In 2022, the median usual weekly earnings of a white full-time employee in the United States amounted to 1,085 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2022 U.S. dollars. Unadjusted median wages for white workers in the U.S. can be found here.
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022
(in constant 2022U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 1, 2024). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in constant 2022U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in constant 2022U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in constant 2022U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Inflation Adjusted Weekly Earnings of White Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2022 (in Constant 2022u.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in constant 2022U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited November 12, 2024)
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of white full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in constant 2022U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185294/median-weekly-earnings-of-white-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
