Gender wage gap widens in 2015
The ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings [...]
Need a new search?
If you didn't find what you were looking for, try a new search!
The Gender Wage Gap: 2015 Earnings Differences by Race and Ethnicity
The gender wage gap for weekly full-time workers in the United States widened between 2014 and 2015.
New Data Shows the Gender Wage Gap Widened in 2015
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2016—with this year’s campaign focused on reaching gender parity across the globe—a new fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that progress on narrowing the wage gap in the United States has not only stalled, but reversed. The ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings declined from 82.5 percent in 2014 to 81.1 percent in 2015, increasing the gender gap to 18.9 percent from 17.5 percent last year.
The Gender Wage Gap and Public Policy
Women’s earnings are crucial to their families’ economic well-being. Women are close to half of all employees in the United States, they are half of all workers with college degrees, and they are the co- or main breadwinners in close to two thirds of families with children, yet they persistently earn less than men.
Greater Pay Transparency Seen as Bridging U.S. Gender Wage Gap
The U.S. Equal Pay Act was passed half a century [...]
Gender Wage Gap Narrower Among Unionized Workforce, Figures Show
The pay disparity between men and women is lower among [...]
Gender Wage Gap Smallest on Record, but Women Still Earn 21% Less Than Men
The gender wage gap narrowed to the lowest level on [...]
The Gender Wage Gap: 2014
The ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earnings was 78.6 percent for full-time/year-round workers in 2014.
Healey, Goldberg Help Lead Call to Close Gender Wage Gap
A recent study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research [...]
In “Cool With It” An Amy Schumer Sketch Becomes A Brilliant Bait & Switch PSA About the Gender Wage Gap – And It’s Brilliant
And, in a situation most women who have ever worked [...]
