This statistic shows the average annual percent change in median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States in 2023, by gender and educational attainment. Male workers with some college or associate’s degrees tended to earn around 0.7 percent more in 2023 than the preceding previous year. Female workers with some college or associate's degrees earned about 1.5 percent more in 2023 than the year before.
Percent change of median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States between 2021 and 2023, by gender and educational attainment
Characteristic
Women
Men
Less than a high school diploma
0%
-1%
High school graduate, no college
0.5%
0.7%
Some college or associate’s degree
1.5%
0.7%
Bachelor’s degree and higher
0.6%
1.7%
-1%-0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%2%
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 24, 2024). Percent change of median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States between 2021 and 2023, by gender and educational attainment [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185413/change-of-usual-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers-by-gender-and-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent change of median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States between 2021 and 2023, by gender and educational attainment." Chart. June 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185413/change-of-usual-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers-by-gender-and-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Percent change of median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States between 2021 and 2023, by gender and educational attainment. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185413/change-of-usual-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers-by-gender-and-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent Change of Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States between 2021 and 2023, by Gender and Educational Attainment." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185413/change-of-usual-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers-by-gender-and-education/
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