Average hourly wages by gender and education, selected years, 2000–2019 (2019$)
| Wage by education | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than high school | High school | Some college | College | Advanced degree | ||||||
| All | ||||||||||
| 2000 | $12.82 | $18.18 | $20.69 | $31.84 | $40.18 | |||||
| 2007 | $13.27 | $18.39 | $20.83 | $32.53 | $41.34 | |||||
| 2018 | $13.93 | $18.79 | $20.70 | $33.96 | $44.59 | |||||
| 2019 | $14.08 | $18.91 | $20.97 | $34.63 | $45.07 | |||||
| Annualized percent changes | ||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% | |||||
| 2000–2007 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||||
| 2007–2019 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |||||
| 2018–2019 | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | |||||
| Men | ||||||||||
| 2000 | $14.09 | $20.52 | $23.40 | $36.19 | $44.98 | |||||
| 2007 | $14.50 | $20.44 | $23.30 | $37.18 | $46.84 | |||||
| 2018 | $15.47 | $20.72 | $23.25 | $39.29 | $52.18 | |||||
| 2019 | $15.33 | $20.96 | $23.58 | $39.99 | $52.38 | |||||
| Annualized percent changes | ||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.8% | |||||
| 2000–2007 | 0.4% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% | |||||
| 2007–2019 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.9% | |||||
| 2018–2019 | -0.9% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |||||
| Women | ||||||||||
| 2000 | $10.94 | $15.34 | $17.82 | $26.77 | $33.78 | |||||
| 2007 | $11.32 | $15.67 | $18.24 | $27.43 | $34.91 | |||||
| 2018 | $11.67 | $15.71 | $17.88 | $28.33 | $36.68 | |||||
| 2019 | $12.20 | $16.15 | $18.44 | $29.55 | $38.64 | |||||
| Annualized percent changes | ||||||||||
| 2000–2019 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |||||
| 2000–2007 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||||
| 2007–2019 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |||||
| 2018–2019 | 4.5% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 5.3% | |||||
| Wage disparities (women’s wages as a share of men’s) | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 77.7% | 76.1% | 77.5% | 75.3% | 76.5% | |||||
| 2007 | 78.1% | 78.0% | 79.7% | 75.1% | 75.9% | |||||
| 2018 | 75.5% | 77.9% | 78.6% | 73.4% | 72.3% | |||||
| 2019 | 79.6% | 77.1% | 78.2% | 73.9% | 73.8% | |||||
Source: Author’s analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org