Table 2
Hourly wages of men and women, by wage percentile, selected years, 2000–2019 (2019$)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th | |
| Men | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $9.77 | $12.01 | $14.78 | $17.23 | $20.30 | $23.80 | $28.43 | $34.22 | $45.27 | $57.36 | 2.08 | 2.83 | 5.87 |
| 2007 | $9.88 | $12.31 | $14.76 | $17.37 | $20.33 | $23.94 | $28.54 | $35.53 | $47.62 | $61.73 | 2.06 | 3.04 | 6.25 |
| 2018 | $10.34 | $12.70 | $15.25 | $17.73 | $20.47 | $24.56 | $29.98 | $38.15 | $53.03 | $77.01 | 1.98 | 3.76 | 7.44 |
| 2019 | $10.93 | $13.23 | $15.27 | $18.01 | $21.00 | $25.02 | $30.16 | $38.55 | $54.28 | $78.64 | 1.92 | 3.74 | 7.19 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.7% | -0.16 | 0.92 | 1.32 |
| 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 |
| 2007–2019 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 2.0% | -0.14 | 0.71 | 0.95 |
| 2018–2019 | 5.7% | 4.2% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 2.1% | -0.06 | -0.02 | -0.25 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $8.84 | $10.41 | $11.96 | $13.72 | $15.75 | $18.30 | $21.73 | $26.52 | $34.67 | $42.85 | 1.78 | 2.72 | 4.85 |
| 2007 | $8.89 | $10.52 | $12.33 | $14.28 | $16.55 | $19.28 | $23.27 | $28.46 | $37.73 | $47.58 | 1.86 | 2.87 | 5.35 |
| 2018 | $9.73 | $11.24 | $13.02 | $15.17 | $17.24 | $20.33 | $24.46 | $30.56 | $42.00 | $54.03 | 1.77 | 3.13 | 5.55 |
| 2019 | $9.92 | $11.91 | $13.47 | $15.11 | $17.84 | $20.54 | $24.96 | $31.24 | $42.95 | $55.71 | 1.80 | 3.12 | 5.61 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.76 |
| 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 |
| 2007–2019 | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.3% | -0.06 | 0.25 | 0.26 |
| 2018–2019 | 2.0% | 6.0% | 3.5% | -0.3% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 0.03 | -0.01 | 0.06 |
| 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% | |||
| 2018 | 94.1% | 88.5% | 85.4% | 85.5% | 84.2% | 82.8% | 81.6% | 80.1% | 79.2% | 70.2% | |||
| 2019 | 90.8% | 90.0% | 88.2% | 83.9% | 85.0% | 82.1% | 82.7% | 81.0% | 79.1% | 70.8% | |||
Note: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100−x)% earn more.
Source: Author’s analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org
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