Women's earnings as a  percentage of men's 1979-1999

Percent of men's earnings
		
Year	35-44	45-54
1979	58.3	56.9
1980	58.4	56.9
1981	59.9	56.8
1982	61.2	60.1
1983	61.5	59.5
1984	61.9	59.4
1985	63.1	59.7
1986	64.0	61.0
1987	66.1	62.3
1988	68.4	61.8
1989	68.1	62.7
1990	69.7	63.8
1991	70.8	64.9
1992	71.9	65.8
1993	73.0	67.3
1994	72.5	67.1
1995	72.7	67.8
1996	73.2	68.9
1997	74.0	69.4
1998	73.5	70.5
1999	71.7	70.1