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HOW DOES THE PAY GAP AFFECT WOMEN <br />OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS? <br />The pay gap affects women from all backgrounds, at all ages, and of all levels of educational <br />achievement, although earnings and the gap vary depending on a woman's individual situation. <br />RACE/ETHNICITY <br />The overall gender pay gap is useful for understanding <br />the impact of gender on women's pay, but there is no <br />single gender pay gap or race pay gap since women of <br />different backgrounds have very different experiences <br />and earnings. However, across all racial and ethnic <br />groups, women working full time are typically paid less <br />than men in the same group (figure 3). Among full-time <br />workers in 2017, Hispanic or Latina, American Indian <br />or Alaska Native (AIAN), black or African American, and <br />Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (NH PI) women <br />had tower median annual earnings compared with non - <br />Hispanic white and Asian women. <br />580,000 <br />S70,000 <br />S60,000 <br />$50,000 <br />$40,000 <br />$30,000 <br />$20,000 <br />$10,000 <br />$0 <br />FIGURE 3: Median Annual Earnings, by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2017 <br />66,221 <br />S58 014 <br />$51,824 <br />$31,364 <br />$33,571 <br />$38,887 $40,370 <br />$35;96 <br />$42,135 <br />$45,506 <br />Hispanic or Latina/o <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018a) <br />American Indian <br />or Alaska Native <br />Black or Native Hawaiian and White <br />African American Other Pacific Islander (non -Hispanic) <br />Asian <br />Because non -Hispanic white <br />men are the largest and most <br />advantaged demographic group in <br />the labor force, they are often used <br />as a benchmark for the earnings <br />of women of different races and <br />ethnicities. Compared with the <br />salaries of white men, Asian women's <br />salaries show the smallest gender <br />pay gap, at 85 percent of white <br />men's earnings. The gap was largest <br />for Hispanic women, who were paid <br />only 53 percent of what white men <br />were paid in 2017 (figure 4). <br />AAUW • www.aauw.org <br />FIGURE 4: Women's Earnings as a Percentage of White Men's Earnings, <br />by Race/Ethnicity, 2017 <br />Note: Based on median annual earnings of full-time, year-round workers. CPS includes <br />workers 15 and older, ACS includes workers 16 and older. The CPS is the preferred data <br />source for income estimates, but lacks sufficient sample size for reporting on smaller <br />demographic groups. See page 7 for a more detailed description of the CPS and ACS. <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018a, 2018b) <br />THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT THE GENDER PAY GAP I Fall 2018 Edition O <br />Current <br />Population <br />Survey (CPS) <br />American <br />Community <br />Survey (ACS) <br />Hispanic or Latina <br />53% <br />54% <br />Black or African American <br />61% <br />62% . <br />White (non -Hispanic) <br />77% <br />78% <br />Asian <br />85% <br />89% <br />Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander <br />-- <br />62% <br />American Indian or Alaska Native <br />-- <br />58% <br />Note: Based on median annual earnings of full-time, year-round workers. CPS includes <br />workers 15 and older, ACS includes workers 16 and older. The CPS is the preferred data <br />source for income estimates, but lacks sufficient sample size for reporting on smaller <br />demographic groups. See page 7 for a more detailed description of the CPS and ACS. <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018a, 2018b) <br />THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT THE GENDER PAY GAP I Fall 2018 Edition O <br />