The Wage Gap for Black Workers Is Growing
- U.S. black men earn 70 cents on a white man’s dollar
- While part of gap owes to education, a growing portion doesn’t
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Black workers earn less than their white counterparts in a worsening trend that holds even after accounting for differences in age, education, job type and geography, new Federal Reserve research shows.
In 1979, the average black man in America earned 80 percent as much per hour as the average white man. By 2016, that shortfall had worsened to 70 percent, according to research Tuesday from the San Francisco Fed, which found the divide had also widened for black women.