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Since the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, the wage gap has been closing at a very slow rate. In 1963, women who worked full-time, year-round made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men. In 2010, women earned 77 cents to men's dollar. That means that the wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year!
Over the past 40 years, the real median earnings of women have fallen short by an estimated $700,000 to $2 million.
Economist Evelyn Murphy, president of The Wage Project, estimates that over a lifetime (47 years of full-time work) this gap amounts to a loss in wages for a woman?of
- $700,000 for a high school graduate
- $1.2 million for a college graduate
- $2 million for a professional school graduate.
Based on its research, the Institute for Women?s Policy Research estimated in 2015 that women won?t receive equal pay until 2059.
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| The Wage Gap Over Time |
| Updated September 2020 |
Year?? Women's ??Men's ??????Dollar???? ??? ?Percent
??????? ????Earnings???? Earnings???Difference |
| 2019????$47,299 ??? $57,456?? ?$10,157? ????? 82 |
| 2018? ??$45,097? ?? $55,291?? ?$10,194? ????? 81.6** |
| 2017? ??$41,977? ?? $52,146?? ??$10,169? ???? 80.5% |
| 2016? ??$41,554 ? ?$51,640?? ???$10,086 ?? ?? 80.5% |
| 2015? ??$40,742? ?? $51,212?? ?? $10,470?? ? ?79.6% |
| 2014? ??$39,621? ?$50,383?? ?? $10,762?? ? ?78.6% |
| 2013? ??$39,157?? ??$50,033?? ?? $10,876?? ? ?78.3% |
| 2012? ??$37,791?? ??$49,398?? ?? $11,607?? ? 76.5% |
| 2011? ??$37,118? ??$48,202?? ?? $11,084?? ? ?77.0% |
| 2010? ??$36,931? ?? $47,715 ?? ??$10,784 ?? ??77.4% |
| 2009? ?? $36,278? ?? $47,127?? ?? $10,849?? ?? 77.0% |
| 2008? ?? $35,745?????$46,367?? ?? $10,622?? ?? 77.1% |
| 2007? ??$35,102????? $45,113? ?? $10,011?? ?? 77.8% |
| 2006 ??? $32,515??? $42,261?? ?? $9,476???? ? 76.9% |
| 2005 ? ??$31,858????? $41,386 ??? ?$9,528?? ? ??77.0% |
| 2004* ??$32,285?? ??$42,160 ? ???$9,875 ????? ?76.6% |
| 2003 ????$30,724 ?????$40,668 ?????$9,944 ??????75.5% |
| 2002????$30,203 ?????$39,429 ? ??$9,226?????76.6% |
| 2001? ???$29,215 ?????$38,275 ?????$9,060 ?????76.3% |
| 2000? ???$27,355 ?????$37,339 ?????$9,984? ????73.3% ? |
| 1999 ????$27,208 ? ???$37,701 ? ???$10,493 ? ?72.2% ? |
| 1998??? $27,290? ??? $37,296? ??? $10,006 ????73.2% ? |
| 1997 ???$26,720? ??? $36,030? ??? $9,310? ??? 74.2% ? |
| 1996? ?? $25,919? ??? $35,138? ??? $9,219? ??? 73.8% ? |
| 1995? ?? $25,260? ??? $35,365 ? ???$10,105 ????71.4% ? |
| 1994 ??? $25,558 ? ???$35,513 ? ???$9,955? ??? 72.0% ? |
| 1993 ???$25,579 ? ???$35,765 ? ???$10,186 ? ??71.5% ? |
| 1992 ? ???$25,791 ? ???$36,436 ? ???$10,645 ? ??70.8% ? |
| 1991 ? ???$25,457 ? ???$36,440 ? ???$10,983 ? ??69.9% ? |
| 1990 ? ???$25,451 ? ???$35,538 ? ???$10,087 ? ??71.6% ? |
| 1989? ??? $25,310 ? ???$36,855? ?? $11,545? ?? 66.0% ? |
| 1988 ? ???$24,774 ? ???$37,509? ?? $12,735? ?? 66.0% ? |
| 1987 ? ???$24,663 ? ???$37,389 ???$12,726? ?? 65.2% ? |
| 1986 ? ???$24,479 ? ???$38,088 ???$13,609 ? ??64.3% ? |
| 1985? ??? $23,978? ??? $37,131??? $13,153? ?? 64.6% ? |
| 1984 ? ???$23,453? ??? $36,842 ???$13,389? ?? 63.7% ? |
| 1983 ? ???$22,961? ??? $36,106? ?? $13,055? ?? 63.6% ? |
| 1982? ??? $22,367? ??? $36,224 ???$13,857? ?? 61.7% ? |
| 1981? ??? $21,830 ? ???$36,854??? $15,024? ?? 59.2% ? |
| 1980 ? ???$22,279? ??? $37,033 ???$14,754 ? ??60.2% ? |
| 1979? ??? $22,446? ??? $37,622 ?? $15,176? ?? 59.7% ? |
| 1978? ??? $22,617? ??? $38,051 ? ??$15,005? ?? 59.4% ? |
| 1977? ??? $21,743? ??? $36,901 ? ???$15,158 ? ??58.9% ? |
| 1976? ??? $21,738? ??? $36,114 ? ???$14,376 ???60.2% ? |
| 1975? ??? $21,297? ??? $36,207 ??? $14,910 ???58.8% ? |
| 1974? ??? $21,419? ??? $36,456 ???$15,037??? 58.8% ? |
| 1973? ??? $21,397? ??? $37,381? ?? $15,984??? 56.6% ? |
| 1972? ??? $21,185? ??? $36,614 ???$15,429??? 57.9% ? |
| 1971 ? ???$20,691? ??? $34,771??? $14,080??? 59.5% ? |
| 1970? ??? $20,567? ??? $34,642 ???$14,075??? 59.4% ? |
| 1969 ? ???$20,156 ? ???$34,241 ???$14,085 ???58.9% ? |
| 1968? ??? $18,836 ? ???$32,389??? $13,553 ???58.2% ? |
| 1967? ??? $18,241? ??? $31,568 ???$13,327??? 57.8% ? |
| 1966 ? ???$17,874 ? ???$31,055 ???$13,181 ???57.6% ? |
| 1965? ??? $17,852? ??? $29,791? ?? $11,939??? 59.9% ? |
| 1964? ??? $17,368? ??? $29,362? ?? $11,994 ???59.1% ? |
| 1963 ? ???$16,908? ??? $28,684? ??? $11,776???58.9% ? |
| 1962? ??? $16,587? ??? $27,972??? $11,385 ???59.3% ? |
| 1961? ???$16,272 ? ???$27,463??? $11,191?????59.2% ? |
| 1960 ? ???$16,144 ? ???$26,608 ??? $10,464 ???60.7% ? |
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Note: Earnings in current and 2000 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars.
**The?U.S. Census Bureau adjusted their pay data methodology?for this year (2018 data) changing the reported gap, but this does not reflect a real change in America. The gap is not statistically different from last year.
* 2004 data revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC.
Source: Census Bureau reports and data, Current Population Reports, Median Earning of Workers 15 Years Old and Over by Work Experience and Sex.
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