Women's median usual weekly earnings as percent of men's, full-time wage and salary workers, by age, 1979 and 2008 1979 2008 Total, 16 years and older 62.3 79.9 16 to 19 years 85.2 87.3 20 to 24 years 76.3 92.5 25 to 34 years 67.5 88.5 35 to 44 years 58.3 74.5 45 to 54 years 56.8 74.9 55 to 64 years 60.6 75.4 65 years and older 77.6 74.8