Data for 1999

Like married men, married women have higher personal earnings than women who are previously or never married, but only among the younger age groups. Over 80% of young, never-married women (ages 15 to 24) earned less than $10,000 in 1998, compared with only 6% of young, married women. However, among women ages 35 to 44, never married women had higher personal earnings than their married counterparts.

Women ages 15-24

Less-than-$10,000

$10,000-$19,999

$20,000-$29,999

$30,000-$39,999

$40,000-or-more

Total

Married

1,522

516

303

64

27

2,432

%

62.6

21.2

12.5

2.6

1.1

100.0

Previously married

277

112

58

11

4

462

%

59.9

24.1

12.5

2.5

1.0

100.0

Never married

12,873

2,019

719

166

120

15,897

%

81.0

12.7

4.5

1.0

0.8

100.0

Total

14,672

2,647

1,080

241

151

18,791

%

78.1

14.1

5.7

1.3

0.8

100.0

Women ages 35-44

Married

6,083

2,870

2,500

1,656

2,141

15,250

%

39.9

18.8

16.4

10.9

14.0

100.0

Previously married

1,306

960

874

581

657

4,378

%

29.8

21.9

20.0

13.3

15.0

100.0

Never married

857

601

499

458

545

2,959

%

29.0

20.3

16.9

15.5

18.4

100.0

Total

8,245

4,431

3,873

2,695

3,343

22,588

%

36.5

19.6

17.1

11.9

14.8

100.0