Black--white wage gaps are wide no matter how you slice the data: Average wages of black and white workers, by gender, wage percentile, and education, 2019
| Black | White | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | $21.05 | $28.66 |
| Men | $20.60 | $29.13 |
| Women | $18.61 | $22.35 |
| 10th | $9.61 | $10.56 |
| Median | $16.12 | $21.32 |
| 95th | $47.94 | $73.38 |
| High school | $16.37 | $20.04 |
| College | $27.81 | $35.90 |
| Advanced degree | $37.33 | $45.29 |
Note: White refers to non-Hispanic whites, black refers to blacks alone.
Source: Authors’ analysis of Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Data Library, [Median/average hourly wages], 2019, and of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org, adapted from State of Working America Wages 2019.