Table 2
Hourly wages of men and women, by wage percentile, 2000–2016 (2016 dollars)
| Wage by percentile | Wage ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th | 50th/10th | 95th/50th | 95th/10th | |
| Men | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $9.67 | $11.80 | $13.99 | $16.66 | $19.44 | $22.60 | $26.81 | $32.17 | $42.86 | $53.72 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
| 2007 | $9.39 | $11.62 | $13.96 | $16.70 | $19.45 | $23.01 | $27.26 | $33.34 | $44.61 | $57.79 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | $9.48 | $11.21 | $13.61 | $16.10 | $19.18 | $22.54 | $27.28 | $34.39 | $48.49 | $65.88 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | $9.91 | $11.88 | $14.01 | $16.32 | $19.33 | $23.04 | $27.88 | $34.98 | $48.07 | $69.86 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2016 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.7% | -0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 2000–2007 | -0.4% | -0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 2007–2016 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.3% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2.1% | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 2015–2016 | 4.5% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.7% | -0.9% | 6.0% | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | $8.40 | $9.91 | $11.47 | $13.28 | $15.22 | $17.51 | $20.81 | $25.16 | $33.14 | $40.41 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | $8.59 | $10.24 | $11.64 | $13.80 | $15.90 | $18.48 | $22.18 | $27.13 | $35.84 | $44.64 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 2015 | $8.72 | $10.08 | $11.68 | $13.68 | $15.87 | $18.81 | $22.46 | $28.19 | $38.09 | $48.64 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | $8.98 | $10.10 | $12.00 | $14.03 | $16.08 | $19.16 | $22.98 | $28.72 | $38.60 | $49.91 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| Annualized percent changes | Wage ratio change | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2016 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 2000–2007 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 2007–2016 | 0.6% | -0.2% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.1% | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2015–2016 | 3.1% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gender wage gap (women’s wages as a share of men’s) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 87.0% | 83.9% | 82.0% | 79.7% | 78.3% | 77.5% | 77.6% | 78.2% | 77.3% | 75.2% | |||
| 2007 | 91.4% | 88.1% | 83.4% | 82.6% | 81.7% | 80.3% | 81.4% | 81.4% | 80.3% | 77.2% | |||
| 2015 | 92.0% | 90.0% | 85.9% | 84.9% | 82.7% | 83.5% | 82.3% | 82.0% | 78.6% | 73.8% | |||
| 2016 | 90.7% | 85.0% | 85.7% | 86.0% | 83.2% | 83.1% | 82.4% | 82.1% | 80.3% | 71.4% | |||
Note: Sample based on all workers age 18–64. The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100 - x)% earn more.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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