Table E-45-2. Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 25 to 34 with a bachelor's or higher degree, by undergraduate field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status: 2010

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Table E-45-2. Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 25 to 34 with a bachelor's or higher degree, by undergraduate field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status: 2010

Sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status	Total	Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)¹ fields of study										Non-STEM fields of study
Sex, race/ethnicity, nativity, and citizenship status	Total	Total	Agriculture/ natural resources	Architecture	Computer and information sciences	Engineering/ engineering technologies	Biology/ biomedical sciences	Mathematics/ statistics	Physical sciences	Health professions/ clinical sciences		Total		Business	Education	Other
Total²	$50,300	$58,200	$44,300	$49,900	$62,400	$68,400	$50,300	$55,000	$50,300	$53,800		$45,300		$50,400	$40,300	$45,300
Sex
Male	54,400	60,400	45,200	50,500	63,400	68,800	50,300	59,600	50,200	60,100		50,300		55,200	43,600	49,300
Female	45,300	52,200	40,300	47,600	56,200	66,400	50,300	49,900	50,200	52,300		42,800		48,300	40,300	42,300

Race/ethnicity
White	50,000	56,300	44,200	49,500	62,400	66,800	50,300	54,900	50,300	54,100		45,800		52,400	40,300	45,300
Black	43,200	49,900	50,800	‡	49,600	61,800	44,600	47,700	43,500	49,800	!	40,300		44,300	40,800	40,200
Hispanic	45,300	50,100	39,300	50,300	54,500	58,800	45,200	48,400	47,300	48,000		45,200		47,200	40,300	44,200
Asian	60,200	66,400	37,100	56,400	69,600	72,200	51,900	67,100	49,800	60,400		50,400		53,300	40,600	50,200
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	48,600	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		46,200		‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native³	38,100	44,100	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		36,500		44,500	‡	35,300
American Indian	37,900	44,600	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		36,100		38,200	‡	35,600
Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Two or more races	48,300	55,200	‡	‡	61,200	65,500	50,000	‡	‡	45,300		45,300		53,300	38,300	45,300

Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	55,200	60,400	45,300	50,000	63,400	67,400	51,800	59,300	50,200	60,300		50,400		57,100	44,900	50,300
Black	45,300	51,800	‡	‡	50,600	63,300	44,600	‡	‡	45,100		42,200	!	45,200	39,700	40,500
Hispanic	49,800	53,300	40,000	53,300	57,700	58,300	47,300	46,600	50,200	58,100		47,300		50,000	39,500	45,900
Asian	63,100	69,900	38,000	56,800	70,300	72,500	50,200	69,800	50,100	65,700		53,000		54,200	49,400	51,500
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	49,300	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native³	39,300	41,900	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		37,900		‡	‡	35,700
American Indian	39,500	43,800	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		37,300		‡	‡	‡
Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Two or more races	54,500	60,400	‡	‡	61,000	69,600	54,300	‡	‡	‡		50,000		57,900	‡	48,500

Female
White	45,300	51,400	40,400	45,200	50,300	65,300	50,300	50,000	50,300	52,900		42,300		49,300	40,200	42,300
Black	41,300	48,000	‡	‡	43,700	58,900	44,300	‡	‡	50,200		40,300		43,000	41,400	39,200
Hispanic	43,200	46,200	33,700	‡	42,400	61,500	43,200	‡	38,600	47,700		42,800	!	44,900	41,300	42,200
Asian	56,100	61,900	‡	‡	65,100	70,500	55,500	56,700	46,700	60,000		50,100		52,200	39,800	49,600
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native³	36,800	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		35,100		‡	‡	35,100
American Indian	36,300	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		34,200	!	‡	‡	35,200
Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Two or more races	44,100	47,300	‡	‡	‡	‡	49,400	‡	‡	47,400		42,300		51,200	37,400	40,300

Nativity
Hispanic
Born within the United States⁴	47,200	53,100	42,100	53,400	55,000	64,500	47,300	45,300	49,800	49,200		45,300		49,500	42,300	45,200
Born outside the United States	40,300	44,400	‡	‡	50,400	44,300	41,600	‡	‡	42,900	!	40,200		40,300	38,000	40,200

Asian
Born within the United States⁴	57,300	63,800	‡	‡	67,600	70,100	56,300	‡	51,700	65,200		53,300		54,900	49,000	52,700
Born outside the United States	60,300	67,800	40,200	54,800	69,600	72,900	50,200	69,700	49,400	59,600		50,300		51,900	37,000	49,400

Citizenship status
U.S.-born citizen	48,400	55,800	44,300	50,000	60,200	66,500	50,300	54,700	50,300	53,300		45,300		51,200	40,300	45,200
Naturalized citizen	51,700	62,600	49,900	48,700	65,500	70,500	53,600	52,600	51,200	59,900		48,200		49,800	42,300	47,300
Noncitizen	55,000	60,400	38,500	44,300	67,700	69,800	45,000	60,200	47,100	52,100		45,300		50,200	30,100	44,600

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. There are too few cases.

¹ Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, as defined here, include agriculture and natural resources, biology and biomedical sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering and engineering technologies, health professions and clinical sciences, mathematics and statistics, and physical sciences and science technologies. Respondents were allowed to indicate two major undergraduate fields of study; data reflect the first reported field of study. This indicator provides information on the percentage of graduates in STEM fields, but does not provide an indication of the percentage of graduates in other fields who also take significant amounts of STEM coursework or those who have a second major in a STEM field. Data are assembled based on major field aggregations. In the major field aggregations that were not classified as STEM, some individual fields could be classified as STEM (such as econometrics within social sciences and history).

² Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

³ Includes persons reporting American Indian alone, Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or unspecified.

⁴Born within the United States includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Marianas, and those born abroad of American parents.

NOTE: Estimates are for the entire population in the indicated age range, including persons in both households and group quarters. A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A group quarters is a nontypical household-type living arrangement where people live or stay in a group living arrangement that is owned or managed by an entity or organization providing housing and/or services for the residents. Group quarters include such places as college residence halls, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, military barracks, correctional facilities, and workers' dormitories. Employment status refers to the full calendar week prior to the week when the respondent answered the questions. Full-year worker refers to those who were employed 50 or more weeks during the previous year; full-time worker refers to those who were usually employed 35 or more hours per week. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnici

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2010.