Table 6

Real median weekly earnings of full-time workers, by gender and race, 1979–2013

All Men Women Age 25–54
All Men Women White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Men Women
Levels (2012 dollars)
1979 $707 $858 $536 $878 $669 N/A $542 $498 N/A $928 $578
2000 768 855 657 883 680 $556 669 572 $488 920 692
2007 770 848 680 873 664 576 693 590 524 896 713
2012 768 854 691 879 665 592 710 599 521 890 719
Period changes
2000–07 0.2% -0.7% 3.4% -1.1% -2.3% 3.6% 3.6% 3.2% 7.3% -2.6% 3.1%
2007–12 -0.2 0.7 1.6 0.7 0.1 2.8 2.4 1.5 -0.5 -0.7 0.8
2000–12 0.0 -0.1 5.1 -0.4 -2.2 6.5 6.1 4.7 6.8 -3.3 3.9
1979–2012 8.6 -0.4 28.8 0.1 -0.6 N/A 30.9 20.2 N/A -4.1 24.5
Recovery years
2009–10 -0.6% -1.0% 0.2% -1.0% 0.3% -3.2% 0.6% 0.1% -1.8% -2.0% 0.8%
2010–11 -1.9 -2.1 -0.9 -2.4 0.0 -1.2 -0.4 -2.6 -1.1 -1.9 -1.3
2011–12 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 0.6 -0.2 1.6 -1.1 -1.4 -1.5 0.9 -1.2
Most recent trends*
2011–12 -0.2% 1.2% -1.3% 1.1% 1.6% 0.1% -1.6% 0.7% -1.3% 1.4% -0.8%
2012–13 -1.0 -0.7 0.2 -1.1 -2.5 -2.2 0.4 -2.4 1.3 -1.1 -0.2

* Year-over-year growth rates are the change from the 1st half to the 1st half.

Note: "Full-time workers" are defined as those working 35 or more hours per week.

Source: Authors' analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey public data series

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