Book Description

Presents earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of 60,000 households. Info. on earnings is collected from 1/4 of the CPS sample each month. The comparisons of earnings in this report do not control for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences. In 2009, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median weekly earnings of $657, or about 80% of the $819 median for their male counterparts. In 1979, the first year for which comparable earnings data are available, women earned about 62% as much as men. After a gradual rise in the 1980s and 1990s, the women's-to-men's earnings ratio peaked at 81% in 2005 and 2006. Tables. This is a print on demand report.