Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2006
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Report 1000, September 2007
In 2006, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median weekly earnings of $600, or about 81 percent of the $743 median for their male counterparts. This ratio has grown since 1979 (the first year comparable earnings data were available), when women earned about 63 percent as much as men.