For black workers in the 2017 Current Population Survey, weekly wages at the 10th and 90th percentiles were $250 and $1,442. In this case, the 90-10 percentile ratio indicates that the black worker at the 90th percentile of wages earned 5.8 times the wage of the black worker at the 10th percentile. the black worker at the 90th percentile of wages earned 9.0 times the wage of the black worker at the 10 percentile. black workers in the bottom 90 percent earned 9.0 times the total amount that black workers in the bottom 10 percent earn Oblack workers in the top 10 percent earned 5.8 times the total amount that black workers in the bottom 10 percent earn