Women's weekly earnings as a percent of men's by age, workers aged 16 to 54 years, annual averages, 1979-2007 Years of Age 16 to 25 to 35 to 45 to 24 34 44 54 1979 78.6 67.5 58.3 56.8 1980 80.3 69.4 58.3 56.9 1981 82.6 70.3 59.9 56.8 1982 85.3 72.1 61.1 60.1 1983 88.8 73.3 61.5 59.5 1984 87.9 74.6 62.0 59.4 1985 87.6 75.1 63.0 59.7 1986 89.0 76.1 63.9 60.9 1987 88.3 76.7 66.1 62.3 1988 89.7 77.7 68.5 61.7 1989 90.8 78.3 68.3 62.7 1990 90.1 79.3 69.6 63.8 1991 93.3 81.0 70.7 65.0 1992 94.0 82.0 71.9 65.8 1993 94.8 83.0 73.0 67.4 1994 93.9 82.9 72.6 67.1 1995 90.8 82.2 72.6 67.7 1996 92.5 83.2 73.3 68.9 1997 92.1 82.9 74.0 69.4 1998 91.3 82.9 73.6 70.5 1999 91.0 81.5 71.7 70.0 2000 91.7 82.4 71.6 73.2 2001 90.3 83.0 72.5 73.5 2002 93.9 84.5 75.2 74.6 2003 93.2 86.9 76.1 73.0 2004 93.8 87.8 75.6 72.9 2005 93.2 89.0 75.5 75.5 2006 94.5 88.2 77.2 73.5 2007 92.3 86.9 76.5 74.5