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2004 Median Annual Earnings by Race and Sex

Race/gender	Earnings	Wage ratio
White men	$42,601	100.0%
White women	32,683	76.7
Black men	31,732	74.5
Black women	29,145	68.4
Hispanic men	26,921	63.2
Hispanic women	24,255	56.9
All men	$41,667
All women	$32,101
Wage gap		77.0%

NOTE: Includes full-time, year-round workers ages 15 and above. “White” and “Black” exclude those who identified as Hispanic and/or reported more than one race category. “Hispanic” includes all those who so identified themselves, regardless of race.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

2006 Median Annual Earnings by Race and Sex

The Wage Gap

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