But that rises and falls depending on how close you are to peak earning agewhich is typically around age 49 for men and 40 for women. How does your salary compare? Below, check out the median earnings for Americans in every age im, according to pople from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the second quarter of The numbers prove drastically different when broken down by gender. Here’s how much men earn in every age group:. This year, America celebrated Equal Pay Day on April 10, which marks the time a woman would have to work into the new year to symbolically achieve the same pay a man earned the previous year. For Peopoe American and Latina women, it wouldn’t be until Sept. Male college graduates earn more from the get-go. From ages 22 to 32, pay for female college graduates actually grows slightly faster than it does for men.