Table 4.21

Hourly wage growth by gender and race/ethnicity, 1989–2011 (2011 dollars)

Real hourly wage  Change
1989 1995 2000 2007 2011 1989–2000 1989–1995 1995–2000 2000–2007 2007–2011
Men
Median wage
White $19.01 $18.29 $19.84 $20.33 $19.76 4.4% -3.8% 8.5% 2.4% -2.8%
Black  13.76  13.37  14.56  14.61  14.26 5.8 -2.8 8.9 0.3 -2.4
Hispanic  12.79  11.65  12.84  13.23  12.74 0.4 -8.9 10.2 3.0 -3.7
Asian  17.77  17.57  19.80  21.92  21.41 11.4 -1.1 12.7 10.7 -2.3
High school wage*
White $18.67 $17.86 $19.08 $19.16 $18.80 2.2% -4.3% 6.8% 0.4% -1.8%
Black 14.91 14.29 15.32 14.93 14.61 2.7 -4.2 7.2 -2.5 -2.1
Hispanic 15.47 14.68 15.48 15.97 15.31 0.1 -5.1 5.5 3.1 -4.1
Asian 16.33 15.93 16.99 17.20 16.22 4.1 -2.4 6.6 1.2 -5.7
Women
Median wage
White $13.31 $13.63 $14.88 $15.95 $15.89 11.8% 2.4% 9.2% 7.2% -0.4%
Black  11.86  11.73  13.04  13.27 13.13 9.9 -1.1 11.2 1.8 -1.1
Hispanic  10.58  10.37  11.04  11.65 11.77 4.3 -2.0 6.5 5.5 1.0
Asian  13.78  14.02  15.91  16.55 16.42 15.4 1.8 13.4 4.0 -0.8
High school wage*
White $13.11 $13.31 $14.09 $14.57 $14.42 7.5% 1.6% 5.8% 3.4% -1.0%
Black 12.09 11.99 12.94 13.24 12.69 7.0 -0.9 8.0 2.3 -4.2
Hispanic 12.17 12.26 12.74 12.98 12.79 4.7 0.8 3.9 1.9 -1.5
Asian 12.48 12.62 13.57 13.22 13.02 8.8 1.1 7.6 -2.6 -1.5

* Average wage of high school–educated workers

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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