In 2022, women working full-time year-round made 84.0 cents per dollar earned by men (a wage gap of 16.0 percent), a marginal improvement compared to 2021 (83.7 cents per dollar) and significantly higher than in pre-COVID-19 2019 (82.3 cents).1 Based on median annual earnings in 2022, this meant $9,990 fewer dollars in the pockets of a typical woman who worked full-time year-round.
Gender and Racial Wage Gaps Marginally Improve in 2022 but Pay Equity Still Decades Away
By Ariane Hegewisch and Cristy Mendoza|2023-09-29T07:08:00-05:00September 15, 2023|Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, IWPR, Publications, Report, Status of Women|0 Comments