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WASHINGTON — Blacks and Latinos lag behind whites for higher-paying jobs at the largest rates in about a decade as employment opportunities dwindled during the economic woes and housing slump.
Census data released Monday show an increasingly educated U.S. workforce whose earnings didn’t always seem to match up with its potential.
In 2007, blacks slightly narrowed the gap with whites in average salary, but the pay disparity widened for blacks with college degrees. Blacks who had a four-year bachelor’s degree earned $46,502, or about 78 percent of the salary for comparably educated whites. Latinos saw similar trends.
