The Hispanic–white wage gap is inflated by the large share of Hispanic immigrants: Adjusted wage gaps between Hispanic men and non-Hispanic white men in the U.S., by gender, with and without controls for immigrant status, 1994–2017
| Year | Hispanic men | Hispanic men, with immigrant status | Hispanic women | Hispanic women, with immigrant status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 16.9% | 9.7% | 33.3% | 27.8% |
| 1995 | 18.8% | 12.0% | 35.1% | 29.7% |
| 1996 | 19.7% | 13.8% | 33.8% | 29.2% |
| 1997 | 18.2% | 11.8% | 34.3% | 30.1% |
| 1998 | 17.9% | 11.8% | 34.0% | 30.1% |
| 1999 | 17.1% | 11.1% | 36.1% | 31.5% |
| 2000 | 17.8% | 12.0% | 35.1% | 31.0% |
| 2001 | 17.4% | 12.0% | 33.9% | 29.8% |
| 2002 | 16.8% | 10.9% | 34.3% | 30.1% |
| 2003 | 18.7% | 12.1% | 33.1% | 29.3% |
| 2004 | 17.7% | 12.1% | 32.9% | 29.0% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | 11.1% | 33.4% | 29.5% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 12.5% | 34.9% | 31.1% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | 12.6% | 33.7% | 29.1% |
| 2008 | 16.8% | 12.0% | 32.7% | 28.8% |
| 2009 | 17.3% | 11.7% | 33.5% | 29.9% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | 10.8% | 33.2% | 29.0% |
| 2011 | 16.0% | 11.5% | 31.1% | 28.0% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | 12.4% | 33.4% | 29.3% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | 11.9% | 31.8% | 28.8% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | 11.5% | 32.2% | 29.0% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | 11.2% | 32.6% | 30.0% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | 10.4% | 32.8% | 30.1% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | 12.3% | 33.1% | 30.5% |
Note: The wage gap is how much less, in percent terms, the average member of each identified subgroup makes than the average non-Hispanic white man. The wages compared are average hourly wages of full-time workers ages 18–64. The dotted “with immigrant status” lines show the wage gap adjusted for education, experience, region of residence, and immigrant status, while the solid lines show the wage gap adjusted for education, experience, and region of residence. We control for immigrant status by including binary variables indicating whether the respondent is foreign-born or a naturalized citizen (versus a U.S.-born citizen) and whether the person had lived in the U.S. for less than five years at the time of the survey.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau
