Historically women have earned less than their male counterparts. Against the background of the downsizing of male-dominated industry sectors during the recent recession, and an increasingly more educated female labor force, this research examines the changes in the earnings of women relative to men during the later part of the first decade of the 21st century. This paper considers the effects of this shifting gender structure by age, education, and occupation, using the large sample size of the American Community Survey for its analyses. We find that the women’s to men’s earnings ratio increased slightly for full-time, year-round workers from .765 to .773; men with lower education faced earnings declines, and women across many education levels experienced at least modest gains. This resulted in increased parity across all levels of the earnings distribution, with lower earning women making particular gains. Reduced male earnings at the low end of the earnings spectrum also resulted in a modest increase in earnings dispersion among men, as measured by the 90/10 percentile ratio of earnings, while that among female full-time, year-round workers remained unchanged. The workforce aged during the downturn, with older workers increasing in their proportion of the full-time, year-round working population, as younger workers lost employment. The workforce also became more educated during the recession, with highly educated workers retaining their positions at higher rates than less educated workers. Both the shift in the age structure and educational attainment structure of employed full-time, year-round labor force brought on by the economic recession appear to have depressed gains in overall earnings parity.