In 1979, the median usual weekly earnings of employed woman in the United States of America amounted to 182 current U.S. dollars. In 2022, this figure had risen to 958 current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. Female median weekly earnings adjusted for inflation can be found here.
Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in current U.S. dollars
2022
958
2021
912
2020
891
2019
821
2018
789
2017
770
2016
749
2015
726
2014
719
2013
706
2012
691
2011
684
2010
669
2009
657
2008
638
2007
614
2006
600
2005
585
2004
573
2003
552
2002
529
2001
512
2000
493
1999
473
1998
456
1997
431
1996
418
1995
406
1994
399
1993
393
1992
380
1991
366
1990
346
1989
328
1988
315
1987
303
1986
291
1985
277
1984
265
1983
252
1982
239
1981
219
1980
201
1979
182
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The term "current U.S. dollars" refers to the value of the currency at the recorded time, and is not adjusted for inflation. In the case of 1979, 241 current U.S. dollars refers to the value of 241 U.S. dollars in 1979.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 1, 2024). Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of Female Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2022 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Median weekly earnings of female full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2022 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184668/median-weekly-earnings-of-female-full-time-wage-and-salary-workers/
