Table equivalent for Chart 1. Earnings dispersion among men: Percentage change from 1981, by dispersion measure
| Year |
Gini coefficient |
VLN |
CV |
Percentile ratios |
| p90/p10 |
p90/p50 |
p80/p10 |
p80/p50 |
p50/p10 |
p75/p25 |
| 1981 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| 1982 |
1.499 |
1.538 |
3.476 |
1.167 |
1.496 |
0.739 |
1.067 |
-0.324 |
0.496 |
| 1983 |
2.211 |
3.139 |
7.123 |
1.919 |
0.886 |
2.081 |
1.047 |
1.024 |
1.931 |
| 1984 |
3.395 |
4.916 |
11.528 |
3.600 |
2.615 |
3.365 |
2.383 |
0.960 |
3.412 |
| 1985 |
4.295 |
6.210 |
15.335 |
4.793 |
3.673 |
3.938 |
2.828 |
1.080 |
3.444 |
| 1986 |
6.372 |
9.196 |
22.592 |
7.027 |
4.866 |
5.797 |
3.661 |
2.061 |
4.179 |
| 1987 |
8.278 |
10.310 |
45.700 |
7.114 |
4.322 |
5.619 |
2.866 |
2.676 |
3.518 |
| 1988 |
10.563 |
12.156 |
58.759 |
7.787 |
5.358 |
6.248 |
3.854 |
2.305 |
4.728 |
| 1989 |
10.232 |
12.016 |
49.436 |
8.415 |
6.493 |
6.107 |
4.226 |
1.804 |
4.498 |
| 1990 |
11.172 |
12.179 |
55.069 |
7.985 |
6.955 |
5.627 |
4.619 |
0.963 |
4.532 |
| 1991 |
11.862 |
13.968 |
53.357 |
12.438 |
11.899 |
6.212 |
5.704 |
0.481 |
6.221 |
| 1992 |
14.548 |
16.784 |
75.722 |
14.176 |
13.044 |
7.579 |
6.512 |
1.002 |
7.317 |
| 1993 |
14.874 |
17.385 |
64.731 |
15.387 |
14.911 |
7.753 |
7.308 |
0.415 |
7.521 |
| 1994 |
16.089 |
17.850 |
73.221 |
15.447 |
16.727 |
7.191 |
8.380 |
-1.097 |
6.698 |
| 1995 |
16.415 |
18.100 |
82.273 |
15.757 |
17.550 |
6.830 |
8.485 |
-1.526 |
5.900 |
| 1996 |
17.780 |
19.521 |
156.015 |
16.957 |
18.380 |
7.319 |
8.624 |
-1.202 |
5.622 |
| 1997 |
19.697 |
21.766 |
181.110 |
19.100 |
19.114 |
8.478 |
8.536 |
-0.054 |
5.878 |
| 1998 |
20.776 |
23.709 |
225.504 |
20.806 |
19.878 |
9.067 |
8.230 |
0.774 |
5.343 |
| 1999 |
22.530 |
25.616 |
262.607 |
22.901 |
20.810 |
10.416 |
8.536 |
1.731 |
5.495 |
| 2000 |
23.819 |
27.262 |
265.848 |
24.809 |
22.211 |
11.371 |
9.052 |
2.126 |
5.184 |
| 2001 |
22.785 |
27.661 |
248.090 |
26.230 |
22.641 |
12.639 |
9.436 |
2.927 |
6.037 |
| 2002 |
21.398 |
27.739 |
182.902 |
27.460 |
22.754 |
14.154 |
9.939 |
3.834 |
7.013 |
| 2003 |
22.210 |
28.727 |
184.729 |
28.783 |
23.462 |
15.174 |
10.415 |
4.310 |
7.511 |
| 2004 |
23.368 |
30.468 |
250.711 |
30.318 |
24.299 |
16.436 |
11.058 |
4.842 |
8.443 |
| |
Table equivalent for Chart 2. Earnings dispersion among women: Percentage change from 1981, by dispersion measure
| Year |
Gini coefficient |
VLN |
CV |
Percentile ratios |
| p90/p10 |
p90/p50 |
p80/p10 |
p80/p50 |
p50/p10 |
p75/p25 |
| 1981 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| 1982 |
1.503 |
3.667 |
0.879 |
2.472 |
0.970 |
2.421 |
0.919 |
1.488 |
1.858 |
| 1983 |
2.894 |
6.974 |
2.447 |
4.919 |
1.935 |
4.444 |
1.474 |
2.927 |
3.101 |
| 1984 |
5.153 |
11.618 |
6.519 |
8.371 |
3.617 |
7.472 |
2.758 |
4.587 |
5.709 |
| 1985 |
6.583 |
14.866 |
7.162 |
10.961 |
5.212 |
9.431 |
3.761 |
5.464 |
7.396 |
| 1986 |
8.986 |
20.225 |
11.699 |
14.665 |
6.404 |
12.815 |
4.688 |
7.763 |
9.431 |
| 1987 |
9.161 |
21.462 |
15.894 |
15.834 |
6.088 |
14.390 |
4.766 |
9.186 |
10.320 |
| 1988 |
10.575 |
23.442 |
25.796 |
17.045 |
7.024 |
15.232 |
5.366 |
9.364 |
11.103 |
| 1989 |
11.408 |
24.972 |
26.320 |
18.243 |
8.115 |
15.723 |
5.811 |
9.368 |
11.324 |
| 1990 |
12.445 |
26.668 |
25.335 |
19.543 |
9.471 |
16.449 |
6.638 |
9.201 |
11.883 |
| 1991 |
14.081 |
30.087 |
25.201 |
21.823 |
11.033 |
18.114 |
7.653 |
9.718 |
13.244 |
| 1992 |
15.687 |
32.692 |
61.813 |
23.784 |
11.939 |
19.499 |
8.064 |
10.581 |
13.801 |
| 1993 |
16.816 |
34.985 |
44.693 |
25.342 |
13.144 |
20.481 |
8.756 |
10.780 |
14.434 |
| 1994 |
16.966 |
34.849 |
33.673 |
24.916 |
13.274 |
19.732 |
8.573 |
10.277 |
14.195 |
| 1995 |
18.185 |
36.900 |
44.231 |
26.334 |
14.208 |
20.874 |
9.271 |
10.618 |
14.743 |
| 1996 |
19.308 |
38.984 |
50.074 |
27.628 |
14.697 |
21.845 |
9.501 |
11.273 |
14.987 |
| 1997 |
20.929 |
42.321 |
58.986 |
29.900 |
15.332 |
23.979 |
10.066 |
12.641 |
15.800 |
| 1998 |
22.368 |
45.792 |
65.716 |
32.226 |
15.819 |
25.646 |
10.056 |
14.165 |
16.168 |
| 1999 |
23.552 |
48.176 |
65.745 |
33.407 |
16.275 |
26.736 |
10.460 |
14.735 |
16.595 |
| 2000 |
25.128 |
51.172 |
91.084 |
35.533 |
16.871 |
28.190 |
10.539 |
15.968 |
16.826 |
| 2001 |
25.256 |
53.333 |
74.412 |
38.182 |
17.527 |
30.268 |
10.795 |
17.576 |
17.488 |
| 2002 |
25.246 |
55.271 |
70.502 |
40.840 |
18.354 |
32.582 |
11.415 |
18.999 |
18.769 |
| 2003 |
26.382 |
57.938 |
73.812 |
43.168 |
19.386 |
34.191 |
11.900 |
19.920 |
19.763 |
| 2004 |
27.407 |
59.912 |
85.913 |
44.649 |
20.571 |
35.084 |
12.598 |
19.970 |
20.373 |
| |
Table equivalent for Chart 3. Changes in the logarithm of real wage and salary earnings for men in two 12-year periods, by percentile, 1981–2004
| Real earnings percentiles |
1981–1992 |
1993–2004 |
| 1 |
-0.42 |
-0.56 |
| 2 |
-0.31 |
-0.26 |
| 3 |
-0.24 |
-0.11 |
| 4 |
-0.19 |
-0.03 |
| 5 |
-0.14 |
0.02 |
| 6 |
-0.08 |
0.06 |
| 7 |
-0.06 |
0.07 |
| 8 |
-0.05 |
0.08 |
| 9 |
-0.04 |
0.10 |
| 10 |
-0.05 |
0.11 |
| 11 |
-0.04 |
0.12 |
| 12 |
-0.04 |
0.12 |
| 13 |
-0.04 |
0.13 |
| 14 |
-0.04 |
0.13 |
| 15 |
-0.04 |
0.14 |
| 16 |
-0.03 |
0.14 |
| 17 |
-0.03 |
0.14 |
| 18 |
-0.03 |
0.14 |
| 19 |
-0.03 |
0.14 |
| 20 |
-0.02 |
0.14 |
| 21 |
-0.02 |
0.14 |
| 22 |
-0.01 |
0.14 |
| 23 |
-0.01 |
0.14 |
| 24 |
0.00 |
0.13 |
| 25 |
0.00 |
0.13 |
| 26 |
0.00 |
0.13 |
| 27 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
| 28 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
| 29 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
| 30 |
0.02 |
0.13 |
| 31 |
0.02 |
0.13 |
| 32 |
0.02 |
0.13 |
| 33 |
0.03 |
0.14 |
| 34 |
0.03 |
0.14 |
| 35 |
0.03 |
0.14 |
| 36 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
| 37 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
| 38 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
| 39 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
| 40 |
0.04 |
0.14 |
| 41 |
0.05 |
0.14 |
| 42 |
0.05 |
0.15 |
| 43 |
0.05 |
0.15 |
| 44 |
0.06 |
0.15 |
| 45 |
0.06 |
0.15 |
| 46 |
0.06 |
0.15 |
| 47 |
0.06 |
0.15 |
| 48 |
0.07 |
0.15 |
| 49 |
0.07 |
0.15 |
| 50 |
0.07 |
0.15 |
| 51 |
0.08 |
0.15 |
| 52 |
0.08 |
0.15 |
| 53 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
| 54 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
| 55 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
| 56 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
| 57 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
| 58 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
| 59 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
| 60 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
| 61 |
0.09 |
0.16 |
| 62 |
0.09 |
0.17 |
| 63 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
| 64 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
| 65 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
| 66 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
| 67 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
| 68 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
| 69 |
0.11 |
0.18 |
| 70 |
0.11 |
0.19 |
| 71 |
0.11 |
0.19 |
| 72 |
0.12 |
0.19 |
| 73 |
0.12 |
0.20 |
| 74 |
0.12 |
0.20 |
| 75 |
0.13 |
0.21 |
| 76 |
0.13 |
0.21 |
| 77 |
0.13 |
0.21 |
| 78 |
0.15 |
0.22 |
| 79 |
0.16 |
0.22 |
| 80 |
0.16 |
0.23 |
| 81 |
0.17 |
0.23 |
| 82 |
0.17 |
0.24 |
| 83 |
0.18 |
0.24 |
| 84 |
0.18 |
0.25 |
| 85 |
0.19 |
0.26 |
| 86 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
| 87 |
0.21 |
0.27 |
| 88 |
0.22 |
0.27 |
| 89 |
0.23 |
0.28 |
| 90 |
0.24 |
0.28 |
| 91 |
0.25 |
0.29 |
| 92 |
0.27 |
0.30 |
| 93 |
0.29 |
0.30 |
| 94 |
0.31 |
0.32 |
| 95 |
0.35 |
0.33 |
| 96 |
0.38 |
0.34 |
| 97 |
0.37 |
0.35 |
| 98 |
0.43 |
0.37 |
| 99 |
0.55 |
0.46 |
| |
Table equivalent for Chart 4. Changes in the logarithm of real wage and salary earnings for women in two 12-year periods, by percentile, 1981–2004
| Real earnings percentiles |
1981–1992 |
1993–2004 |
| 1 |
0.43 |
0.33 |
| 2 |
0.53 |
0.45 |
| 3 |
0.58 |
0.48 |
| 4 |
0.62 |
0.48 |
| 5 |
0.60 |
0.47 |
| 6 |
0.59 |
0.47 |
| 7 |
0.58 |
0.47 |
| 8 |
0.57 |
0.45 |
| 9 |
0.55 |
0.42 |
| 10 |
0.51 |
0.40 |
| 11 |
0.48 |
0.38 |
| 12 |
0.46 |
0.37 |
| 13 |
0.44 |
0.36 |
| 14 |
0.42 |
0.36 |
| 15 |
0.40 |
0.35 |
| 16 |
0.39 |
0.34 |
| 17 |
0.38 |
0.33 |
| 18 |
0.37 |
0.32 |
| 19 |
0.36 |
0.31 |
| 20 |
0.35 |
0.31 |
| 21 |
0.34 |
0.30 |
| 22 |
0.34 |
0.30 |
| 23 |
0.33 |
0.30 |
| 24 |
0.32 |
0.29 |
| 25 |
0.31 |
0.29 |
| 26 |
0.31 |
0.28 |
| 27 |
0.30 |
0.28 |
| 28 |
0.30 |
0.28 |
| 29 |
0.29 |
0.28 |
| 30 |
0.29 |
0.27 |
| 31 |
0.28 |
0.27 |
| 32 |
0.28 |
0.26 |
| 33 |
0.27 |
0.26 |
| 34 |
0.27 |
0.25 |
| 35 |
0.27 |
0.25 |
| 36 |
0.27 |
0.25 |
| 37 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| 38 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| 39 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| 40 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| 41 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
| 42 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 43 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 44 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 45 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 46 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 47 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 48 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 49 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 50 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 51 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 52 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 53 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 54 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 55 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 56 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 57 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 58 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 59 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 60 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 61 |
0.25 |
0.22 |
| 62 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 63 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 64 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 65 |
0.25 |
0.23 |
| 66 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 67 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 68 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 69 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 70 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 71 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 72 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 73 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 74 |
0.26 |
0.23 |
| 75 |
0.27 |
0.23 |
| 76 |
0.27 |
0.23 |
| 77 |
0.27 |
0.23 |
| 78 |
0.27 |
0.23 |
| 79 |
0.27 |
0.23 |
| 80 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
| 81 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
| 82 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
| 83 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
| 84 |
0.29 |
0.24 |
| 85 |
0.29 |
0.24 |
| 86 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
| 87 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
| 88 |
0.30 |
0.25 |
| 89 |
0.30 |
0.26 |
| 90 |
0.30 |
0.26 |
| 91 |
0.31 |
0.26 |
| 92 |
0.31 |
0.27 |
| 93 |
0.31 |
0.27 |
| 94 |
0.32 |
0.28 |
| 95 |
0.33 |
0.29 |
| 96 |
0.33 |
0.30 |
| 97 |
0.35 |
0.31 |
| 98 |
0.37 |
0.33 |
| 99 |
0.45 |
0.38 |
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