Table 3
Racial wage gaps in the private sector versus the state and local public sectors
Private sector | State and local public sectors | |
---|---|---|
Average African American wage income compared with white wage income | -12.9%*** | -2.2%** |
Average Hispanic wage income compared with white wage income | -11.1%*** | -2.9%** |
Notes: Controls for all models include education, experience, gender, race, marital status, organizational size, metropolitan status, citizenship, Census region, full-time status, and total work hours. Full regression results are included in the appendix tables. See the “Table and figure notes” section of the briefing paper for more detail.
*Probability estimate 0 is >.1.
**Probability estimate 0 is >.05.
***Probability estimate 0 is >.01.
Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata, pooled years 2006 and 2007
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