Figure 7
Wage gap between the 50th and 10th percentiles, by gender, 1973–2013
| Year | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.97 | 1.76 |
| 1974 | 1.96 | 1.57 |
| 1975 | 2.02 | 1.64 |
| 1976 | 1.97 | 1.56 |
| 1977 | 2.02 | 1.50 |
| 1978 | 2.01 | 1.55 |
| 1979 | 2.04 | 1.47 |
| 1980 | 2.06 | 1.57 |
| 1981 | 2.08 | 1.51 |
| 1982 | 2.15 | 1.57 |
| 1983 | 2.20 | 1.64 |
| 1984 | 2.20 | 1.70 |
| 1985 | 2.23 | 1.75 |
| 1986 | 2.28 | 1.80 |
| 1987 | 2.26 | 1.87 |
| 1988 | 2.19 | 1.91 |
| 1989 | 2.12 | 1.90 |
| 1990 | 2.12 | 1.89 |
| 1991 | 2.15 | 1.86 |
| 1992 | 2.16 | 1.84 |
| 1993 | 2.16 | 1.85 |
| 1994 | 2.14 | 1.85 |
| 1995 | 2.12 | 1.84 |
| 1996 | 2.09 | 1.86 |
| 1997 | 2.06 | 1.87 |
| 1998 | 2.07 | 1.81 |
| 1999 | 2.03 | 1.79 |
| 2000 | 2.03 | 1.81 |
| 2001 | 2.04 | 1.83 |
| 2002 | 2.05 | 1.83 |
| 2003 | 2.02 | 1.83 |
| 2004 | 2.01 | 1.84 |
| 2005 | 2.01 | 1.86 |
| 2006 | 2.02 | 1.87 |
| 2007 | 2.06 | 1.87 |
| 2008 | 2.04 | 1.87 |
| 2009 | 2.11 | 1.86 |
| 2010 | 2.08 | 1.86 |
| 2011 | 2.08 | 1.87 |
| 2012 | 2.08 | 1.88 |
| 2013 | 2.05 | 1.87 |
*Ratio of workers' wages at the 50th earnings percentile to wages at the 10th percentile
Note: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100-x)% earn more.
Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
UPDATED FROM: Figures 4K and 4L in The State of Working America, 12th Edition, an Economic Policy Institute book published by Cornell University Press in 2012.
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