Women’s black-white wage gaps, by potential experience, 1979–2015
New entrants | Experienced workers | |
---|---|---|
1979 | 3.7% | 1.5 |
1980 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1981 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
1982 | 6.9 | 2.5 |
1983 | 6.1 | 2.4 |
1984 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
1985 | 7.5 | 4.8 |
1986 | 8.5 | 5.2 |
1987 | 7.1 | 5.2 |
1988 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
1989 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
1990 | 8.6 | 9.9 |
1991 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
1992 | 9.8 | 8.2 |
1993 | 5.5 | 11.5 |
1994 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
1995 | 7.3 | 8.6 |
1996 | 10.0 | 12.8 |
1997 | 8.0 | 12.9 |
1998 | 5.7 | 12.5 |
1999 | 5.4 | 10.9 |
2000 | 4.1 | 8.2 |
2001 | 4.5 | 12.1 |
2002 | 5.2 | 12.1 |
2003 | 5.1 | 9.6 |
2004 | 5.0 | 11.1 |
2005 | 6.2 | 9.7 |
2006 | 3.6 | 9.6 |
2007 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
2008 | 8.3 | 10.2 |
2009 | 4.7 | 10.5 |
2010 | 6.7 | 9.9 |
2011 | 7.4 | 10.4 |
2012 | 9.2 | 10.8 |
2013 | 8.6 | 10.6 |
2014 | 10.4 | 12.1 |
2015 | 10.8% | 12.6% |
Note: Experienced workers have 11 to 20 years of experience. New entrants have 0 to 10 years of experience. Gaps are of adjusted average hourly wages.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) Outgoing Rotation Group microdata