{"id":5881,"date":"2022-06-02T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=5881"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:00:45","slug":"wage-gap-calculator","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/feature\/wage-gap-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the gender wage gap in your metropolitan area? 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The gender wage gap varies by age and metropolitan area, and in most places, has narrowed since 2000. See how women\u2019s wages compare with men\u2019s in your metro area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligncenter is-style-640-wide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__prc icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path fill=\"currentColor\" transform=\"translate(0 0) scale(0.046875)\" d=\"M256 512A256 256 0 1 0 256 0a256 256 0 1 0 0 512zM232 344l0-64-64 0c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24s10.7-24 24-24l64 0 0-64c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24s24 10.7 24 24l0 64 64 0c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24s-10.7 24-24 24l-64 0 0 64c0 13.3-10.7 24-24 24s-24-10.7-24-24z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__prc icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path fill=\"currentColor\" transform=\"translate(0 0) scale(0.046875)\" d=\"M256 512A256 256 0 1 0 256 0a256 256 0 1 0 0 512zM184 232l144 0c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24s-10.7 24-24 24l-144 0c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24s10.7-24 24-24z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men in the United States have long earned more than women, on average, but this gender wage gap has <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aeaweb.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1257\/jel.20160995\">slowly narrowed over time<\/a>. This interactive empowers readers to investigate the size of the gap in metropolitan areas and how it\u2019s changed since 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data from 2000 is derived from the 2000 decennial census; data from 2019 comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/acs\">American Community Survey<\/a> and is based on the 2015-2019 5-year ACS microdata sample. Both are provided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/index.shtml\">Integrated Public Use Microdata Series<\/a> (IPUMS) from the University of Minnesota. IPUMS assigns uniform codes, to the extent possible, to data collected in the ACS. The 2000 figures are based on the 5% sample. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2019 ACS data is the most recent available. The collection of the 2020 data was severely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/covid-19-impact-on-2020-acs.html\">impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the 2010 census, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineated 384 metropolitan statistical areas. The IPUMS ACS provides information on 260 metros. As explained in the documentation for <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa-action\/variables\/MET2013#description_section\">MET2013<\/a>, there is an imprecise correspondence between the metro boundaries in the ACS data and the official metro area boundaries. This analysis uses information for only 250 metros because 10 metros had an insufficient number of full-time, year-round working women living in them to provide accurate estimates; 27 metros had data for 2019 but comparable estimates are not available in the 2000 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A \u201cfull-time, year-round worker\u201d worked at least 50 weeks in the year prior to the interview date and usually worked at least 35 hours per week. The analysis excluded self-employed workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent Pew Research Center analyses of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/05\/25\/gender-pay-gap-facts\/\">gender pay gap<\/a> examine the median hourly wage of both full- <em>and<\/em> part-time workers using the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS does not provide information on individual metropolitan areas. 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