Real earnings of full-time, full-year female workers, by race and ethnicity, 1967–2013

White Black Hispanic
Jan-1967 $20,593
Jan-1968 $21,136
Jan-1969 $24,149
Jan-1970 $25,906
Jan-1971 $26,778
Jan-1972 $27,776
Jan-1973 $27,345
Jan-1974 $29,208 $26,533
Jan-1975 $28,884 $26,541
Jan-1976 $30,063 $27,576
Jan-1977 $30,393 $28,051
Jan-1978 $30,727 $28,292
Jan-1979 $30,843 $28,552
Jan-1980 $30,226 $28,272
Jan-1981 $29,440 $28,317
Jan-1982 $30,699 $28,348
Jan-1983 $31,158 $28,190
Jan-1984 $31,867 $29,025
Jan-1985 $31,894 $30,093
Jan-1986 $33,413 $30,896
Jan-1987 $37,825 $33,494 $31,664
Jan-1988 $38,501 $33,701 $31,902
Jan-1989 $38,977 $34,968 $31,870
Jan-1990 $38,987 $34,514 $30,685
Jan-1991 $39,311 $34,454 $30,866
Jan-1992 $40,063 $34,685 $31,825
Jan-1993 $41,452 $35,872 $31,478
Jan-1994 $42,373 $36,066 $32,923
Jan-1995 $41,969 $34,952 $31,417
Jan-1996 $43,206 $37,811 $33,298
Jan-1997 $44,201 $36,216 $33,563
Jan-1998 $46,089 $37,403 $33,539
Jan-1999 $45,726 $38,485 $32,760
Jan-2000 $47,035 $38,125 $34,194
Jan-2001 $49,135 $40,024 $35,159
Jan-2002 $48,942 $40,908 $35,129
Jan-2003 $49,652 $41,082 $35,322
Jan-2004 $49,471 $39,941 $35,235
Jan-2005 $49,210 $41,289 $34,992
Jan-2006 $50,670 $42,266 $35,638
Jan-2007 $49,601 $43,682 $35,937
Jan-2008 $49,570 $39,988 $35,562
Jan-2009 $51,572 $41,337 $36,953
Jan-2010 $51,320 $42,041 $36,366
Jan-2011 $51,809 $42,353 $36,362
Jan-2012 $51,552 $41,041 $35,820
Jan-2013 $51,468 $39,966 $36,755

Note: Earnings are wage and salary income. White refers to non-Hispanic whites, black refers to blacks alone, and Hispanic refers to Hispanics of any race. Asians are excluded from this figure due to the volatility of the series. Comparable data are not available prior to 1987 for whites and prior to 1974 for Hispanics. Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: EPI analysis of Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Income Tables (Table P39)

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