Step 1:Access the Usual Weekly Earnings Report

Go to theBureau of Labor Statisticshttps://www.bls.gov/ (Links to an external site.)website:

Click on the heading, "Economic Releases,"

Under the heading "Employment and Unemployment," click on "quarterly, annual, and other(Links to an external site.)."

Under the headings, "quarterly, annual and other," find "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers(Links to an external site.)." You may click on Html and get a list of tables, or you may download a PDF of the entire report.

1.UseTable 3to calculate the female to male earnings ratio by age for the following age groups. (12 points).

Ages 25 to 34:

oMen's earnings

oWomen's earnings

oEarnings ratio

Ages 35 to 44:

1.

oMen's earnings

oWomen's earnings

oEarnings ratio

Ages 45 to 54:

1.

oMen's earnings

oWomen's earnings

oEarnings ratio

Ages 55 and over:

1.

oMen's earnings

oWomen's earnings

oEarnings ratio