Table 4.21
Hourly wage growth by gender and race/ethnicity, 1989–2011 (2011 dollars)
Real hourly wage | Change | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | 1995 | 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 1989–2000 | 1989–1995 | 1995–2000 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2011 | |
Men | ||||||||||
Median wage | ||||||||||
White | $19.01 | $18.29 | $19.84 | $20.33 | $19.76 | 4.4% | -3.8% | 8.5% | 2.4% | -2.8% |
Black | 13.76 | 13.37 | 14.56 | 14.61 | 14.26 | 5.8 | -2.8 | 8.9 | 0.3 | -2.4 |
Hispanic | 12.79 | 11.65 | 12.84 | 13.23 | 12.74 | 0.4 | -8.9 | 10.2 | 3.0 | -3.7 |
Asian | 17.77 | 17.57 | 19.80 | 21.92 | 21.41 | 11.4 | -1.1 | 12.7 | 10.7 | -2.3 |
High school wage* | ||||||||||
White | $18.67 | $17.86 | $19.08 | $19.16 | $18.80 | 2.2% | -4.3% | 6.8% | 0.4% | -1.8% |
Black | 14.91 | 14.29 | 15.32 | 14.93 | 14.61 | 2.7 | -4.2 | 7.2 | -2.5 | -2.1 |
Hispanic | 15.47 | 14.68 | 15.48 | 15.97 | 15.31 | 0.1 | -5.1 | 5.5 | 3.1 | -4.1 |
Asian | 16.33 | 15.93 | 16.99 | 17.20 | 16.22 | 4.1 | -2.4 | 6.6 | 1.2 | -5.7 |
Women | ||||||||||
Median wage | ||||||||||
White | $13.31 | $13.63 | $14.88 | $15.95 | $15.89 | 11.8% | 2.4% | 9.2% | 7.2% | -0.4% |
Black | 11.86 | 11.73 | 13.04 | 13.27 | 13.13 | 9.9 | -1.1 | 11.2 | 1.8 | -1.1 |
Hispanic | 10.58 | 10.37 | 11.04 | 11.65 | 11.77 | 4.3 | -2.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
Asian | 13.78 | 14.02 | 15.91 | 16.55 | 16.42 | 15.4 | 1.8 | 13.4 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
High school wage* | ||||||||||
White | $13.11 | $13.31 | $14.09 | $14.57 | $14.42 | 7.5% | 1.6% | 5.8% | 3.4% | -1.0% |
Black | 12.09 | 11.99 | 12.94 | 13.24 | 12.69 | 7.0 | -0.9 | 8.0 | 2.3 | -4.2 |
Hispanic | 12.17 | 12.26 | 12.74 | 12.98 | 12.79 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | -1.5 |
Asian | 12.48 | 12.62 | 13.57 | 13.22 | 13.02 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 7.6 | -2.6 | -1.5 |
* Average wage of high school–educated workers
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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