Figure
Hispanic–white wage gaps are wider now than 43 years ago and largely unexplained by factors associated with individual productivity: Average and regression-adjusted Hispanic–white wage gaps, 1979–2022
| Hispanic–white gap (average) | Hispanic–white gap (regression-based) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.00% | 11.40% |
| 2021 | 27.80% | 11.10% |
| 2020 | 27.40% | 10.90% |
| 2019 | 28.40% | 10.80% |
| 2018 | 29.70% | 11.80% |
| 2017 | 28.80% | 11.70% |
| 2016 | 28.80% | 10.60% |
| 2015 | 29.80% | 11.30% |
| 2014 | 29.60% | 11.80% |
| 2013 | 30.60% | 11.60% |
| 2012 | 30.90% | 12.50% |
| 2011 | 30.00% | 11.90% |
| 2010 | 29.20% | 12.50% |
| 2009 | 28.60% | 11.70% |
| 2008 | 28.40% | 11.50% |
| 2007 | 28.70% | 11.60% |
| 2006 | 29.50% | 11.90% |
| 2005 | 29.80% | 11.90% |
| 2004 | 29.40% | 11.40% |
| 2003 | 29.40% | 11.60% |
| 2002 | 30.20% | 12.00% |
| 2001 | 30.10% | 11.60% |
| 2000 | 29.60% | 12.30% |
| 1999 | 28.70% | 12.80% |
| 1998 | 28.20% | 12.80% |
| 1997 | 28.70% | 13.40% |
| 1996 | 28.10% | 13.50% |
| 1995 | 27.90% | 13.50% |
| 1994 | 26.10% | 12.60% |
| 1993 | 25.30% | 12.80% |
| 1992 | 24.90% | 12.60% |
| 1991 | 25.50% | 13.10% |
| 1990 | 24.70% | 11.90% |
| 1989 | 23.10% | 11.60% |
| 1988 | 24.10% | 12.40% |
| 1987 | 22.70% | 12.40% |
| 1986 | 21.40% | 12.90% |
| 1985 | 20.70% | 12.50% |
| 1984 | 20.40% | 11.50% |
| 1983 | 19.70% | 11.00% |
| 1982 | 19.30% | 11.20% |
| 1981 | 18.70% | 11.00% |
| 1980 | 18.00% | 10.70% |
| 1979 | 18.30% | 10.30% |
Note: Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic and Hispanic any race).
Source: Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Data Library, [Hispanic-white wage gap], 2023.
This chart appears in: