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Median earnings for women in 2021 were 83.1 percent of the median for men
January 24, 2022
In 2021, median weekly earnings for wage and salary workers who usually worked full time were $998. Median earnings for women were $912, or 83.1 percent of men’s earnings.
Women's-to-men's earnings ratio, by race and Hispanic ethnicity, for wage and salary workers who usually worked full time, 2000–21 annual averages
Year
Total
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
2000
76.9%
75.8%
84.1%
79.9%
87.8%
2001
76.4
75.8
85.8
76.9
88.2
2002
77.9
77.9
90.3
74.9
88.0
2003
79.4
79.3
88.5
77.5
88.4
2004
80.4
79.8
88.8
76.4
87.3
2005
81.0
80.2
89.3
80.6
87.7
2006
80.8
80.0
87.8
79.3
87.1
2007
80.2
79.4
88.8
78.1
91.0
2008
79.9
79.3
89.4
78.0
89.6
2009
80.2
79.2
93.7
81.8
89.5
2010
81.2
80.5
93.5
82.6
90.7
2011
82.2
82.1
91.1
77.4
90.7
2012
80.9
80.8
90.1
73.0
88.0
2013
82.1
81.7
91.3
77.3
91.1
2014
82.5
81.8
89.9
77.9
89.0
2015
81.1
80.8
90.4
77.7
89.7
2016
81.9
81.3
89.3
78.4
88.4
2017
81.8
81.9
92.5
74.8
87.4
2018
81.1
81.5
89.0
75.5
85.7
2019
81.5
81.1
91.5
76.7
85.9
2020
82.3
81.5
92.0
79.0
88.5
2021
83.1
82.2
94.1
78.5
87.6
The women's-to-men's earnings ratio varied by race and Hispanic ethnicity. White women earned 82.2 percent as much as their male counterparts, compared with 94.1 percent for Black women, 78.5 percent for Asian women, and 87.6 percent for Hispanic women.
United States Department of Labor
