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

High school diploma only Bachelor’s degree only Bachelor’s degree or more
1979
1980 4.66% 5.03% 3.01%
1981 5.48% 7.03% 4.07%
1982 6.13% 8.32% 5.00%
1983 6.07% 8.60% 6.04%
1984 6.17% 7.74% 5.50%
1985 6.81% 8.12% 6.96%
1986 6.71% 11.20% 9.22%
1987 6.55% 12.51% 10.02%
1988 6.92% 12.66% 10.10%
1989 7.63% 11.46% 9.68%
1990 7.86% 10.49% 10.56%
1991 7.46% 11.84% 12.63%
1992 7.12% 9.47% 10.21%
1993 8.05% 9.57% 9.78%
1994 7.28% 7.45% 7.86%
1995 7.60% 9.84% 10.38%
1996 6.53% 9.42% 10.19%
1997 7.02% 8.59% 8.63%
1998 5.81% 6.85% 6.26%
1999 4.81% 6.33% 5.06%
2000 3.42% 6.92% 5.46%
2001 3.92% 5.53% 4.91%
2002 3.33% 4.24% 4.41%
2003 3.98% 3.00% 4.06%
2004 3.90% 5.66% 6.62%
2005 3.75% 6.35% 7.50%
2006 3.33% 8.20% 8.58%
2007 4.70% 6.75% 7.59%
2008 4.78% 6.56% 6.82%
2009 3.84% 6.62% 8.09%
2010 2.19% 6.64% 8.19%
2011 2.88% 8.82% 10.29%
2012 3.77% 10.21% 10.23%
2013 3.69% 11.05% 11.58%
2014 6.15% 10.69% 12.31%

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.