Women in the States

Data and Rankings on Women’s Employment and Earnings by Detailed Racial and Ethnic Groups, United States, 2013

Median Annual Earnings for Women Employed Full-Time, Year-Round

Median Annual Earnings for Men Employed Full-Time, Year-Round

Ratio of Women’s Earnings to Men’s of the Same Racial/ Ethnic Group

Ratio of Women’s Earnings to White Men’s Earnings

Percent of Women in the Labor Force

Percent of Employed Women, Managerial or Professional Occupations

Dollars

Rank

Dollars

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

White

$40,586

$52,000

78.1%

78.1%

57.9%

43.7%

Hispanic

$28,410

$31,069

91.4%

54.6%

59.1%

24.5%

Mexican

$26,381

19

$30,034

19

87.8%

8

50.7%

19

57.8%

20

22.1%

17

Puerto Rican

$35,212

7

$40,000

9

88.0%

7

67.7%

7

58.6%

19

31.9%

10

Cuban

$31,069

12

$36,000

14

86.3%

10

59.7%

12

55.9%

22

35.1%

6

Costa Rican

$33,483

8

$40,000

9

83.7%

12

64.4%

8

60.5%

16

36.4%

5

Guatemalan

$23,337

21

$24,855

22

93.9%

2

44.9%

21

61.8%

15

14.6%

20

Honduran

$22,784

22

$25,000

21

91.1%

4

43.8%

22

65.4%

5

13.0%

22

Nicaraguan

$29,000

16

$31,069

17

93.3%

3

55.8%

16

63.0%

12

26.1%

15

Panamanian

$37,283

3

$45,568

4

81.8%

13

71.7%

3

64.6%

6

33.4%

8

Salvadoran

$23,540

20

$28,998

20

81.2%

15

45.3%

20

65.7%

4

13.8%

21

Other Central American

$31,454

11

$30,439

18

103.3%

1

60.5%

11

63.7%

8

17.8%

19

Argentinean

$40,804

1

$50,732

2

80.4%

17

78.5%

1

63.5%

9

48.8%

1

Bolivian

$36,248

4

$41,000

6

88.4%

6

69.7%

4

70.1%

1

28.8%

13

Chilean

$36,248

4

$44,533

5

81.4%

14

69.7%

4

59.7%

18

41.9%

3

Colombian

$32,875

9

$40,586

7

81.0%

16

63.2%

9

65.8%

3

33.6%

7

Ecuadorian

$29,000

16

$32,000

15

90.6%

5

55.8%

16

62.2%

14

24.8%

16

Peruvian

$30,439

15

$38,252

12

79.6%

19

58.5%

15

66.0%

2

29.0%

12

Uruguayan

$31,069

12

$38,837

11

80.0%

18

59.7%

12

64.5%

7

27.3%

14

Venezuelan

$36,000

6

$50,000

3

72.0%

22

69.2%

6

63.4%

10

41.6%

4

Other South American

$31,069

12

$40,586

7

76.6%

20

59.7%

12

63.3%

11

32.7%

9

Spaniard

$40,586

2

$53,854

1

75.4%

21

78.1%

2

60.2%

17

42.0%

2

Dominican

$27,395

18

$31,700

16

86.4%

9

52.7%

18

62.8%

13

20.1%

18

Other Hispanic

$32,000

10

$38,049

13

84.1%

11

61.5%

10

57.6%

21

31.1%

11

Black

$33,555

$38,354

87.5%

64.5%

62.4%

32.8%

Asian/Pacific Islander

$45,000

$56,000

80.4%

86.5%

58.8%

47.2%

Chinese

$50,747

2

$60,879

3

83.4%

13

97.6%

2

57.9%

14

52.9%

4

Japanese

$50,732

3

$65,952

2

76.9%

18

97.6%

2

48.5%

18

53.3%

3

Filipino

$45,000

5

$46,604

8

96.6%

1

86.5%

5

68.2%

1

46.8%

6

Asian Indian

$60,879

1

$81,172

1

75.0%

20

117.1%

1

56.3%

15

64.1%

1

Korean

$41,426

8

$51,782

5

80.0%

15

79.7%

8

52.5%

17

45.2%

7

Hawaiian

$35,000

11

$41,426

9

84.5%

10

67.3%

11

64.4%

3

31.2%

13

Vietnamese

$32,000

13

$41,426

9

77.2%

17

61.5%

13

62.2%

8

28.8%

15

Cambodian

$31,069

16

$37,000

16

84.0%

12

59.7%

16

61.0%

11

22.3%

18

Hmong

$30,000

20

$31,454

20

95.4%

2

57.7%

20

63.0%

7

24.6%

16

Laotian

$32,000

13

$36,248

17

88.3%

7

61.5%

13

64.8%

2

22.8%

17

Thai

$35,000

11

$41,426

9

84.5%

10

67.3%

11

60.1%

12

35.2%

10

Bangladeshi

$30,439

19

$39,147

15

77.8%

16

58.5%

19

44.3%

19

33.3%

11

Indonesian

$37,745

9

$41,426

9

91.1%

4

72.6%

9

59.2%

13

40.1%

9

Pakistani

$44,644

6

$51,782

5

86.2%

9

85.9%

6

41.8%

20

52.0%

5

Sri Lankan

$48,000

4

$53,854

4

89.1%

6

92.3%

4

63.3%

6

60.2%

2

Other Asian

$32,000

13

$35,716

18

89.6%

5

61.5%

13

56.0%

16

31.8%

12

Asian/Pacific Islander Race Combinations

$42,615

7

$51,782

5

82.3%

14

82.0%

7

63.7%

5

45.1%

8

Samoan

$31,069

16

$40,500

14

76.7%

19

59.7%

16

62.0%

9

21.3%

20

Guamanian/Chamorro

$37,283

10

$40,586

13

91.9%

3

71.7%

10

63.8%

4

30.5%

14

Other Pacific Islander

$31,069

16

$35,513

19

87.5%

8

59.7%

16

61.7%

10

21.8%

19

Native American

$32,000

$37,283

85.8%

61.5%

54.9%

32.6%

Apache

$28,500

13

$31,000

13

91.9%

3

54.8%

13

57.9%

5

27.6%

13

Cherokee

$32,469

7

$41,426

3

78.4%

14

62.4%

7

53.9%

13

35.6%

4

Chickasaw

$42,000

1

$48,000

1

87.5%

7

80.8%

1

55.1%

9

42.9%

1

Chippewa

$31,454

9

$40,000

5

78.6%

13

60.5%

9

59.4%

1

32.6%

8

Choctaw

$33,000

6

$40,000

5

82.5%

11

63.5%

6

58.3%

4

39.3%

2

Creek

$34,000

4

$34,498

10

98.6%

2

65.4%

4

58.9%

3

34.2%

5

Iroquois

$34,280

3

$40,586

4

84.5%

9

65.9%

3

56.5%

7

36.6%

3

Lumbee

$28,791

12

$36,000

9

80.0%

12

55.4%

12

55.2%

8

31.3%

10

Navajo

$28,998

11

$32,000

11

90.6%

5

55.8%

11

52.2%

14

30.4%

11

Pueblo

$30,439

10

$30,439

14

100.0%

1

58.5%

10

59.0%

2

33.0%

7

Sioux

$28,410

14

$31,069

12

91.4%

4

54.6%

14

54.4%

11

29.6%

12

Other American Indian Tribe

$32,469

7

$37,283

8

87.1%

8

62.4%

7

54.1%

12

32.2%

9

Alaska Native

$36,248

2

$43,700

2

82.9%

10

69.7%

2

56.6%

6

26.5%

14

Two or More American Indian and/or Alaska Native Tribes

$34,000

4

$38,049

7

89.4%

6

65.4%

4

54.8%

10

33.3%

6

Other Race or Two or More Races

$37,283

$45,000

82.9%

71.7%

62.1%

37.8%