Women's earnings as percent of men's, full-time wage and 
salary workers, by race and Hispanic origin, 1979-2002


			
       	             Percent
		
	Black	  Hispanic	White

1979	74.3	   71.7		61.7
1980	75.8	   73.6		63.5
1981	76.7	   75.6		63.1
1982	78.0	   75.7		64.4
1983	78.9	   78.3		65.7
1984	79.6	   77.8		67.0
1985	82.8	   77.7		67.4
1986	82.7	   80.7		67.9
1987	84.4	   82.1		68.2
1988	83.0	   84.6		68.5
1989	86.5	   85.6		69.2
1990	85.5	   87.6		71.5
1991	86.1	   90.5		73.7
1992	88.1	   89.1		75.2
1993	88.8	   90.4		76.5
1994	86.5	   88.8		74.5
1995	86.3	   87.3		73.2
1996	88.1	   89.0		73.8
1997	86.8	   85.6		74.6
1998	85.4	   86.5		76.1
1999	83.7	   85.7		75.7
2000	85.2	   88.4		75.1
2001	87.2	   88.5		75.6
2002	90.7	   88.2		78.2