Latinx disparities
Latinx--white wage gaps persist no matter how you slice the data: Average wages of Latinx and white workers, by gender, wage percentile, and education, 2019
| Latinx | White | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | $20.53 | $28.66 |
| Men | $21.93 | $32.20 |
| Women | $18.78 | $24.83 |
| 10th | $9.94 | $10.56 |
| Median | $15.89 | $21.32 |
| 95th | $46.33 | $73.38 |
| High school | $17.88 | $20.04 |
| College | $30.35 | $35.90 |
| Advanced degree | $40.80 | $45.29 |
Note: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race.
Source: Authors’ analysis of 2019 data from Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Data Library, [Median/average hourly wages], and EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0 (2020a), https://microdata.epi.org, adapted from State of Working America Wages 2019.
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