Table 2
Hourly wages of men and women, by wage percentile, 2000–2017 (2017 dollars)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th | |
| Men | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $9.87 | $12.06 | $14.29 | $17.02 | $19.86 | $23.09 | $27.39 | $32.87 | $43.79 | $54.88 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| 2007 | $9.59 | $11.86 | $14.25 | $17.05 | $19.86 | $23.50 | $27.84 | $34.05 | $45.56 | $59.01 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 6.2 |
| 2016 | $10.12 | $12.13 | $14.31 | $16.67 | $19.74 | $23.53 | $28.47 | $35.73 | $49.09 | $71.34 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | $10.04 | $12.05 | $14.64 | $17.00 | $19.97 | $23.94 | $28.74 | $36.02 | $49.95 | $70.72 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2016 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 2000–2007 | -0.4% | -0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 2007–2017 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.8% | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 2016–2017 | -0.8% | -0.6% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.8% | -0.9% | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $8.59 | $10.12 | $11.71 | $13.56 | $15.55 | $17.89 | $21.26 | $25.70 | $33.86 | $41.28 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | $8.77 | $10.46 | $11.89 | $14.09 | $16.24 | $18.87 | $22.66 | $27.70 | $36.61 | $45.59 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | $9.17 | $10.31 | $12.26 | $14.33 | $16.42 | $19.56 | $23.47 | $29.33 | $39.42 | $50.97 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | $9.33 | $10.88 | $12.43 | $14.59 | $16.79 | $19.85 | $23.88 | $29.39 | $39.96 | $50.99 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2017 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 2007–2017 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2016–2017 | 1.7% | 5.4% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Gender wage gap (women’s wages as a share of men’s) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 87.0% | 83.9% | 82.0% | 79.7% | 78.3% | 77.5% | 77.6% | 78.2% | 77.3% | 75.2% | |||
| 2007 | 91.4% | 88.1% | 83.4% | 82.6% | 81.7% | 80.3% | 81.4% | 81.4% | 80.3% | 77.2% | |||
| 2016 | 90.7% | 85.0% | 85.7% | 86.0% | 83.2% | 83.1% | 82.4% | 82.1% | 80.3% | 71.4% | |||
| 2017 | 92.9% | 90.2% | 84.9% | 85.8% | 84.0% | 82.9% | 83.1% | 81.6% | 80.0% | 72.1% | |||
Notes: Sample based on all workers ages 18–64. 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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