Income

Real earnings of full-time, full-year workers, by gender, 1995–2015

Men: Full-time, full-year Women: Full-time, full-year
1995 $48,676  $34,769
1996 $48,379 $35,685
1997 $49,609 $36,791
1998 $51,363 $37,582
1999 $51,788 $37,450
2000 $51,272 $37,798 
2001 $51,241 $39,112
2002 $51,957 $39,799
2003 $52,401 $39,588
2004 $51,189 $39,199
2005 $50,239 $38,673
2006 $49,688 $38,230
2007 $51,570 $40,126
2008 $51,045 $39,351
2009 $52,065 $40,079
2010 $52,124 $40,098
2011 $50,794 $39,114
2012 $50,997 $39,014
2013 $50,896 $39,654
2014 $50,441 $39,667
2015 $51,212 $40,742
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Note: Earnings are wage and salary income. Shaded areas denote recessions. Because the redesign of the CPS ASEC in 2013 did not directly affect earnings, the data for 2013 are an average of the new and old series.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables (Table P-41)

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