In 2020, women working as wage workers in the United States earned 15.22 current U.S. dollars per hour. This is an increase from the previous year, when women's median hourly earnings totaled to 14.85 current U.S. dollars.
Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in current U.S. dollars
2020
15.22
2019
14.85
2018
14.06
2017
13.56
2016
13.01
2015
12.56
2014
12.18
2013
12.12
2012
11.99
2011
11.98
2010
11.83
2009
11.76
2008
11.49
2007
10.98
2006
10.65
2005
10.31
2004
10.17
2003
10.08
2002
9.89
2001
9.64
2000
9.06
1999
8.64
1998
8.23
1997
7.94
1996
7.73
1995
7.46
1994
7.25
1993
7.12
1992
6.96
1991
6.75
1990
6.44
1989
6.11
1988
5.84
1987
5.6
1986
5.33
1985
5.13
1984
4.97
1983
4.8
1982
4.61
1981
4.28
1980
3.95
1979
3.62
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 21, 2021). Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 07, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Hourly Earnings of Female Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2020 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited August 07, 2022)
