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Gender Pay Ratio
Women’s median weekly earnings as a share of men’s, full-time workers, %
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Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
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Median weekly pay for women working full time, relative to men. The ratio rose quickly in the 1980s and has moved more slowly since.
What this chart reads
- Gender Pay Ratio — Women's Median Weekly Earnings as % of Men'sas “Women’s pay as share of men’s”behindlatest 2026-04-01
Sources
Gender Pay Ratio — Women's Median Weekly Earnings as % of Men's. Source: Computed by Palanor from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey series LES1252882700Q and LES1252881800Q, retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Public domain (US government work); cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recomputed monthly by the fred-composites job, which rewrites the full history so BLS revisions carry through.
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