In The US, Asian And Middle Eastern Women Out-Earn White Men: African-born Black Women Out Earn US White Women

From New York Post, "Asian women’s success disproves claims of ‘white male supremacy’" by Rav Arora:

For the first three quarters of 2021, Asian women’s median weekly earnings surpassed those of white men, a trend that only began last year. In the most recent quarter (July to September), Asian women earned close to 10 percent more than white men. The highest-earning Asian female groups are Taiwanese, Indian and Chinese.

Asian women are hardly outliers. According to the latest 2019 census data, women of various Middle Eastern backgrounds out-earned their white counterparts: full-time working Iranian, Turkish and Palestinian women’s earnings were higher than those of white women. Moreover, a 2017 University of Michigan study found African-born black women had both higher earnings and income growth compared to white women in the US.

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Source: NY Post

Wai Wah Chin, Charter President of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Greater New York, said she is unsurprised by the latest labor statistics.

"The majority of Asian Americans are foreign-born and retain classic immigrant values,” Chin told me. “Hard work and extra work are mere facts of life. It’s part of survival, it’s part of facing higher hurdles, particularly in education where high-performing Asians are told they don’t belong in top schools. Still, immigrants from Asia, both male and female, prize education. They bring greater training and respect for STEM skills, which are in demand globally. The traditional immigrant family structure also allows better focus on work. Barring distortions such as biases and quotas, workers of any race, gender and ethnicity with skills in demand and who do good hard work, are naturally better compensated."