Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
This may sound crazy, but women in Michigan still make just 77.1 cents for every dollar a man earns — even worse than the national average.
Think about what that means: Our paychecks are about one-quarter smaller.
Women have suspected it for years. It’s been studied. And studied. And studied. But in the last decade there has been very little change, according to a report out this month from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research .