In 2021, female employee earnings were outpaced by male earnings across nearly all industries, with sharp disparities in the professional and technical services industry, as well as the finance and insurance industry. Female earnings were slightly higher than male earnings in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry.
Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Wage inequality in the U.S.
The gender pay gap
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- Basic Statistic The global gender gap index 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. female to male earnings ratio 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. weekly earnings by education and gender 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary workers: weekly earnings by gender and ethnicity 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender pay gap by age group Q4 2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wage in the U.S.: share of workers by gender 1980-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender wage gap, by industry 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender wage gap within the most common occupations for women 2021
The racial wage gap
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- Basic Statistic U.S. White full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic Hispanic full-time wage and salary workers U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 1967-2021, by race
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by race or ethnic group
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate, by ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic Share of the population living in poverty by race in the United States 1959-2019
Impact of education
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- Basic Statistic U.S. mean earnings 2005-2021, by educational attainment
- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. minimum wage workers, by education 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. leading master's degrees for finding a job 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. worst master's degrees for finding a job U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. colleges 2021/22, by starting and mid-career pay of graduates
- Premium Statistic Leading colleges for social mobility U.S. 2021, by index score
- Premium Statistic White population share with a bachelor's degree or higher by gender U.S. 1975-2018
- Premium Statistic Black population share with a bachelor's degree or higher U.S. by gender 1975-2018
Regional differences
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- Basic Statistic U.S. private industry average wages 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Estimated average salary of public school teachers U.S. 2020/21, by state
- Premium Statistic Hourly wage of nursing assistants employed by U.S. state 2021
- Premium Statistic Hourly wage of anesthesiologists employed by U.S. state 2021
Further related statistics
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- Contribution of wives' earnings to family income U.S. 1990-2018
- Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in the U.S. 1990-2012
- Median gender bonus pay gap of selected clothing retailers in the UK 2018
- Median gender pay gap of selected retailers in the UK 2022
- Mean gender pay gap of selected retailers in the UK 2019
- Gender pay gap in UK the financial and insurance industry 2015-2020
- Canada: female to male earnings ratio in 2011, by province
- Canada: female to male earnings ratio in 2011, by age group
- Latin America & Caribbean: gender pay gap 2016, by type
- Latin America: factor weighted gender pay gap 2016, by country
- Italy: gross salary of employees with a bachelor degree 2020, by gender
- Difference in salaries offered to men and women in the tech industry 2019-2021
- Pay gap between white and ethnic minority groups in England and Wales 2012-2019
- Annual earnings of copywriters in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by gender
- Economic status perception in Latin America in 2015-2016
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Statistics
- Contribution of wives' earnings to family income U.S. 1990-2018
- Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in the U.S. 1990-2012
- Median gender bonus pay gap of selected clothing retailers in the UK 2018
- Median gender pay gap of selected retailers in the UK 2022
- Mean gender pay gap of selected retailers in the UK 2019
- Gender pay gap in UK the financial and insurance industry 2015-2020
- Canada: female to male earnings ratio in 2011, by province
- Canada: female to male earnings ratio in 2011, by age group
- Latin America & Caribbean: gender pay gap 2016, by type
- Latin America: factor weighted gender pay gap 2016, by country
- Italy: gross salary of employees with a bachelor degree 2020, by gender
- Difference in salaries offered to men and women in the tech industry 2019-2021
- Pay gap between white and ethnic minority groups in England and Wales 2012-2019
- Annual earnings of copywriters in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by gender
- Economic status perception in Latin America in 2015-2016
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 30, 2022). Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Gender Wage Gap by Industry in The United States in 2021, by Median Weekly Earnings (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2021, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244202/us-gender-wage-gap-by-industry/