Black and Hispanic workers earn lower wages and have smaller gender wage disparities than their white and Asian American and Pacific Islander counterparts: Median wages by race/ethnicity and gender, 2019
| Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|
| White | $19.23 | $24.00 |
| Black | $15.80 | $16.89 |
| Hispanic | $15.00 | $17.00 |
| AAPI | $21.50 | $27.50 |
Notes: AAPI refers to Asian American and Pacific Islander. Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, AAPI non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race). Wages are in 2019 dollars.
Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from EPI Microdata Extracts, Version 1.0.24 (2021); https://microdata.epi.org.