May 14, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Earning patterns for women working
part-time contrast with full-timers'
Women who worked part-time—less than 35 hours per
week—made up about one-fourth of all female wage and salary workers in 1998. Their
median weekly earnings were $161, about 35 percent of the median for women working
full-time. Earnings for men who worked part-time were $146. That was 9.3 percent lower
than female part-timers’ earnings.
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Unlike full-time workers, whose earnings increased for each successive 10-year age
division within the 25-to-54 year category, weekly earnings for female part-timers were
essentially the same regardless of age. Female part-timers younger than 25 or older than
55, however, earned less than did those in the central age groups.
Also in contrast to full-time workers, weekly earnings for both male and female
part-timers varied little by race or Hispanic origin.
These earnings data are a product of the Current Population
Survey. For more information, see "Highlights of
Women’s Earnings," BLS Report 928.
Of interest
Spotlight on Statistics: National Hispanic Heritage Month
In this Spotlight, we take a look at the Hispanic labor force—including labor force participation, employment and unemployment, educational attainment, geographic location, country of birth, earnings, consumer expenditures, time use, workplace injuries, and employment projections.
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