Trends in Employment and Earnings
Women’s status in the area of employment and earnings has improved on two indicators since the publication of IWPR’s last national report on the status of women, the 2004 Status of Women in the States, and remained unchanged or declined on two others. Women’s median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work in 2013 ($39,157) were nearly identical to their earnings for similar work in 2002 ($39,108 when adjusted to 2013 dollars). The gender earnings ratio improved during this time from 76.6 to 78.3 percent, narrowing the gender wage gap by 1.7 percentage points, and the share of women working in professional or managerial occupations grew from 33.2 to 39.9 percent. Women’s labor force participation rate, however, declined from 59.6 in 2002 to 57.0 percent in 2014.
Improving Gender Diversity in Registered Apprenticeships: Best Practices from the Sheet Metal Workers and Ironworkers
Speakers included Kevin Byrnes, Chief of Staff, Ironworkers International; Laura Doligosa Ironworker Apprentice at MA Rebar Services Inc. and graduate of Ironworker Pre-Apprenticeship Program and Chicago Women in the Trades; Vicki O’Leary General Organizer, Ironworkers International; Leah Rambo Director of Training, SMART Local Union 28 (New York); and Jayne Vellinga, Executive Director, Chicago Women in the Trades. The webinar was moderated by Ariane Hegewisch, IWPR.
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