Step 1:Access the Usual Weekly Earnings Report

Go to theBureau of Labor Statisticshttps://www.bls.gov/ 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.

Step 2:Answer the following questions using data from the most recent report.

Please indicate the report you are using: e.g. "First Quarter 2021" (released April 16) or "Second Quarter Report" (to be released July 16, 2021).

Note:

oThe female to male earnings ratio is defined as: (women's earnings/men's earnings)

oThe wage gap is defined as: (men's earnings - women's earnings)/men's earnings.

For questions 1, 2 and 3, use Table 3, data for workers aged 16 years and over.

1.Calculate the gender wage gap (3 points)

oWomen's median earnings: __________

oMen's median earnings: __________

oThe wage gap: __________

2.Compare the gender wage gap for the following groups (12 points)

oWhite men's earnings: __________

oWhite women's earnings: __________

oThe wage gap:__________

oBlack or African American men's earnings: __________

oBlack or African American women's earnings: __________

oThe wage gap: __________

oAsian men's earnings: __________

oAsian women's earnings: __________

oThe wage gap: __________

oHispanic or Latino men's earnings: __________

oHispanic or Latino women's earnings: __________

oThe wage gap: __________