Regardless of experience, teacher wage gap expanded for female teachers: Wage gap between female public school teachers and similar female workers, by age cohort, 1996–2015

Year Young (25 to 34) Middle (35 to 44) Senior (45 to 54)
1996 -9.35% -9.15%  7.69%
1997 -2.72% -9.85% 5.99%
1998 -8.04% -9.77% 1.65%
1999 -10.64% -11.53% 0.85%
2000 -11.78% -14.31% -0.01%
2001 -12.32% -17.70% -1.20%
2002 -12.33% -16.83% -6.56%
2003 -12.34% -16.87% -2.35%
2004 -8.46% -15.88% -5.01%
2005 -8.63% -14.52% -8.23%
2006 -7.98% -19.75% -10.34%
2007 -7.93% -12.45% -11.77%
2008 -7.99% -15.93% -11.94%
2009 -7.33% -17.18% -8.02%
2010 -5.27% -13.95% -8.88%
2011 -6.05% -12.87% -10.01%
2012 -8.39% -15.03% -11.79%
2013 -7.69% -14.89% -12.61%
2014 -11.22% -14.99% -13.53%
2015 -14.00%  -19.10% -13.6% 

Note: Figure compares weekly wages. Regression-adjusted estimates include controls for age (quartic), education, race/ethnicity, geographical region, marital status, and gender for the pooled sample. Data are for workers age 18–64 with positive wages (excluding self-employed workers).

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

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