Figure C

Wage gap between the 50th and 10th percentiles, by gender, 1973–2019

Date 50/10 wage gap: women 50/10 wage gap: men
2019 1.92 1.8
2018 1.98 1.77
2017 1.99 1.81
2016 1.96 1.79
2015 2.06 1.82
2014 2.02 1.86
2013 2.06 1.87
2012 2.1 1.87
2011 2.07 1.87
2010 2.08 1.83
2009 2.12 1.86
2008 2.08 1.87
2007 2.06 1.86
2006 2.05 1.86
2005 2.03 1.84
2004 2.04 1.83
2003 2.09 1.84
2002 2.06 1.82
2001 2.03 1.81
2000 2.08 1.78
1999 2.1 1.77
1998 2.08 1.82
1997 2.11 1.83
1996 2.15 1.83
1995 2.19 1.83
1994 2.18 1.87
1993 2.18 1.86
1992 2.15 1.83
1991 2.11 1.84
1990 2.13 1.87
1989 2.23 1.88
1988 2.33 1.93
1987 2.35 1.89
1986 2.3 1.84
1985 2.28 1.81
1984 2.24 1.76
1983 2.22 1.68
1982 2.21 1.59
1981 2.13 1.54
1980 2.12 1.51
1979 2.07 1.4
1978 2.08 1.45
1977 2.13 1.56
1976 2.07 1.55
1975 2.13 1.59
1974 2.09 1.59
1973 2.06 1.7
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*Ratio of workers' wages at the 50th earnings percentile to wages at the 10th percentile.

Source: Authors' analysis of State of Working America Data library: Wages by percentile and wage ratios. See Gould (2020).

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