Fast-paced improvement in racial and gender wage gaps in the past five years: Annualized percentage point change in racial and gender median wage gaps, 1979–2019 and 2019–2024
| Wage gaps | Annualized percentage point change, 1979–2019 | Annualized percentage point change, 2019–2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Black-white | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Hispanic-white | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Black and white men | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Hispanic and white men | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Black women and white men | -0.2 | -0.6 |
| Hispanic women and white men | -0.2 | -0.7 |
Note: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, AAPI non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).
Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.61 (2025a), https://microdata.epi.org