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Median earnings of US workers up 3.0% in Q3

October 20, 2016

Median weekly earnings of US full-time wage and salary workers rose 3.0% year over year in the third quarter to $827 (not seasonally adjusted), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.

Women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $745, or 81.8% of the $911 median for men, the third-quarter report found. That percentage is unchanged from the second-quarter report, which found women who usually worked full time had median weekly earnings of $744, also 81.8% of the $909 median for men.

For workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the median was $1,266 in the third quarter; for workers with only a high school diploma, the median was $700. Workers age 25 and older without a high school diploma had median weekly earnings of $504.

Among college graduates with advanced degrees — professional or master’s degree and above — the highest-earning 10% of male workers made $3,722 or more per week, compared with $2,416 or more for their female counterparts.

Among the major occupational groups, persons employed full time in management, professional and related occupations had the highest median weekly earnings of $1,408 for men and $1,024 for women. Men and women employed in service jobs earned the least at $592 and $485, respectively.