Real median earnings growth for black workers and white workers, by gender, and net productivity growth, 2000--2017
| Year | Net productivity | White men | White women | Black men | Black women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2001 | 1.68% | -1.75% | 0.37% | 1.27% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 4.03% | -1.42% | 0.74% | -0.09% | 2.56% |
| 2003 | 6.75% | 1.56% | 0.56% | 0.25% | 0.60% |
| 2004 | 9.67% | 0.62% | -0.65% | -5.27% | 0.74% |
| 2005 | 11.92% | -0.76% | 0.78% | -3.13% | 4.25% |
| 2006 | 13.97% | 0.23% | 2.26% | -1.37% | 3.29% |
| 2007 | 12.55% | 1.31% | 2.25% | -0.51% | 2.62% |
| 2008 | 11.27% | -0.67% | 0.19% | -0.89% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 13.40% | -0.01% | 3.62% | -0.05% | 1.77% |
| 2010 | 17.94% | -0.57% | 6.58% | -3.38% | 1.63% |
| 2011 | 19.00% | -2.94% | 3.44% | 0.37% | 2.18% |
| 2012 | 21.13% | -4.56% | 2.75% | -4.12% | 1.20% |
| 2013 | 20.65% | -2.77% | 2.25% | -1.88% | -2.08% |
| 2014 | 22.47% | -2.35% | 1.78% | -1.78% | -2.95% |
| 2015 | 22.97% | 0.52% | 4.61% | -1.02% | 4.60% |
| 2016 | 21.92% | 0.50% | 9.71% | -1.83% | 3.33% |
| 2017 | 22.91% | 2.56% | 9.21% | -2.07% | 2.57% |
Notes: 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. “Net productivity” is the growth of output of goods and services minus depreciation per hour worked.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) Historical Income Tables (Table P-38) and of data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (see technical appendix of Understanding the Historic Divergence Between Productivity and a Typical Worker's Pay for more detailed information)