Male wage workers weekly earnings U.S. 2022 | Statista

In 1979 the median usual weekly earnings of a male full-time employee in the United States of America amounted to 292 current U.S. dollars. In 2022, that figure had risen to 1,154 current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. Men's median weekly earnings adjusted for inflation can be accessed here.

Median weekly earnings of male full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Wage in current U.S. dollars
2022	1,154
2021	1,097
2020	1,082
2019	1,007
2018	973
2017	941
2016	915
2015	895
2014	871
2013	860
2012	854
2011	832
2010	824
2009	819
2008	798
2007	766
2006	743
2005	722
2004	713
2003	695
2002	679
2001	670
2000	641
1999	618
1998	598
1997	579
1996	557
1995	538
1994	522
1993	510
1992	501
1991	493
1990	481
1989	468
1988	449
1987	434
1986	419
1985	407
1984	392
1983	379
1982	364
1981	340
1980	313
1979	292

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1979 to 2022

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

The term "current U.S. dollars" refers to the value of the currency at the recorded time, and is not adjusted for inflation. In the case of 1979, 292 current U.S. dollars refers to the value of 292 U.S. dollars in 1979.

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