• The median weekly earnings of women who were full-time workers in 2007 was $614, or 80 percent of full-time male worker's median weekly earnings of $766.
• The median weekly earnings of females aged 16 to 24 in 2007 was 92 percent of the median weekly earnings of males aged 16 to 24 ($409 and $443, respectively).
  
  
  

Note. Includes full-time, salary workers ages 15 and above. Estimates for the race groups do not sum to total because data are not represented for all races. From the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey.

Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's Earnings, 1963-2003

Note. From the U.S. Women's Bureau and the National Committee on Pay Equity.

Average Weekly Earnings of 1999-2000 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Employed in 2001:

• Full-time female employees earned 80% of full-time male employees’ wages.
• Part-time female employees earned 73% of part-time male employees’ wages.
  

From AAUW's research report Behind the Pay Gap, page 10, figure 2



Average Weekly Earnings of 1992-92 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients Employed in 2003, by Gender and Employment Status:

• Full-time female employees earned 69% of full-time male employees’ wages.
• Part-time female employees earned 56% of full-time male employee’s wages.
  

From AAUW's research report Behind the Pay Gap, page 20, figure 10

An Interesting Note:
If women were paid the same as men who worked the same number of hours, have the same education and union status, are the same age, and live in the same region of the country, then these women's annual family income would rise by $4,000 and poverty rates would be cut in half. Working families would gain an astounding $200 billion in family income annually. (as reported by the AFL-CIO and the Institute for Women's Policy Research)

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