Wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987â2009. (Numbers in thousands). Married-couple families in which wife (but
Table 25. Wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987–2009 (Numbers in thousands) Families in which wives have earnings but husbands may not ¹
Year
Families in which both wives and husbands have earnings ²
Married-couple Married-couple families in which Wives who earn Percent of wives families in which Wives who earn Percent of wives wife (but not more than more than who earn more both wife and who earn more necessarily their than their husband had their than their husband) had husbands husbands earnings from husbands husbands earnings from work work
1987…...………………..32,025 1988…...…………………. 32,810 1989…...………………..33,119
7,581 7,827 8,068
23.7 23.9 24.4
29,755 30,503 30,848
5,311 5,520 5,796
17.8 18.1 18.8
1990…...………………… 33,093 1991…...………………….. 33,516 1992…...…………………… 33,987 1993…...…………………. 34,286 1994…...………………… 35,066 1995…...………………….. 34,819 1996…...………………. 35,120 1997……..................... 35,613 1998……........................35,806 1999…….......................... 36,454
8,221 8,983 9,715 10,000 10,184 9,822 10,070 10,309 10,467 10,548
24.8 26.8 28.6 29.2 29.0 28.2 28.7 28.9 29.2 28.9
30,794 30,998 31,221 31,264 32,091 32,030 32,389 32,745 32,782 33,340
5,923 6,465 6,948 6,978 7,209 7,033 7,340 7,441 7,443 7,434
19.2 20.9 22.3 22.3 22.5 22.0 22.7 22.7 22.7 22.3
2000……......................... 37,037 2001……...................... 36,864 2002……...................... 36,905 2003……..................... 36,761 2004…………………… 36,710 2005………………. 37,055 2006………………. 37,733 2007………………. 37,536 2008………………. 37,988 2009………………. 36,858
11,070 11,329 11,765 11,923 11,985 12,215 12,601 12,570 13,104 13,903
29.9 30.7 31.9 32.4 32.6 33.0 33.4 33.5 34.5 37.7
33,873 33,665 33,531 33,189 33,110 33,364 33,838 33,678 33,905 32,280
7,906 8,130 8,391 8,351 8,386 8,524 8,707 8,712 9,020 9,326
23.3 24.1 25.0 25.2 25.3 25.5 25.7 25.9 26.6 28.9
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Includes families in which husband had no earnings from work. Excludes families in which husband had no earnings from work.
NOTE: Data reflect the earnings and work experience of the entire year. SOURCE: Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 1988–2010, Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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