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