)43,110(2,542)33,580(4,294)46,640(3,862)43,960(3,569)40,590(2,408)
  Some college, no degree46,630(4,859)47,660(3,851)40,470(4,854)44,200(4,512)33,340(2,643)44,900(4,202)41,820(3,337)35,810(2,564)37,360(3,324)43,900(2,367)51,590(9,499)43,580(7,487)41,020(2,855)
  Associate's degree58,640(7,236)40,810(4,250)40,770(5,105)(†)(†)55,020(3,875)57,550(8,384)48,580(2,070)(†)(†)45,720(4,603)50,560(9,680)(†)
  Bachelor's or higher degree67,980(4,609)57,220(6,511)70,040(9,120)71,190(8,765)63,590(7,399)60,450(6,395)73,800(11,289)62,450(8,783)64,900(3,358)70,990(3,576)58,890(4,256)66,920(5,541)68,340(2,997)
    Bachelor's degree61,620(5,020)54,730(5,111)64,300(9,510)61,690(8,123)57,070(9,007)52,190(7,125)62,700(7,713)60,060(5,088)61,170(5,449)69,920(5,467)58,140(1,719)56,490(6,275)65,840(4,607)
    Master's or higher degree(†)94,490(19,630)(†)(†)(†)(†)86,710(15,356)(†)82,050(17,689)(†)69,850(11,984)83,100(9,904)74,850!(24,323)
Percent, all education levels264.7(3.31)61.4(2.89)62.8(2.83)65.0(3.45)63.9(3.18)67.2(3.15)65.6(3.06)71.5(2.88)66.1(3.29)73.5(2.69)62.4(3.00)69.9(2.79)72.9(2.92)
  Less than high school completion(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  High school completion161.6(4.96)61.4(6.70)47.4(5.32)60.6(6.98)52.1(6.60)61.5(6.44)54.5(6.88)68.9(5.58)62.4(6.72)70.3(6.12)63.8(6.18)60.6(6.62)64.9(6.20)
  Some college, no degree59.5(6.16)53.7(5.96)60.0(5.96)60.5(7.81)58.1(5.79)67.4(5.64)62.9(6.19)71.3(6.40)61.5(6.19)68.5(6.10)59.3(5.91)67.2(7.41)70.1(7.58)
  Associate's degree75.3(7.43)70.4(8.75)67.4(6.61)(†)75.8(7.86)70.0(7.58)58.8(8.35)76.5(6.76)49.8(9.46)77.7(7.60)63.2(8.68)80.9(6.13)78.4(8.43)
  Bachelor's or higher degree72.5(6.07)70.0(4.73)76.1(4.41)77.4(5.11)75.9(4.19)72.5(4.88)79.0(4.06)71.2(4.27)74.3(4.78)77.6(3.92)64.6(4.70)73.6(4.47)77.9(4.08)
    Bachelor's degree81.6(5.83)70.3(5.72)73.2(5.25)75.7(5.97)79.9(5.00)76.9(5.73)77.7(4.85)72.7(4.64)72.5(5.58)75.4(4.63)65.9(5.28)70.2(5.86)77.1(4.90)
    Master's or higher degree59.0(11.12)69.3(8.30)84.9(5.74)(†)66.5(8.81)62.5(9.31)81.7(6.66)66.6(10.10)78(7)(†)61.1(8.86)80.2(6.63)80.0(7.13)
 
Median annual earnings for other race groups, all education 
   levels



























  American Indian/Alaska Native3$46,380(1,470)$43,210(4,738)$41,390(4,674)$39,600(8,954)$39,060(1,162)$38,350(2,083)$45,600(4,585)$44,300(3,674)$40,210(2,140)$43,540(3,208)$36,570(5,548)$45,570(3,772)$41,170(2,540)
  Pacific Islander346,330(4,772)47,760(2,609)41,650(7,877)50,250(7,007)44,010(5,554)49,990(2,829)43,170(2,001)45,420(5,163)42,730(4,842)42,470(7,153)48,420(7,828)53,360(5,020)52,220(2,861)
Percent for other race groups, all education levels2
  American Indian/Alaska Native362.4(3.94)54.3(4.24)56.7(5.07)60.6(5.26)63.8(3.73)61.3(4.62)62.2(4.44)70.4(4.02)67.4(4.67)70.1(4.76)67.2(4.52)68.2(4.14)68.8(4.31)
  Pacific Islander354.8(6.78)62.5(6.79)73.6(5.82)77.2(6.48)68.4(5.09)77.9(4.63)68.2(5.16)72.6(5.28)73.0(5.40)79.0(7.16)61.5(6.58)68.1(6.39)74.3(6.25)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED credential.
2Full-time year-round workers as a percentage of the population ages 25 through 34 who reported working or looking for work in the given year.
3For Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives, data by educational attainment are omitted because these data for the most part did not meet reporting standards. All data shown for these two race categories are for persons of all education levels.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the noninstitutionalized population, which excludes persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities); data include military personnel who live in households with civilians, but exclude those who live in military barracks. Prior to 2004, standard errors were computed using generalized variance function methodology rather than the more precise replicate weight methodology used in later years. Caution should be used when comparing 2019, 2020, and 2021 estimates to those of prior years due to the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on interviewing and response rates. For additional information about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the March CPS data collection, please see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar23.pdf. Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2006 through 2023. (This table was prepared October 2023.)

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