Year |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
1970 |
100% |
69.0% |
n.a. |
58.7% |
48.2% |
n.a. |
1975 |
100 |
74.3 |
72.1% |
57.5 |
55.4 |
49.3% |
1980 |
100 |
70.7 |
70.8 |
58.9 |
55.7 |
50.5 |
1985 |
100 |
69.7 |
68.0 |
63.0 |
57.1 |
52.1 |
1990 |
100 |
73.1 |
66.3 |
69.4 |
62.5 |
54.3 |
1992 |
100 |
72.6 |
63.3 |
70.0 |
64.0 |
55.4 |
1994 |
100 |
75.1 |
64.3 |
71.6 |
63.0 |
55.6 |
1995 |
100 |
75.9 |
63.3 |
71.2 |
64.2 |
53.4 |
1996 |
100 |
80.0 |
63.9 |
73.3 |
65.1 |
56.6 |
1997 |
100 |
75.1 |
61.4 |
71.9 |
62.6 |
53.9 |
1998 |
100 |
74.9 |
61.6 |
72.6 |
62.6 |
53.1 |
1999 |
100 |
80.6 |
61.6 |
71.6 |
65.0 |
52.1 |
2000 |
100 |
78.2 |
63.4 |
72.2 |
64.6 |
52.8 |
2003 |
100 |
78.2 |
63.3 |
75.6 |
65.4 |
54.3 |
2004 |
100 |
74.5 |
63.2 |
76.7 |
68.4 |
56.9 |
Source: U.S. Current Population Survey and the National Committee on Pay Equity.
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Percent |
|
1951 |
63.9% |
1952 |
63.9 |
1953 |
63.9 |
1954 |
63.9 |
1955 |
63.9 |
1956 |
63.3 |
1957 |
63.8 |
1958 |
63.0 |
1959 |
61.3 |
1960 |
60.7 |
1961 |
59.2 |
1962 |
59.3% |
1963 |
58.9 |
1964 |
59.1 |
1965 |
59.9 |
1966 |
57.6 |
1967 |
57.8 |
1968 |
58.2 |
1969 |
58.9 |
1970 |
59.4 |
1971 |
59.5 |
1972 |
57.9 |
1973 |
56.6% |
1974 |
58.8 |
1975 |
58.8 |
1976 |
60.2 |
1977 |
58.9 |
1978 |
59.4 |
1979 |
59.7 |
1980 |
60.2 |
1981 |
59.2 |
1982 |
61.7 |
1983 |
63.6 |
1984 |
63.7% |
1985 |
64.6 |
1986 |
64.3 |
1987 |
65.2 |
1988 |
66.0 |
1989 |
68.7 |
1990 |
71.6 |
1991 |
69.9 |
1992 |
70.8 |
1993 |
71.5 |
1994 |
72.0 |
1995 |
71.4% |
1996 |
73.8 |
1997 |
74.2 |
1998 |
73.2 |
1999 |
72.2 |
2000 |
73.3 |
2001 |
76.3 |
2002 |
76.6 |
2003 |
75.5 |
2004 |
76.6 |
2005 |
77.0 |
Source: U.S. Women's Bureau and the National Committee on Pay Equity. Reproduced by permission of the National Committee on Pay Equity.
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Country |
Women's wages |
Austria |
79% |
Belgium |
89 |
Denmark |
86 |
Finland |
81 |
France |
88 |
Germany |
81% |
Greece |
87 |
Ireland |
78 |
Italy |
91 |
Luxembourg |
822 |
Netherlands |
79% |
Portugal |
95 |
Spain |
861 |
Sweden |
83 |
United Kingdom |
78 |
NOTES: Figures are unadjusted, and reflect the average gross hourly earnings of all paid employees aged 16–64 who worked 15+ hours per week in 1999.
1. Estimated.
2. In 1996.
Source: The Social Situation in the European Union: 2003
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