In 2023, women working as wageworkers in the United States earned 18.11 current U.S. dollars per hour. This is an increase from the previous year, when women's median hourly earnings totaled to 17.18 in current U.S. dollars. The term current U.S. dollars describes the value of the currency in that particular year. The median hourly earnings of women in the U.S. adjusted for inflation can be found here.
Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Wage in current U.S. dollars
2023
18.11
2022
17.18
2021
16.02
2020
15.22
2019
14.85
2018
14.06
2017
13.56
2016
13.01
2015
12.56
2014
12.18
2013
12.12
2012
11.99
2011
11.98
2010
11.83
2009
11.76
2008
11.49
2007
10.98
2006
10.65
2005
10.31
2004
10.17
2003
10.08
2002
9.89
2001
9.64
2000
9.06
1999
8.64
1998
8.23
1997
7.94
1996
7.73
1995
7.46
1994
7.25
1993
7.12
1992
6.96
1991
6.75
1990
6.44
1989
6.11
1988
5.84
1987
5.6
1986
5.33
1985
5.13
1984
4.97
1983
4.8
1982
4.61
1981
4.28
1980
3.95
1979
3.62
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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. (August 1, 2024). Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Hourly Earnings of Female Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 1979 to 2023 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/ (last visited March 08, 2025)
Median hourly earnings of female wage and salary workers in the United States from 1979 to 2023 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185345/median-hourly-earnings-of-female-wage-and-salary-workers/
