Experienced women’s black-white wage gaps, by educational attainment, 1980–2014

High school only Bachelor’s degree only Bachelor’s degree or more
1979
1980 1.91% -1.04% -3.12%
1981 2.37% -0.10% -2.77%
1982 2.59% -2.25% -3.26%
1983 3.11% 1.37% -0.82%
1984 3.91% 2.34% 0.77%
1985 4.48% 5.82% 3.64%
1986 5.78% 4.58% 2.94%
1987 7.21% 5.66% 3.25%
1988 9.49% 4.21% 2.23%
1989 10.52% 7.13% 4.98%
1990 9.37% 7.10% 5.24%
1991 8.73% 9.45% 6.68%
1992 9.71% 8.10% 6.19%
1993 11.50% 10.66% 8.49%
1994 11.86% 9.94% 6.93%
1995 11.56% 12.51% 8.94%
1996 12.00% 13.35% 10.65%
1997 12.12% 14.36% 13.54%
1998 11.49% 12.65% 13.52%
1999 8.93% 11.38% 11.85%
2000 8.66% 11.57% 12.05%
2001 9.31% 12.24% 11.70%
2002 10.26% 11.98% 11.80%
2003 9.30% 12.59% 12.39%
2004 8.07% 11.82% 11.09%
2005 9.63% 11.48% 10.05%
2006 10.84% 11.61% 9.04%
2007 11.29% 12.14% 10.18%
2008 9.43% 13.75% 12.83%
2009 8.21% 12.14% 12.64%
2010 8.09% 11.46% 12.17%
2011 9.08% 9.74% 10.99%
2012 11.16% 9.87% 11.00%
2013 12.63% 9.84% 10.84%
2014 13.07% 10.43% 10.60%

Note: Wage gaps reflect a three-year moving average. Gaps are of adjusted average hourly wages.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.