In 2023, the gross median household income for Asian households in the United States stood at 112,800 U.S. dollars. Median household income in the United States, of all racial and ethnic groups, came out to 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023. Asian and Caucasian (white not Hispanic) households had relatively high median incomes, while the median income of Hispanic, Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native households all came in lower than the national median. A number of related statistics illustrate further the current state of racial inequality in the United States. Unemployment is highest among Black or African American individuals in the U.S. with 8.6 percent unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2021. Hispanic individuals (of any race) were most likely to go without health insurance as of 2021, with 22.8 percent uninsured.

In 2023, the annual earnings of Asian workers in the United States were higher than any other ethnicity after being adjusted for inflation. Asian men however earned more than Asian women, at an estimated 86,988 U.S. dollars and 70,435 U.S. dollars respectively. Men of every ethnicity made more than their female counterparts in 2023.

In the 3 years to March 2021, black households were most likely out of all ethnic groups to have a weekly income of under £600.

In 2021, Canadians who were neither part of a visible minority nor the Indigenous population had an average total income at least 7,600 Canadian dollars higher than these population categories. The visible minorities with the highest average total income that year were people of Chinese, Latin American and Arab origin. Conversely, those with the lowest incomes were other visible minorities and the Native population.