Women's earnings as a percent of men's, by age, full-time wage and salary workers, 1979–2008 Total, 16 16 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 years years and years years years years years years and older older 1979 62.3 85.2 76.3 67.5 58.3 56.8 60.6 77.6 1980 64.2 89.5 78.1 69.4 58.3 56.9 59.4 76.4 1981 64.4 91.7 80.6 70.3 59.9 56.8 58.9 71.1 1982 65.7 92.9 82.4 72.1 61.1 60.1 61.4 70.3 1983 66.5 94.0 85.5 73.3 61.5 59.5 61.8 68.8 1984 67.6 93.1 85.2 74.6 62.0 59.4 61.5 66.8 1985 68.1 90.7 85.7 75.1 63.0 59.7 61.0 65.9 1986 69.5 91.4 87.5 76.1 63.9 60.9 61.2 71.5 1987 69.8 87.8 88.0 76.7 66.1 62.3 62.2 68.7 1988 70.2 89.8 90.0 77.7 68.5 61.7 62.3 70.9 1989 70.1 94.3 89.7 78.3 68.3 62.7 63.9 74.3 1990 71.9 90.8 90.3 79.3 69.6 63.8 63.7 74.4 1991 74.2 93.6 93.3 81.0 70.7 65.0 64.5 68.3 1992 75.8 94.0 94.3 82.0 71.9 65.8 64.9 77.9 1993 77.1 92.8 95.4 83.0 73.0 67.4 67.4 74.3 1994 76.4 92.5 94.5 82.9 72.6 67.1 66.0 76.2 1995 75.5 88.1 92.4 82.2 72.6 67.7 64.7 80.0 1996 75.0 88.8 92.8 83.2 73.3 68.9 65.3 70.0 1997 74.4 91.6 90.5 82.9 74.0 69.4 64.7 77.0 1998 76.3 88.6 89.4 82.9 73.6 70.5 68.1 72.6 1999 76.5 91.4 90.5 81.5 71.7 70.0 67.9 78.7 2000 76.9 92.5 92.7 82.4 71.6 73.2 69.1 75.1 2001 76.4 90.3 91.9 83.0 72.5 73.5 70.5 69.0 2002 77.9 94.6 93.9 84.5 75.2 74.6 71.6 73.8 2003 79.4 93.1 93.9 86.9 76.1 73.0 72.7 71.1 2004 80.4 92.1 93.8 87.8 75.6 72.9 73.0 74.6 2005 81.0 92.1 93.8 89.0 75.5 75.5 74.7 76.4 2006 80.8 87.6 94.9 88.2 77.2 73.5 72.9 77.5 2007 80.2 89.1 90.3 86.9 76.5 74.5 72.8 77.8 2008 79.9 87.3 92.5 88.5 74.5 74.9 75.4 74.8