| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | annual wages, salaries and comissions of employed women and men aged 16 and older, 2017 |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | women | men | difference |
| 4 |  | percent |  |  |
| 5 | under $5,000 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.7 |
| 6 | $5,000 to $9,999 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| 7 | $10,000 to $19,999 | 15.6 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
| 8 | $20,000 to $29,999 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 4.3 |
| 9 | $30,000 to $39,999 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 2.5 |
| 10 | $40,000 to $49,999 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 1.1 |
| 11 | $50,000 to $59,999 | 7.8 | 9.2 | -1.4 |
| 12 | $60,000 to $79,999 | 11.0 | 14.3 | -3.3 |
| 13 | $80,000 to $99,999 | 6.6 | 9.6 | -3.0 |
| 14 | $100,000 and over | 4.8 | 14.3 | -9.5 |
| 15 | total | 100.0 | 100.0 | .. |
| 16 |  | dollars |  |  |
| 17 | average | 40,600.00 | 59,200.00 | -18,600.00 |
| 18 | median | 33,400.00 | 47,500.00 | -14,100.00 |

Question: which gender had a lower average annual earnings from wages, salaries and commissions in 2017, women or men?
Answer: women