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Median usual weekly earnings difference between men and women
October 26, 2015
Median usual weekly earnings of the nation's 109.4 million full-time wage and salary workers were $809 in the third quarter of 2015. Men had median usual weekly earnings of $898. Women had median earnings of $728, 81.1 percent of the median for men.
Women's-to-men's median usual weekly earnings ratio, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted
Quarter
Women's-to-men's earnings ratio
Men's earnings
Women's earnings
Q3 2006
79.9%
$755
$603
Q4 2006
81.1
748
607
Q1 2007
81.1
752
610
Q2 2007
79.7
765
610
Q3 2007
80.2
774
621
Q4 2007
79.5
774
615
Q1 2008
80.8
783
633
Q2 2008
79.3
802
636
Q3 2008
79.4
802
637
Q4 2008
80.3
806
647
Q1 2009
79.1
815
645
Q2 2009
79.7
818
652
Q3 2009
81.0
820
664
Q4 2009
80.9
823
666
Q1 2010
79.2
836
662
Q2 2010
82.4
814
671
Q3 2010
81.6
821
670
Q4 2010
81.8
826
676
Q1 2011
82.7
821
679
Q2 2011
82.8
830
687
Q3 2011
81.5
836
681
Q4 2011
81.9
838
686
Q1 2012
82.4
841
693
Q2 2012
79.0
870
687
Q3 2012
82.9
836
693
Q4 2012
79.6
868
691
Q1 2013
81.3
860
699
Q2 2013
81.6
865
706
Q3 2013
82.5
856
706
Q4 2013
82.6
862
712
Q1 2014
82.7
866
716
Q2 2014
83.0
861
715
Q3 2014
82.0
880
722
Q4 2014
82.6
875
723
Q1 2015
81.6
887
724
Q2 2015
81.6
890
726
Q3 2015
81.1
898
728
In the third quarter of 2006, median usual weekly earnings for women were 79.9 percent of the median for men.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. These comparisons of earnings are on a broad level and do not control for many factors that affect earnings differences. To learn more, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Third Quarter 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
