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
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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