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Report: Women Won’t See Equal Pay Until 2059

Women won't get paid as much as men until the year 2059, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Study director Jessica Milli says the median income for women working full-time was over $10,000 less than men in 2014. Milli says [...]

September 22, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Report: Women Won't See Equal Pay Until 2059

Women won't get paid as much as men until the year 2059, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Study director Jessica Milli says the median income for women working full-time was over $10,000 less than men in 2014. Milli says [...]

September 22, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Commentary: America’s Gender Pay gap is at a Record Low, but Hold the Celebration

Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap narrowed to the lowest level on record last year. Women working full-time, year-round jobs earned 78.6% of what similar men did in 2014, up from 78.3% in 2013. While that’s the smallest [...]

September 22, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Commentary: America's Gender Pay gap is at a Record Low, but Hold the Celebration

Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap narrowed to the lowest level on record last year. Women working full-time, year-round jobs earned 78.6% of what similar men did in 2014, up from 78.3% in 2013. While that’s the smallest [...]

September 22, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Women Will Not See Equal Pay with Men until 2059, One Year Longer than Previously Projected
Women Will Not See Equal Pay with Men until 2059, One Year Longer than Previously Projected

Women Will Not See Equal Pay with Men until 2059, One Year Longer than Previously Projected

The gender wage ratio improved slightly from 77.6 percent in 2013 to 78.6 percent in 2014, which the Census Bureau reported was not statistically significant. With this insignificant improvement in the gender wage ratio, an IWPR analysis finds that, if current trends are projected forward, women will not receive equal pay until 2059. This date is one year further out from last year, indicating that the slow progress in closing the gender wage gap over the last decade may have long-term effects on women’s economic gains.

September 16, 2015|Categories: Press Releases|

Women Gain 107,000 Jobs in August and Men Gain 66,000 Jobs
Women Gain 107,000 Jobs in August and Men Gain 66,000 Jobs

Women Gain 107,000 Jobs in August and Men Gain 66,000 Jobs

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women gained 107,000 jobs and men gained 66,000 for a total of 173,000 jobs added in August. The overall unemployment rate decreased to 5.1 percent in August from 5.3 percent in July.

September 4, 2015|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: import|

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