Indicator 8.5.1 - Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
Median weekly earnings of US women employed as full-time wage and salary workers in US dollars
Median weekly earnings of US women employed as full-time wage and salary workers in US dollars
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities |
|---|---|
| SDG Target Addressed | By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | The gender wage gap measures the relative difference between the average hourly earnings for men and the average hourly earnings for women. It is computed as the difference between the gross average hourly earnings of male and female employees expressed as percentage of gross average hourly earnings of male employees. Earnings refers to regular remuneration received from employers, in cash and in kind, and includes direct wages and salaries for time worked or work done, remuneration for time not worked (e.g. paid annual leave), as well as bonuses and gratuities that are regularly received. It excludes contributions paid by employers to social security and pension schemes in respect of their employees, benefits received by employees under these schemes, and severance and termination pay. |
| UN Designated Tier | 2 |
| UN Custodial Agency | ILO |
U.S. Metadata
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| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | |
|---|---|
| Graph Title | Median weekly earnings of US women employed as full-time wage and salary workers in US dollars |
| Actual indicator available | Usual weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers by disability status, age, sex |
| Description of actual indicator available | Median weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers who indicated they have a disability. |
| Method of computation | Source: Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly national sample household survey. Technical Documentation and Methodology: https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Information about the disability data is also available at https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_faq.htm |
| Comments and limitations | Earnings data by occupation for people with a disability are not available. |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Time Period | 2009-2015 |
| Unit of measure | Median weekly earnings in U.S. dollars. |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | Disability |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | |
| Date of public data release from National source | Early 2016 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | December 2016 |
| Scheduled Update by National source | Annual data for 2016 will be available in early 2017 |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | https://www.bls.gov/cps/contact.htm |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | CPSinfo@bls.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics/Current Population Survey |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | https://www.bls.gov/cps/ |
| International and National References | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - www.bls.gov |