African American median weekly earnings U.S. 2022

In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of a Black full-time employee in the United States amounted to 199 current U.S. dollars, which was 42 U.S. dollars below the general average. In 2022, the median usual weekly earnings of an African American working full-time was 878 current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. The median weekly earnings of Black and African Americans in the U.S. adjusted for inflation can be found here.

Median weekly earnings of African American 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	878
2021	801
2020	794
2019	735
2018	694
2017	682
2016	678
2015	641
2014	639
2013	629
2012	621
2011	615
2010	611
2009	601
2008	589
2007	569
2006	554
2005	520
2004	525
2003	514
2002	498
2001	491
2000	474
1999	445
1998	426
1997	400
1996	387
1995	383
1994	371
1993	369
1992	357
1991	348
1990	329
1989	319
1988	314
1987	301
1986	291
1985	277
1984	269
1983	261
1982	245
1981	235
1980	212
1979	199

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1979 to 2022

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, 199 current U.S. dollars refers to the value of 199 U.S. dollars in 1979.

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