The gender wage gap varies greatly, with wider gaps for many subpopulations of Asian American or Pacific Islander (AAPI) women

Comparing 2015–2019 median earnings of full-time, year-round workers by race and sex

Source: Earnings ratios for AAPI subgroups are based on American Community Survey five-year estimates to improve sample sizes for analysis, while earnings ratios for AAPI women overall and women overall are based Current Population Survey 2019 data and serve as a benchmark for comparison. See Steven Ruggles and others, “Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, U.S. Census Data for Social, Economic, and Health Research, 2015–2019 American Community Survey: 5-year estimates: Version 10.0” (Minneapolis: Minnesota Population Center, 2021), available at https://usa.ipums.org/usa/; Sarah Flood and others, “Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, 2020 Current Population Survey Data for Social, Economic, and Health Research: Version 8.0 (dataset), Annual Social and Economic Supplement” (Minneapolis: Minnesota Population Center, 2021), available at https://cps.ipums.org/cps/; U.S. Census Bureau, “Current Population Survey: PINC-05. Work Experience-People 15 Years and Over, by Total Money Earnings, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, and Disability Status: 2019,” available at https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/demo/cps/pinc-05.html (last accessed June 2021)