SWA2014-Wages | Table 4.44 | Trends in education wage gaps, key wage group wage gaps, and relative supply of education, 1979–2011

Average annual change
1979 1995 2007 2011 1979–1995 1995–2007 1995–2011
Education wage gaps*
College/high school 23.5% 42.5% 46.4% 46.9% 1.19 0.33 0.28
Advanced degree/high school 32.4 62.3 66.6 69.6 1.87 0.35 0.46
College or more/noncollege 28.9 46.1 49.2 50.9 1.08 0.26 0.30
High school/less than high school 21.0 27.4 26.0 27.6 0.40 -0.11 0.01
Wage group wage gaps**
50/10 (hourly) 57.8% 69.4% 66.3% 67.7% 0.72 -0.25 -0.10
95/50 (hourly) 86.9 101.8 110.2 113.0 0.93 0.70 0.70
Top 1.0/90th–95th (annual) 122.4 164.1 187.2 175.5 2.61 1.92 0.71
Relative supply (share of employment)
College only (1) 12.7% 17.3% 20.9% 21.9% 0.29 0.30 0.29
Advanced degree (2) 6.0 8.1 10.1 11.3 0.13 0.17 0.20
College or more (1 + 2) 18.6 25.4 31.0 33.2 0.42 0.46 0.49

* Log point gaps based on regression-adjusted models with human capital controls

** Change in unadjusted log point wage gaps

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and Tables 4.4 and 4.8 in this chapter

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