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Quartiles and selected deciles of usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by SEX, RACE, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, not seasonally adjusted:
Quarterly

   
    Q1 1979    
 
 
    Q3 2019
Dollars
Name Q3 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2018
Upper limits of FIRST DECILE
Total, 16 years and over 		461 454 431
Men 		491 488 468
Women 		419 417 407
White 		475 472 449
Men 		499 500 481
Women 		424 425 419
Black or African American 		401 394 384
Men 		415 408 399
Women 		390 381 375
Asian 		516 494 448
Men 		546 527 470
Women 		496 473 428
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 		408 403 395
Men 		449 431 410
Women 		380 382 373
Upper limits of FIRST QUARTILE
Total, 16 years and over 		611 611 592
Men 		662 659 629
Women 		574 566 542
White 		626 629 611
Men 		683 684 656
Women 		581 582 575
Black or African American 		535 518 493
Men 		571 546 528
Women 		514 502 467
Asian 		761 700 647
Men 		824 779 730
Women 		691 627 589
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 		526 512 501
Men 		558 549 522
Women 		498 485 474
Upper limits of SECOND QUARTILE (MEDIAN)
Total, 16 years and over 		919 908 887
Men 		1,002 1,000 973
Women 		825 814 796
White 		943 933 915
Men 		1,025 1,026 1,004
Women 		843 835 825
Black or African American 		727 724 686
Men 		768 761 726
Women 		683 691 631
Asian 		1,247 1,152 1,128
Men 		1,360 1,331 1,252
Women 		1,138 965 965
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 		718 696 689
Men 		757 746 722
Women 		661 621 621
Upper limits of THIRD QUARTILE
Total, 16 years and over 		1,462 1,432 1,408
Men 		1,609 1,580 1,541
Women 		1,275 1,247 1,221
White 		1,488 1,467 1,438
Men 		1,642 1,632 1,568
Women 		1,311 1,263 1,237
Black or African American 		1,116 1,111 1,110
Men 		1,157 1,144 1,171
Women 		1,056 1,064 1,013
Asian 		1,942 1,900 1,763
Men 		2,277 2,101 1,988
Women 		1,745 1,695 1,489
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 		1,064 1,021 1,020
Men 		1,133 1,115 1,107
Women 		964 921 918
Upper limits of NINTH DECILE
Total, 16 years and over 		2,275 2,270 2,107
Men 		2,481 2,479 2,340
Women 		1,903 1,887 1,828
White 		2,285 2,291 2,168
Men 		2,490 2,504 2,412
Women 		1,913 1,896 1,851
Black or African American 		1,641 1,557 1,653
Men 		1,848 1,635 1,765
Women 		1,524 1,489 1,561
Asian 		2,908 2,805 2,573
Men 		3,120 2,914 2,894
Women 		2,382 2,406 2,160
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 		1,631 1,573 1,534
Men 		1,740 1,671 1,619
Women 		1,473 1,418 1,374
   

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