“Even though working women tend to be more educated, on average, than working men, females who work full time earn only about 77 cents for every dollar that men earn annually, according to the Institute [...]

"The most significant disparity is in top administrative positions. Black men this year were paid nearly $3 less per hour on average than their white male colleagues, and black women averaged $1.43 per hour less [...]

"Part of the pay gap can be easily explained away. Women are more likely to leave the work force to care for children, for example, so they end up with fewer years of experience. Men also [...]

"As of 2009, women only earned about 77 percent of their male counterparts' salary, with black women earning only 68.9 cents for every dollar earned by a white male and Hispanic/Latina women 60.2 cents, says [...]

“In 2009, female earnings edged forward a little, but did not catch up with the loss during the 2008 market upheaval.  Between 1980 and 1994 the earning gap between males and females narrowed by close [...]

" Pam McDonough, president of the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing and chief executive of NORBIC, a Chicago-based nonprofit economic development organization, said once women make it to plant manager, they are in a better position [...]