In 2020, the median usual weekly earnings of employed women in the United States were 891 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2020 U.S. dollars. In 1979, the median weekly earnings of women in full-time employment was 607 constant 2020 U.S. dollars.
Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020
(in constant 2020 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in constant 2020 U.S. dollars
2020
891
2019
831
2018
813
2017
813
2016
808
2015
793
2014
787
2013
786
2012
781
2011
789
2010
795
2009
794
2008
769
2007
768
2006
772
2005
777
2004
787
2003
779
2002
763
2001
751
2000
744
1999
737
1998
726
1997
695
1996
689
1995
687
1994
692
1993
696
1992
690
1991
680
1990
667
1989
663
1988
665
1987
662
1986
658
1985
637
1984
631
1983
625
1982
618
1981
600
1980
604
1979
607
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The term constant dollars refers to a metric for valuing the price of something over time, without that metric changing due to inflation or deflation. The term specifically refers to dollars whose present value is linked to a given year.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 21, 2021). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185256/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185256/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185256/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Inflation Adjusted Weekly Earnings of Female Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2020 (in Constant 2020 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185256/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median inflation adjusted weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in constant 2020 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185256/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited June 28, 2022)
