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Median Annual Earnings by Race and Sex, 2011

Race/gender	Earnings	Wage ratio
White men	$44,512	100.0%
White women	36,556	82.1
Black men	33,956	76.2
Black women	30,940	69.5
Hispanic men	29,692	66.7
Hispanic women	26,936	60.5
Asian men	50,440	113.3
Asian women	39,052	87.7
All men	$43,264
All women	$35,568

NOTE: Includes full-time, year-round workers ages 16 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.

The Wage Gap

2004 Median Annual Earnings by Race and Sex