Hourly wages by race versus housing wages in the U.S. 2025| ��ƽ��

Comparison of hourly wages of different races to housing wages in the United States in 2025, by percentile and race

Characteristic	Black	Latino	White	Housing wage
10th percentile wage	13.39	13.72	14.99	-
20th percentile wage	15.8	15.83	17.86	-
30th percentile wage	17.88	17.47	20.64	-
40th percentile wage	19.78	19.07	24.02	-
50th percentile wage	21.86	20.78	27.87	-
60th percentile wage	25.14	23.69	32.94	-
70th percentile wage	29.64	27.42	39.54	-
One-bedroom housing wage	-	-	-	28.17
Two-bedroom housing wage	-	-	-	33.63

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July 2025

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United States

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2025

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The source adds the following information: " Housing wages based on HUD Fair Market Rents. Hourly wages by percentile from the Economic Policy Institute State of Working America Data Library 2024, adjusted to 2025 dollars."

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Hourly wages in the United States are broken into different percentiles to show the hourly earnings of White, Black, and Latino renters in the different percentiles. White workers in all earning percentiles had a higher wage than Black or Latino people. Considering that the housing wages for one- and two-bedroom housing were 28.17 and 33.63 U.S. dollars, respectively, not all earners in the 70th percentile and lower could afford housing. In fact, only white renters in the 60th could afford a one-bedroom apartment that year. Moreover, while only Black renters in the 70th percentile could afford one-bedroom housing, white renters were able to afford both. However, for a Latino worker making a wage at the 70th percentile, even a one-bedroom unit was not affordable.