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September Jobs Gains Puts Women’s Employment at Pre-Recession Levels

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the October employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), of the 148,000 total jobs added to nonfarm payrolls in September, women gained 76,000 of those jobs (51 percent) while men gained 72,000 jobs (49 percent).

By |2013-10-23T00:00:00-05:00October 23, 2013|Press Releases|Comments Off on September Jobs Gains Puts Women’s Employment at Pre-Recession Levels

Most Women Working Today Will Not See Equal Pay During their Working Lives

2012 Earnings figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday do not hold much good news for women. Real earnings have failed to grow, and the gender wage gap is at the same level as it was in 2002.

By |2013-09-18T00:00:00-05:00September 18, 2013|Press Releases|Comments Off on Most Women Working Today Will Not See Equal Pay During their Working Lives