NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Employed full time: Median usual weekly nominal earnings (second quartile): Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over Series ID: LES1252881500Q Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Weekly and Hourly Earnings from the Current Population Survey (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Dollars Date Range: 1979-01-01 to 2024-01-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-16 9:02 AM CDT Notes: Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LES1252881500 DATE VALUE 1979-01-01 232 1979-04-01 239 1979-07-01 243 1979-10-01 248 1980-01-01 254 1980-04-01 257 1980-07-01 266 1980-10-01 269 1981-01-01 276 1981-04-01 279 1981-07-01 285 1981-10-01 292 1982-01-01 295 1982-04-01 301 1982-07-01 303 1982-10-01 306 1983-01-01 309 1983-04-01 311 1983-07-01 316 1983-10-01 316 1984-01-01 321 1984-04-01 323 1984-07-01 327 1984-10-01 333 1985-01-01 334 1985-04-01 347 1985-07-01 345 1985-10-01 348 1986-01-01 352 1986-04-01 358 1986-07-01 359 1986-10-01 365 1987-01-01 366 1987-04-01 371 1987-07-01 377 1987-10-01 378 1988-01-01 382 1988-04-01 382 1988-07-01 387 1988-10-01 390 1989-01-01 393 1989-04-01 398 1989-07-01 401 1989-10-01 406 1990-01-01 408 1990-04-01 412 1990-07-01 412 1990-10-01 417 1991-01-01 426 1991-04-01 423 1991-07-01 427 1991-10-01 430 1992-01-01 437 1992-04-01 438 1992-07-01 443 1992-10-01 443 1993-01-01 450 1993-04-01 457 1993-07-01 461 1993-10-01 465 1994-01-01 463 1994-04-01 467 1994-07-01 467 1994-10-01 470 1995-01-01 473 1995-04-01 477 1995-07-01 484 1995-10-01 482 1996-01-01 484 1996-04-01 488 1996-07-01 493 1996-10-01 496 1997-01-01 499 1997-04-01 502 1997-07-01 504 1997-10-01 508 1998-01-01 516 1998-04-01 518 1998-07-01 525 1998-10-01 538 1999-01-01 533 1999-04-01 546 1999-07-01 551 1999-10-01 564 2000-01-01 568 2000-04-01 572 2000-07-01 579 2000-10-01 581 2001-01-01 585 2001-04-01 594 2001-07-01 601 2001-10-01 603 2002-01-01 607 2002-04-01 608 2002-07-01 608 2002-10-01 610 2003-01-01 615 2003-04-01 619 2003-07-01 621 2003-10-01 623 2004-01-01 629 2004-04-01 642 2004-07-01 635 2004-10-01 646 2005-01-01 647 2005-04-01 647 2005-07-01 651 2005-10-01 658 2006-01-01 662 2006-04-01 663 2006-07-01 678 2006-10-01 681 2007-01-01 687 2007-04-01 693 2007-07-01 698 2007-10-01 700 2008-01-01 713 2008-04-01 722 2008-07-01 724 2008-10-01 727 2009-01-01 732 2009-04-01 737 2009-07-01 742 2009-10-01 747 2010-01-01 748 2010-04-01 742 2010-07-01 746 2010-10-01 750 2011-01-01 750 2011-04-01 754 2011-07-01 760 2011-10-01 760 2012-01-01 764 2012-04-01 772 2012-07-01 766 2012-10-01 771 2013-01-01 768 2013-04-01 777 2013-07-01 779 2013-10-01 782 2014-01-01 790 2014-04-01 781 2014-07-01 798 2014-10-01 795 2015-01-01 802 2015-04-01 803 2015-07-01 809 2015-10-01 821 2016-01-01 823 2016-04-01 828 2016-07-01 834 2016-10-01 845 2017-01-01 858 2017-04-01 863 2017-07-01 864 2017-10-01 854 2018-01-01 875 2018-04-01 881 2018-07-01 891 2018-10-01 897 2019-01-01 899 2019-04-01 914 2019-07-01 921 2019-10-01 934 2020-01-01 951 2020-04-01 1008 2020-07-01 995 2020-10-01 983 2021-01-01 983 2021-04-01 996 2021-07-01 1002 2021-10-01 1009 2022-01-01 1032 2022-04-01 1048 2022-07-01 1071 2022-10-01 1083 2023-01-01 1095 2023-04-01 1107 2023-07-01 1119 2023-10-01 1142 2024-01-01 1136