Black workers' median wages are lower than the overall median wage for most occupations, with the largest wage gaps present in the highest-paying occupations.

Median hourly wage for full-time Black workers and All workers by occupational group, 9-county Bay Area, 2022

Occupations in bold are fields where Black workers make up an above-average share of the workforce.

Some occupations do not have data for Black workers' median wages because the sample sizes are too small. Universe includes all non-institutionalized civilian workers ages 25-64 who reported employment for at least 50 weeks out of the past 12 months prior to the time of survey, with at least 35 hours of work per week. Black workers are defined as all in the sample who identify as Black, regardless of any other racial/ethnic identities.
Source: Bay Area Equity Atlas analysis of American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper