Figure V
Wage gap* between the 50th and the 10th wage percentiles,** by gender, 1979–2013
Year | Men | Women |
---|---|---|
1979 | 2.03700204003064 | 1.47244661124657 |
1980 | 2.06285177056521 | 1.57206559562858 |
1981 | 2.08026389166129 | 1.50707225580047 |
1982 | 2.15275103684973 | 1.56931654654756 |
1983 | 2.19956741543059 | 1.63905105114979 |
1984 | 2.20042346483763 | 1.70211901191215 |
1985 | 2.23263207995456 | 1.74647775113352 |
1986 | 2.28041687943874 | 1.80226065417733 |
1987 | 2.26452612598317 | 1.87284920371570 |
1988 | 2.19189172112190 | 1.91025776919553 |
1989 | 2.11851850391765 | 1.90456033502860 |
1990 | 2.11741286629395 | 1.88879501424996 |
1991 | 2.15096125888934 | 1.85767802972008 |
1992 | 2.16449248138932 | 1.83753109543479 |
1993 | 2.16157814581995 | 1.84731549634424 |
1994 | 2.13730320165489 | 1.84545015994226 |
1995 | 2.11730446024990 | 1.84178667117980 |
1996 | 2.08574125806414 | 1.85500700393619 |
1997 | 2.05871729133583 | 1.86976683014101 |
1998 | 2.07050097567448 | 1.80996858805478 |
1999 | 2.03352630284779 | 1.78520322780709 |
2000 | 2.03056704936185 | 1.81299066137734 |
2001 | 2.03514223035350 | 1.83041722745626 |
2002 | 2.04576304855237 | 1.83009233308900 |
2003 | 2.01509617008048 | 1.82603088918878 |
2004 | 2.00713493632622 | 1.83900327930650 |
2005 | 2.00752280269332 | 1.86288789268956 |
2006 | 2.02390594333546 | 1.87437749003984 |
2007 | 2.05958267441320 | 1.86721196763521 |
2008 | 2.04229305361644 | 1.86812338098451 |
2009 | 2.10670745334338 | 1.86407053952590 |
2010 | 2.07718211682700 | 1.86211841368530 |
2011 | 2.08037755656831 | 1.87161862276812 |
2012 | 2.07841072382601 | 1.87640851458840 |
2013 | 2.05432499975164 | 1.86659003346067 |
* Ratio of workers' wages at the higher earnings percentile to workers' wages at the lower percentile
** The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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