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Tweet[IWS] BLS: Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]
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Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 978
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2003.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
[excerpt]
Introduction
Median weekly earnings for women who were fulltime wage and salary workers were $552 in 2003. This amount equaled 80 percent of men's $695 weekly median, up from 78 percent in 2002. In 1979, the first year of comparable earnings data, women earned 63 percent as much as men. (See chart 1.)
The women's-to-men's earnings ratio varied significantly by demographic group. The ratio was about 88 percent for both blacks and Hispanics or Latinos in 2003; for whites it was 79 percent; and for Asians it was 78 percent. Young women (16 to 24 years old) earned almost as much as young men, while women aged 35 years and older earned about three-fourths as much as their male peers.
This report presents earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information on earnings is collected from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. Users should note that the comparisons of earnings in this report are on a broad level and do not control for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of the source of the data and an explanation of the concepts and definitions used, see the Technical Note.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 978
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2003.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
[excerpt]
Introduction
Median weekly earnings for women who were fulltime wage and salary workers were $552 in 2003. This amount equaled 80 percent of men's $695 weekly median, up from 78 percent in 2002. In 1979, the first year of comparable earnings data, women earned 63 percent as much as men. (See chart 1.)
The women's-to-men's earnings ratio varied significantly by demographic group. The ratio was about 88 percent for both blacks and Hispanics or Latinos in 2003; for whites it was 79 percent; and for Asians it was 78 percent. Young women (16 to 24 years old) earned almost as much as young men, while women aged 35 years and older earned about three-fourths as much as their male peers.
This report presents earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information on earnings is collected from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. Users should note that the comparisons of earnings in this report are on a broad level and do not control for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of the source of the data and an explanation of the concepts and definitions used, see the Technical Note.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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