Little to no progress in closing the gender wage gap in three decades: Regression-adjusted gender wage gap, 1979–2021
| Date | Regression-adjusted gender wage gap |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 37.7% |
| 1980 | 36.8% |
| 1981 | 35.7% |
| 1982 | 34.5% |
| 1983 | 33.4% |
| 1984 | 33.1% |
| 1985 | 32.8% |
| 1986 | 32.6% |
| 1987 | 31.9% |
| 1988 | 31.2% |
| 1989 | 28.6% |
| 1990 | 27.3% |
| 1991 | 25.6% |
| 1992 | 24.1% |
| 1993 | 23.3% |
| 1994 | 23.2% |
| 1995 | 24.1% |
| 1996 | 23.4% |
| 1997 | 23.8% |
| 1998 | 23.4% |
| 1999 | 24.0% |
| 2000 | 23.9% |
| 2001 | 23.2% |
| 2002 | 22.5% |
| 2003 | 22.3% |
| 2004 | 22.6% |
| 2005 | 22.1% |
| 2006 | 22.4% |
| 2007 | 22.8% |
| 2008 | 22.7% |
| 2009 | 22.5% |
| 2010 | 21.3% |
| 2011 | 20.7% |
| 2012 | 22.0% |
| 2013 | 21.4% |
| 2014 | 21.2% |
| 2015 | 21.7% |
| 2016 | 21.9% |
| 2017 | 21.6% |
| 2018 | 22.6% |
| 2019 | 22.6% |
| 2020 | 23.0% |
| 2021 | 22.1% |
Notes: Wages are adjusted into 2021 dollars by the CPI-U-RS. The regression-based gap is based on average wages and controls for gender, race and ethnicity, education, age, and geographic division. The log of the hourly wage is the dependent variable.
Source: Author’s analysis of Current Population Survey, Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS-ORG), 1979–2021, and Economic Policy Institute, Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.26 (2022), https://microdata.epi.org/, 1979–2022.