The Diamond Ceiling: Women CEOs Aren't Hauling in Gaudy Pay Packages Like Male Peers
With the glass ceiling all but shattered, women in the [...]
"They Would Have Killed You All"
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina displaced 40,000 people in New [...]
Report: Women Won't See Equal Pay Until 2059
Women won't get paid as much as men until the [...]
Commentary: America's Gender Pay gap is at a Record Low, but Hold the Celebration
Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the [...]
Women’s Median Earnings as a Percent of Men’s Median Earnings, 1960-2014 (Full-time, Year-round Workers) with Projection for Pay Equity in 2059
DOWNLOAD REPORT If current trends continue, women will [...]
Women Will Not See Equal Pay with Men until 2059, One Year Longer than Previously Projected
The gender wage ratio improved slightly from 77.6 percent in 2013 to 78.6 percent in 2014, which the Census Bureau reported was not statistically significant. With this insignificant improvement in the gender wage ratio, an IWPR analysis finds that, if current trends are projected forward, women will not receive equal pay until 2059. This date is one year further out from last year, indicating that the slow progress in closing the gender wage gap over the last decade may have long-term effects on women’s economic gains.
Unemployment Rate for Women and Men of Color Remains Higher Than for White Women and Men
According to the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Black women and men have the highest levels of unemployment, while whites have the lowest.
Women Gain 107,000 Jobs in August and Men Gain 66,000 Jobs
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women gained 107,000 jobs and men gained 66,000 for a total of 173,000 jobs added in August. The overall unemployment rate decreased to 5.1 percent in August from 5.3 percent in July.
How Partners are Using IWPR’s Status of Women in the States Data
By Sarah Blugis, Communications Intern and Rachel Linn, Communications Associate [...]
Unionized Women Earn More than Nonunionized Women in Every U.S. State
A new briefing paper released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that women represented by a union in the United States earn an average of $212 more per week than women in nonunion jobs. In addition, union women earn more in every state, with the size of the union wage advantage varying across states: union women in Wyoming earn $349 per week more than their nonunion counterparts in the state, while union women in the District of Columbia earn $48 more per week than D.C.’s nonunion women.
