Real median earnings of full-time, full-year workers for blacks and whites by gender, 2000–2016
Year | White Men | White Women | Black Men | Black Women |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | $57,509 | $41,600 | $41,968 | $34,980 |
2001 | 56,504 | 41,755 | 42,500 | 36,053 |
2002 | 56,691 | 41,909 | 41,929 | 35,877 |
2003 | 58,406 | 41,832 | 42,073 | 35,188 |
2004 | 57,866 | 41,329 | 39,755 | 35,240 |
2005 | 57,071 | 41,926 | 40,652 | 36,467 |
2006 | 57,640 | 42,538 | 41,391 | 36,131 |
2007 | 58,261 | 42,535 | 41,752 | 35,896 |
2008 | 57,125 | 41,680 | 41,592 | 35,103 |
2009 | 57,504 | 43,105 | 41,945 | 35,600 |
2010 | 57,200 | 44,350 | 40,559 | 35,561 |
2011 | 55,816 | 43,032 | 42,123 | 35,741 |
2012 | 54,918 | 42,768 | 40,262 | 35,422 |
2013 | 55,967 | 42,573 | 41,215 | 34,283 |
2014 | 56,236 | 42,399 | 41,281 | 33,996 |
2015 | 57,927 | 43,607 | 41,623 | 36,660 |
2016 | $57,925 | $45,741 | $41,293 | $36,227 |
Note: Earnings are wage and salary income. White refers to non-Hispanic whites, black refers to blacks alone. Because a redesign of the CPS ASEC in 2013 did not directly affect earnings, the data for 2013 are an average of the new and old series. Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables (Table P-38)