Figure 3. Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings, and civilian labor force participation rate of women ages 16 and over, annual averages, 1960–2013
Year Women’s earnings as a percent of men’s earnings Women's labor force participation rate

1960

60.7 35.5

1961

59.2 35.4

1962

59.3 35.6

1963

58.9 35.8

1964

59.1 36.3

1965

59.9 37.1

1966

57.6 38.3

1967

57.8 39.0

1968

58.2 39.6

1969

60.5 40.7

1970

59.4 40.8

1971

59.5 40.4

1972

57.9 41.0

1973

56.6 42.0

1974

58.8 42.6

1975

58.8 42.0

1976

60.2 43.2

1977

58.9 44.5

1978

59.4 46.4

1979

59.7 47.5

1980

60.2 47.7

1981

59.2 48.0

1982

61.7 47.7

1983

63.6 48.0

1984

63.7 49.5

1985

64.6 50.4

1986

64.3 51.4

1987

65.2 52.5

1988

66.0 53.4

1989

68.7 54.3

1990

71.6 54.3

1991

69.9 53.7

1992

70.8 53.8

1993

71.5 54.1

1994

72.0 55.3

1995

71.4 55.6

1996

73.8 56.0

1997

74.2 56.8

1998

73.2 57.1

1999

72.3 57.4

2000

73.7 57.5

2001

76.3 57.0

2002

76.6 56.3

2003

75.5 56.1

2004

76.6 56.0

2005

77.0 56.2

2006

76.9 56.6

2007

77.8 56.6

2008

77.1 56.2

2009

77.0 54.4

2010

79.9 53.6

2011

77.0 53.2

2012

76.5 53.1

2013

78.3 53.2

Source: Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.