Hourly wages of men and women, by wage percentile, 2000–2018 (2018 dollars)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th | |
| Men | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $9.60 | $11.79 | $14.52 | $16.93 | $19.94 | $23.38 | $27.93 | $33.61 | $44.46 | $56.34 | 2.08 | 2.83 | 5.87 |
| 2007 | $9.70 | $12.09 | $14.50 | $17.06 | $19.97 | $23.51 | $28.03 | $34.90 | $46.77 | $60.63 | 2.06 | 3.04 | 6.25 |
| 2017 | $10.23 | $12.27 | $14.76 | $17.26 | $20.41 | $24.46 | $29.41 | $36.91 | $51.24 | $72.80 | 1.99 | 3.57 | 7.11 |
| 2018 | $10.16 | $12.48 | $14.97 | $17.42 | $20.10 | $24.12 | $29.44 | $37.47 | $52.08 | $79.98 | 1.98 | 3.98 | 7.87 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2018 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 2.0% | -0.10 | 1.15 | 2.00 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.1% | -0.02 | 0.21 | 0.38 |
| 2007–2018 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 2.5% | -0.08 | 0.94 | 1.62 |
| 2017–2018 | -0.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 0.9% | -1.5% | -1.4% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 9.9% | -0.02 | 0.41 | 0.76 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $8.68 | $10.23 | $11.75 | $13.48 | $15.47 | $17.97 | $21.35 | $26.05 | $34.05 | $42.09 | 1.78 | 2.72 | 4.85 |
| 2007 | $8.74 | $10.34 | $12.11 | $14.03 | $16.26 | $18.93 | $22.86 | $27.95 | $37.06 | $46.73 | 1.86 | 2.87 | 5.35 |
| 2017 | $9.32 | $10.80 | $12.40 | $14.74 | $16.90 | $19.86 | $23.95 | $29.65 | $40.88 | $52.16 | 1.81 | 3.09 | 5.59 |
| 2018 | $9.56 | $11.04 | $12.79 | $14.90 | $16.93 | $19.96 | $24.02 | $30.02 | $41.25 | $53.07 | 1.77 | 3.13 | 5.55 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2018 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.3% | -0.01 | 0.41 | 0.70 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.50 |
| 2007–2018 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% | -0.09 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| 2017–2018 | 2.5% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.8% | -0.04 | 0.05 | -0.04 |
| Wage disparities (women’s wages as a share of men’s) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 90.4% | 86.7% | 80.9% | 79.6% | 77.6% | 76.9% | 76.4% | 77.5% | 76.6% | 74.7% | |||
| 2007 | 90.0% | 85.5% | 83.5% | 82.3% | 81.4% | 80.5% | 81.6% | 80.1% | 79.2% | 77.1% | |||
| 2017 | 91.1% | 88.0% | 84.0% | 85.4% | 82.8% | 81.2% | 81.4% | 80.3% | 79.8% | 71.6% | |||
| 2018 | 94.1% | 88.5% | 85.4% | 85.5% | 84.2% | 82.8% | 81.6% | 80.1% | 79.2% | 66.4% | |||
Notes: Sample based on all workers ages 16 and older. The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau