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An Equity Profile of Orange County
$30.20
$24.20
$15.90
$24.20
$24.80
$32.00
$24.30
$15.60
$27.90
$27.00
White Black Latino Asian or Pacific
Islander
Mixed/other
Uneven wage growth by race/ethnicity
Wage growth for full-time wage and salary
workers was uneven across racial/ethnic
groups between 2000 and 2016. The median
wage increased for white, Asian
American/Pacific Islander, and mixed race
workers, while wages for Black and Latino
workers stagnated.
Noticeably, the wage gap between Latinos
and whites in Orange County is much larger
than the national wage gap for these two
groups. Whites in Orange County make
around nine dollars more than the national
median for whites while Latinos are making
around the same amount as their national
median.
Median hourly wages for Black and Latino workers have stagnated since 2000
Economic vitality
29. Median Hourly Wage by Race/Ethnicity, 2000 and 2016 (all figures in 2016 dollars)
Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Universe includes civilian noninstitutional full-time wage and salary workers ages 25 through 64.
Note: Data for 2016 represent a 2012 through 2016 average.
