Table 5

Average hourly wages by race/ethnicity and education, selected years, 2000–2019 (2019$)

Wage by education
Less than high school High school Some college College Advanced degree
White
2000 $13.04 $18.93 $21.36 $32.73 $40.69
2007 $13.42 $19.31 $21.58 $33.48 $42.03
2018 $14.02 $20.11 $21.98 $35.38 $45.26
2019 $13.88 $20.04 $22.26 $35.90 $45.29
Annualized percent changes
2000–2019 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.6%
2000–2007 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.5%
2007–2019 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6%
2018–2019 -1.0% -0.3% 1.3% 1.5% 0.1%
Black
2000 $12.32 $16.04 $18.34 $27.09 $35.61
2007 $12.44 $15.95 $18.49 $27.04 $35.00
2018 $11.63 $15.85 $17.46 $27.96 $36.89
2019 $12.40 $16.37 $17.86 $27.81 $37.33
Annualized percent changes
2000–2019 0.0% 0.1% -0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
2000–2007 0.1% -0.1% 0.1% 0.0% -0.2%
2007–2019 0.0% 0.2% -0.3% 0.2% 0.5%
2018–2019 6.6% 3.3% 2.3% -0.5% 1.2%
Hispanic
2000 $12.71 $16.17 $18.85 $27.11 $36.19
2007 $13.37 $16.78 $19.16 $28.88 $39.10
2018 $14.36 $17.59 $19.00 $29.00 $39.17
2019 $14.60 $17.88 $19.23 $30.35 $40.80
Annualized percent changes
2000–2019 0.7% 0.5% 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
2000–2007 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.9% 1.1%
2007–2019 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
2018–2019 1.6% 1.7% 1.2% 4.6% 4.2%
Wage disparities
Black as a share of white
2000 94.5% 84.7% 85.9% 82.8% 87.5%
2007 92.7% 82.6% 85.7% 80.8% 83.3%
2018 82.9% 78.8% 79.5% 79.0% 81.5%
2019 89.3% 81.7% 80.2% 77.5% 82.4%
Hispanic as a share of white
2000 97.5% 85.4% 88.3% 82.8% 89.0%
2007 99.6% 86.9% 88.8% 86.2% 93.0%
2018 102.4% 87.5% 86.4% 82.0% 86.5%
2019 105.1% 89.2% 86.4% 84.5% 90.1%

Source: Author’s analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org

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