Hourly wages of men and women, by wage percentile, 2000–2015 (2015 dollars)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th | |
| Men | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $9.45 | $11.58 | $13.84 | $16.40 | $19.18 | $22.31 | $26.26 | $31.86 | $42.42 | $53.11 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| 2007 | $9.35 | $11.50 | $13.83 | $16.45 | $19.26 | $22.62 | $26.95 | $33.19 | $44.13 | $57.10 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | $9.03 | $10.83 | $13.15 | $15.46 | $18.37 | $21.75 | $26.09 | $32.73 | $45.02 | $60.00 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
| 2015 | $9.29 | $11.10 | $13.42 | $15.84 | $18.84 | $22.28 | $26.93 | $33.99 | $47.82 | $65.91 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 7.1 |
| Annualized percent change | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2015 | -0.1% | -0.3% | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 2000–2007 | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| 2007–2015 | -0.1% | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.5% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 2014–2015 | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 6.2% | 9.9% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $8.25 | $9.82 | $11.31 | $13.11 | $14.96 | $17.29 | $20.48 | $24.88 | $32.70 | $40.17 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | $8.41 | $10.02 | $11.54 | $13.56 | $15.71 | $18.25 | $21.70 | $26.88 | $35.39 | $44.26 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | $8.21 | $9.77 | $11.18 | $13.12 | $15.23 | $18.15 | $21.74 | $27.08 | $36.27 | $47.16 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | $8.57 | $9.91 | $11.55 | $13.50 | $15.69 | $18.54 | $22.24 | $27.85 | $37.78 | $48.11 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| Annualized percent change | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2015 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 2007–2015 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 2014–2015 | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Gender wage gap (women’s wages as a share of men’s) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 87.3% | 84.8% | 81.7% | 79.9% | 78.0% | 77.5% | 78.0% | 78.1% | 77.1% | 75.6% | |||
| 2007 | 89.9% | 87.2% | 83.5% | 82.4% | 81.5% | 80.7% | 80.5% | 81.0% | 80.2% | 77.5% | |||
| 2014 | 90.9% | 90.2% | 85.0% | 84.9% | 82.9% | 83.4% | 83.3% | 82.7% | 80.6% | 78.6% | |||
| 2015 | 92.2% | 89.3% | 86.0% | 85.2% | 83.3% | 83.2% | 82.6% | 81.9% | 79.0% | 73.0% | |||
Note: 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