Figure C Version B
The gender wage gap is largest among top earners: Women's hourly wages as a share of men's at various wage percentiles, 1979 and 2015
| Year | Percentile | Pay ratio | Pay gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 10th | 86.7% | 13.3% |
| 1979 | 50th | 62.7% | 37.3% |
| 1979 | 95th | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 10th | 92.2% | 7.8% |
| 2015 | 50th | 83.3% | 16.7% |
| 2015 | 95th | 73.0% | 27.0% |
Notes: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation group microdata
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