Boushey's NYC wage numbers

[Doug Henwood]

[Apropos the thread of the other day, here's some of Heather 
Boushey's work on the NYC wage distribution. - Doug]

Hourly wages by decile [since there are only 9, I'm guessing that 
these represent the 10th percentile, the 20th percentile, etc.]

decile    1998/99 average wage    change since 1988/89
1              $ 6.00                   -13%
2                7.15                   -20
3                8.75                   -23
4               10.20                   -20
5               12.25                   -17
6               14.68                   -11
7               17.50                   - 8
8               21.63                   - 3
9               29.13                   + 2

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AVERGE HOURLY WAGE, 1999 DOLLARS

                           male                         female

                ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                1988/89   1998/99    change | 1988/89   1998/99    change
white           19.67     17.50    -11.0%  |  15.49     15.05     -2.8%
black           13.55     11.72    -13.5%  |  11.52     11.22     -2.6%
Hispanic        11.45      9.50    -17.0%  |  10.16      9.18     -9.6%
other           12.88     12.24     -5.0%  |  12.58     11.25    -10.6%

% of white men
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white            100%      100%            |    79%       86%      9.2%
black             69%       67%     -2.8%  |    59%       64%      9.5%
Hispanic          58%       54%     -6.7%  |    52%       52%      1.6%
other             65%       70%      6.8%  |    64%       64%      0.5%