Women's earnings as a share of men's have increased since 1982 across all age groups. While 25-35 year old women's median hourly earnings were 92 percent of their male counterparts, the pay gap becomes more extreme as women age.
Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age
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Pew Research Center. (March 1, 2023). Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/
Pew Research Center. "Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age." Chart. March 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/
Pew Research Center. (2023). Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/
Pew Research Center. "Median Hourly Earnings of Women as a Share of The Median Hourly Earnings of Men in The United States from 1982 to 2022, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/
Pew Research Center, Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Median hourly earnings of women as a share of the median hourly earnings of men in the United States from 1982 to 2022, by age [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1377951/median-earnings-women-share-earnings-men-age-us/