In 2023, the hourly earning of a man in the United States between 20 and 24 years old amounted to 17.13 U.S. dollars. Men between the ages of 45 and 54 years old earned the most in that year, with a median hourly wage of 22.79 current U.S. dollars.

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In 2022, on average, women were offered 3.5 percent less salary compared to men when they applied for the same job title at the same company in the technology industry.

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The gender wage gap indicator compares the median earnings between male and female workers in Champaign County.

Two worker populations are analyzed: all workers, including part-time and seasonal workers and those that were not employed for the full survey year; and full-time, year-round workers. The gender wage gap is included because it blends economics and equity, and illustrates that a major economic talking point on the national level is just as relevant at the local scale.

For all four populations (male full-time, year-round workers; female full-time, year-round workers; all male workers; and all female workers), the estimated median earnings were higher in 2023 than in 2005. The greatest increase in a population’s estimated median earnings between 2005 and 2023 was for female full-time, year-round workers; the smallest increase between 2005 and 2023 was for all female workers. In both categories (all and full-time, year-round), the estimated median annual earnings for male workers was consistently higher than for female workers.

The gender gap between the two estimates in 2023 was larger for full-time, year-round workers than all workers. For full-time, year-round workers, the difference was $11,863; for all workers, it was approaching $9,700.

The Associated Press wrote this article in October 2024 about how Census Bureau data shows that in 2023 in the United States, the gender wage gap between men and women working full-time widened year-over-year for the first time in 20 years.

Income data was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, which are released annually.

As with any datasets that are estimates rather than exact counts, it is important to take into account the margins of error (listed in the column beside each figure) when drawing conclusions from the data.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of providing the standard 1-year data products, the Census Bureau released experimental estimates from the 1-year data in 2020. This includes a limited number of data tables for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau states that the 2020 ACS 1-year experimental tables use an experimental estimation methodology and should not be compared with other ACS data. For these reasons, and because data is not available for Champaign County, no data for 2020 is included in this Indicator.

For interested data users, the 2020 ACS 1-Year Experimental data release includes a dataset on Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2020 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) by Sex by Work Experience in the Past 12 Months for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings in the Past 12 Months.

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In 2023, the usual median hourly rate of a male worker's wage in the U.S. was 20.16 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2023 U.S. dollars. This is a decrease from the previous year, when men's median hourly wage was 20.52 2023 U.S. dollars. The median hourly earnings of men in the U.S. not adjusted for inflation can be found here.

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United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men was 421.00000 1982-84 CPI Adjusted $ in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men reached a record high of 434.00000 in April of 2020 and a record low of 371.00000 in July of 2012. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed full time: Median usual weekly real earnings: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

In Italy, the percentage of the gender salary gap was the lowest for middle managers, while it was the largest for blue-collar workers. According to data provided by JobPricing, in 2024, male middle managers earned on average *** percent more than women, while for blue-collar workers, salaries were almost *** percent higher for men than for women.

Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was reported at 87.03 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Jordan - Wage and salary workers; male (% of males employed) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in United States was reported at 92.3 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Wage and salary workers; male (% of males employed) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on May of 2025.

In a survey conducted during the financial year 2022, it was found that women who are part of key managerial personnel are paid roughly half the amount of their male counterparts. The gender wage gap widens as women move higher up the career ladder.

Graph and download economic data for Employed full time: Median usual weekly nominal earnings (second quartile): Wage and salary workers: 35 to 44 years: Men (LEU0252889300Q) from Q1 2000 to Q1 2025 about 35 to 44 years, second quartile, full-time, males, salaries, workers, earnings, wages, median, employment, and USA.

In 2023, the median annual earnings of full-time male workers in the United States stood at 66,790 U.S. dollars after being adjusted for inflation, which was significantly higher than the median earnings of full-time women at 52,850. For further reading, see the female to male earnings ratio.

In 2024, the average full-time hourly wage for men in the United Kingdom was 19.36 British pounds per hour, compared with 17.89 pounds per hour for women.

In 2021, female elementary and middle school teachers earned on average 1,138 U.S. dollars per week, while their male counterparts earned 1,301 U.S. dollars. Male office supervisors made an average of 1,184 U.S. dollars per week, while female supervisors earned an average of 913 U.S. dollars.

United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: 25 to 34 years: Men was 16361.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: 25 to 34 years: Men reached a record high of 16533.00000 in October of 2019 and a record low of 13084.00000 in January of 2010. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed full time: Wage and salary workers: 25 to 34 years: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Asian: Men was 1.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Asian: Men reached a record high of 18.00000 in January of 2013 and a record low of 0.00000 in January of 2007. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Asian: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkey was reported at 70.85 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Turkey - Wage and salary workers; male (% of males employed) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Men was 41.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Men reached a record high of 1696.00000 in January of 1980 and a record low of 29.00000 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.