This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from United States statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from American statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other American-specific metadata information.
Indicator |
Usual weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers by disability status, age, sex |
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Organisation |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics/Current Population Survey |
Unit of measure |
Median weekly earnings in U.S. dollars. |
Data sources |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics/Current Population Survey - https://www.bls.gov/cps/ |
Data providers |
BLS Division of International Technical Cooperation staff |
Comment and limitations |
Earnings data by occupation for people with a disability are not available. |
Method of computation |
Source: Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly national sample household survey. Technical Documentation and Methodology: https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Information about the disability data is also available at https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_faq.htm |
Actual indicator available - description |
Median weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers who indicated they have a disability. |
Date of national source publication |
Early 2017 |
Periodicity |
Annual |
Scheduled update by national source |
Annual data for 2017 will be available in early 2018 |
Date metadata updated |
October 2017 |
Disaggregation categories |
Disability |
International and national references |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - www.bls.gov |
Time period |
2009-2016 |
Data last updated | Jun 06, 2024 |
Metadata last updated | Jul 08, 2024 |