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1 Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2012 1 (2013)

handle is hein.peggy/hiwoearn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BLS SBLS OCTOBER 2013 REPORT 1045 Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2012 n 2012, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $691. On average in 2012, women made about 81 percent of the median earnings of male full-time wage and salary workers ($854). In 1979, the first year for which comparable earnings data are available, women earned 62 percent of what men earned. (See chart 1 and tables 1 and 12.) This report presents data highlights and statistical tables of earnings data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Information on earnings is collected from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. It is important to 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 in this report, see the accompanying technical notes section. Earnings of full-time workers Age Median weekly earnings were highest for women age 35 to 64 in 2012, with little difference in the earnings of 35- to 44-year-olds ($747), 45- to 54-year-olds ($746), and 55- to 64-year-olds ($766). Among men, workers who were age 45 to 64 had the highest earnings, with 45- to 54-year- olds ($994) making about the same as 55- to 64-year-olds ($1,005). Young women and men age 16 to 24 had the lowest earnings ($416 and $468, respectively). (See table 1.) Among the age groupings of those 35 years and older, women had earnings that ranged from 75 percent to 78 CONTENTS Earnings of full-time workers ....... A ge .......................... Race and ethnicity .............. Education ..................... Occupation .................... Status as a parent ............... State of residence ............... Weekly work hours ............. Earnings of part-time workers ...... Earnings of workers paid by the hour. Statistical Tables ................. Technical Notes .................. ................ ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 BLS Reports I October 2013 ° www.bls.gov

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