Table 6B
Contribution of Work Hours and Hourly Wages to Annual Earnings Growth, by Race, Ethnicity & Gender, 1979–2015
Real Annual Earnings (=annual hours x hourly wage) | Percent change in real annual earnings | Percent change in real hourly wage | Share due to change in hours | Share due to change in hourly wage | |||||
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1979 | 2000 | 2015 | 1979–2015 | 1979–2015 (excluding 1995–2000) | 1979–2015 | 1979–2015 (excluding 1995–2000) | 1979–2015 | ||
White Women | |||||||||
All | $21,392 | $34,671 | $39,535 | 84.8% | 61.5% | 51.5% | 36.6% | 0.32 | 0.68 |
Bottom fifth | $6,537 | $8,577 | $9,711 | 48.6% | 28.9% | 16.5% | 5.6% | 0.62 | 0.38 |
Second fifth | $13,136 | $18,549 | $20,092 | 53.0% | 28.3% | 23.2% | 9.5% | 0.51 | 0.49 |
Middle fifth | $19,180 | $28,278 | $30,155 | 57.2% | 36.3% | 30.2% | 16.3% | 0.42 | 0.58 |
Fourth fifth | $26,810 | $40,673 | $44,767 | 67.0% | 49.5% | 43.5% | 31.0% | 0.30 | 0.70 |
Top fifth | $42,405 | $72,842 | $86,680 | 104.4% | 83.4% | 69.0% | 54.5% | 0.27 | 0.73 |
Black Women | |||||||||
All | $20,449 | $31,015 | $32,346 | 58.2% | 35.3% | 33.6% | 19.8% | 0.37 | 0.63 |
Bottom fifth | $7,054 | $9,748 | $10,410 | 47.6% | 18.4% | 13.5% | 2.8% | 0.68 | 0.32 |
Second fifth | $13,747 | $20,322 | $21,254 | 54.6% | 30.3% | 23.5% | 10.1% | 0.52 | 0.48 |
Middle fifth | $19,960 | $29,688 | $30,507 | 52.8% | 34.8% | 30.0% | 16.5% | 0.38 | 0.62 |
Fourth fifth | $28,287 | $41,161 | $44,487 | 57.3% | 43.4% | 41.8% | 29.5% | 0.23 | 0.77 |
Top fifth | $44,003 | $67,949 | $83,157 | 89.0% | 77.8% | 78.0% | 66.4% | 0.09 | 0.91 |
Hispanic Women | |||||||||
All | $18,744 | $24,952 | $27,955 | 49.1% | 32.6% | 26.7% | 17.9% | 0.41 | 0.59 |
Bottom fifth | $7,331 | $9,877 | $10,775 | 47.0% | 24.5% | 15.4% | 4.7% | 0.63 | 0.37 |
Second fifth | $13,609 | $18,885 | $19,774 | 45.3% | 21.5% | 23.4% | 11.0% | 0.44 | 0.56 |
Middle fifth | $19,525 | $27,628 | $29,087 | 49.0% | 28.5% | 29.8% | 15.3% | 0.35 | 0.65 |
Fourth fifth | $25,892 | $39,086 | $41,727 | 61.2% | 44.2% | 41.1% | 29.9% | 0.28 | 0.72 |
Top fifth | $39,781 | $65,418 | $77,760 | 95.5% | 74.4% | 63.7% | 49.4% | 0.26 | 0.74 |
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