<p>Median Earnings of Young Females:</p>
<p>Among young adults with a bachelor’s or higher degree, females earn about 78 percent of what males earn.
Among full-time year-round wage and salary workers
in 2000, the median annual earnings of young
adult females were generally lower than those of
their male peers with similar educational attainments.
For instance, females ages 25-34 with a
high school diploma had median earnings of
$21,411 in 2000, compared to $29,443 earned
by their male peers. Similarly, among those with
a bachelor’s or higher degree, females earned
$36,353 per year, while males earned $46,431.
Although the earnings gaps between young males
and females persisted through 2000, they were
narrower compared to 1970. In 1970, females
ages 25-34 whose highest credential was a high
school diploma had median annual earnings that
were equivalent to 63 percent of the earnings of
their male peers. By 2000, this percentage had
risen to 73 percent. Similarly, among those with
a bachelor’s or higher degree, females’ median
annual earnings as a percentage of males’ earnings
rose from 71 percent in 1970 to 78 percent
in 2000. Still, males with bachelor’s degrees earned
more than females with master’s degrees.
More educated females generally earned more
than females with lower attainment, the exception
being that no differences were detected
between those at the master’s and first-professional
degree levels.</p>
<p><a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005016.pdf[/url]”>http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005016.pdf</a></p>