Chart: The average Hispanic worker is consistently younger, having less work experience, than the average white worker: Average ages of full-time workers in the U.S. by Hispanic ethnicity and gender, 1979–2017

Year	White men	Hispanic men	White women	Hispanic women
1979	37.3	34.5	36.3	33.7
1980	37.4	34.6	36.3	34.2
1981	37.4	34.5	36.3	34.0
1982	37.5	35.0	36.5	34.3
1983	37.4	35.0	36.4	34.7
1984	37.2	34.9	36.4	34.8
1985	37.3	35.0	36.5	34.9
1986	37.3	34.6	36.6	34.8
1987	37.4	34.4	36.6	34.9
1988	37.4	34.4	36.8	34.9
1989	37.5	34.4	37.1	35.0
1990	37.6	33.7	37.2	35.1
1991	37.9	34.2	37.6	35.6
1992	38.0	34.8	37.9	35.5
1993	38.1	34.6	38.1	35.9
1994	38.3	34.7	38.4	36.1
1995	38.5	34.9	38.6	35.9
1996	38.7	35.0	39.0	36.2
1997	38.9	35.2	39.1	36.3
1998	39.1	35.1	39.3	36.4
1999	39.3	35.4	39.6	36.5
2000	39.6	34.7	39.9	35.8
2001	39.9	35.0	40.3	36.1
2002	40.3	35.1	40.6	36.4
2003	40.4	35.4	40.9	36.7
2004	40.6	35.7	41.1	37.0
2005	40.7	35.9	41.2	37.4
2006	40.8	36.0	41.4	37.4
2007	41.0	36.3	41.6	37.4
2008	41.3	36.8	41.6	37.7
2009	41.6	37.5	42.0	38.4
2010	41.8	37.5	42.2	38.4
2011	41.9	37.3	42.3	38.9
2012	42.0	37.6	42.5	38.3
2013	42.0	37.9	42.4	38.6
2014	42.0	38.1	42.3	38.7
2015	41.9	38.3	42.2	38.9
2016	41.8	38.3	42.2	38.6
2017	41.9	38.6	42.2	38.8

Note: The population is full-time workers ages 18–64.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau