In 2022, the median usual weekly earnings of a white full-time employee in the United States amounted to 1,085 current U.S. dollars. In 1979, the median weekly earnings for white, full-time employees was 248 current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. Median wages for white workers in the U.S. adjusted for inflation can be found here.
Median weekly earnings of white 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
1,085
2021
1,018
2020
1,003
2019
945
2018
916
2017
890
2016
862
2015
835
2014
816
2013
802
2012
792
2011
775
2010
765
2009
757
2008
742
2007
716
2006
690
2005
672
2004
657
2003
636
2002
623
2001
610
2000
590
1999
573
1998
545
1997
519
1996
506
1995
494
1994
484
1993
475
1992
458
1991
442
1990
424
1989
409
1988
395
1987
384
1986
371
1985
356
1984
336
1983
320
1982
310
1981
291
1980
269
1979
248
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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, 248 current U.S. dollars refers to the value of 248 U.S. dollars in 1979.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 1, 2024). Median weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022(in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022(in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022(in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of White Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2022(in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022(in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Median weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022(in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185267/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
