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 |
*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).