Care Work After COVID-19: Men Help More, but Women Still Carry the Load
Women are significantly more likely than men to spend [...]
Women Need Better Access to High-Paying Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships provide an earn-as-you-learn pathway free of college debt [...]
Forecasting Pay Equity: Women Are Expected to Wait Over 50 Years to Reach Parity with Men
If progress continues at the same rate as it [...]
Women Servers Earn Significantly Less than Their Male Counterparts
In 2023, 2.2 million people worked as servers in [...]
The Retirement Income Gap Leaves Women Aged 65+ at Higher Risk of Poverty than Men
At 32.6 percent, the gender gap in retirement income—the [...]
Numbers Matter: Women Working in Construction
In 2023, the number of women working in the [...]
The Gender Pay Gap, 1985 to 2021—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity, by Race and Ethnicity
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Gender and Racial Wage Gaps Persist as the Economy Recovers
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Women Make Gains in Men-Dominated Jobs, but Still Lag Behind in COVID-19 Recovery
Employment data released in April 2022 show another month of strong job growth. Women gained the majority of total job growth and moved into men-dominated jobs, like construction. Still, women are still much further than men from reaching pre-pandemic levels.
Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation
Evidence from California suggests that construction workers face the highest COVID-19 infection rates of any other sector. IWPR’s 2021 survey of tradeswomen across states shows that most construction workers who needed to take leave during COVID-19 had to do so without pay.
