Chart: Gender and racial wage gaps are wide among young high school graduates: Average real wages for workers ages 18–21 with a high school degree and who are not enrolled, by gender and race/ethnicity, March 2024

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Gender and racial wage gaps are wide among young high school graduates: Average real wages for workers ages 18–21 with a high school degree and who are not enrolled, by gender and race/ethnicity, March 2024

Demographic	Wage
High school	$16.95

Women	$15.62
Men	$17.84

White	$17.13
Black	$15.98
Hispanic	$17.15
AAPI	$16.98

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Notes: Data represent an average of the 36 months ending in March 2024. AAPI refers to Asian American and Pacific Islander. Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, AAPI non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).

Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.51 (2024), https://microdata.epi.org.

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