male workers to White male workers rose from 62% in 1964 to 75.3% in 2013, according to the Bureau of

Labor Statistics.

However, the earnings gap between Black and White workers has not changed as much as the earnings gap

between men and women has in the last half century. The remaining racial gap seems related both to

continuing differences in education levels and to the presence of discrimination. Table 14.9 shows that the

percentage of Black people who complete a four-year college degree remains substantially lower than the

percentage of White people who complete college. According to the U.S. Census, both White and Black people

have higher levels of educational attainment than Hispanic people and lower levels than Asian people. The

lower average levels of education for Black workers surely explain part of the earnings gap. In fact, Black

women who have the same levels of education and experience as White women receive, on average, about the
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