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Back to 2000 Minnesota Census Data

Median 1999 Earnings and Earnings Gap by Age 
Full-time, Year-round Workers Age 16 Years and Over: 
Minnesota

  
Source: Data provided by the Minnesota State Demographic Center, 
Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files

The median annual earnings of Minnesota female full-time, year-round workers age 16 years and over varied by age.  

  • Median annual earnings were lowest for the youngest and oldest workers in Minnesota in 1999.  Female full-time, year-round workers age 16 to 19 years had the lowest median annual earnings ($15,000), followed by women age 20 to 24 years ($20,000) and women age 65 years and over ($21,000).

  • Female full-time, year-round workers age 45 to 54 years had the highest median annual earnings ($31,500) of all age groups, followed by women age 35 to 44 years ($30,900) in Minnesota in 1999.

The difference in the median annual earnings of Minnesota female and male full-time, year-round workers age 16 years and over also varied by age.

  • The difference in the median annual earnings of Minnesota female and male full-time, year-round workers was smallest for workers age 16 to 19 years.  Female full-time, year-round workers age 16 to 19 years had median annual earnings that were $2,000 less than their male counterparts in Minnesota in 1999.

  • The difference in the median annual earnings of Minnesota female and male full-time, year-round workers was greatest for workers age 55 to 64 years.  Female full-time, year-round workers age 55 to 64 years had median annual earnings that were $13,900 less than their male counterparts in Minnesota in 1999.


Source: Data provided by the Minnesota State Demographic Center, 
Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files

The earnings gap of Minnesota full-time, year-round female workers age 16 years and over increased with age until retirement age when it decreased.

  • The earnings gap was smallest for women age 16 to 19 years.  Female full-time, year-round workers in this age group had median annual earnings that were 88 percent of the median earnings of their male counterparts in Minnesota in 1999.

  • The earnings gap was greatest for women age 55 to 64 years.  Female full-time, year-round workers in this age group had median annual earnings that were two-thirds (66.6%) of the median earnings of their male counterparts in Minnesota in 1999.

 
 

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Updated: 09/22/05 (mmp)