The Gender Wage Gap – By the Numbers

THE GENDER WAGE GAP By the Numbers Women earn 79 CENTS for every Sl men earn. This gap persists with only A 1¢ DIFFERENCE Women earn < men in between recent years. LOW WAGE JOBS. 77 78 79 Cents Cents Cents They're PENALIZED for working fewer than 40 hours a week. Low-wage workers do 40 hours a week, but 32% of WOMEN and 10.5% of MEN work fewer than 2016 40 hours. 2012, 2013 & 2014 2015 VS So it will take 44 YEARS-until 2059-for women to finally reach pay parity. 1/2 THE WAGE GAP IS OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION- -i.e., work in $ jobs, typically done by women nurses children's teachers secretaries men work in $ $$ jobs typically done by - airline pilots • computer engineers chief executives But putting women into $$$ occupations would erases only 15% of the pay gap for all workers and 30-35% for college graduates. 40% Female M.B.A. grads O of woman who left a STEM career cite earn $4,600 LESS a “macho" culture as than male peers in their 1st Women 1 year out of college earn 6.6% less than men. the #1 reason. jobs. PricewaterhouseCoopers in securities male secretary peers earn $67.552 while $46.558. found that most of its women have 15.1% PAY DISPARITY 97% of the women get was from lack of women in secretarial jobs. senior jobs. Salary transparency 51 % OF WOMEN and 47 % OF MEN say discussion of wage and salary is RAISES WAGES. 1. discouraged 2. prohibited 3. and could lead When No longer legally rely on an employee's PREVIOUS SALARY receiving job offers, 51.5% of men and 12.5% to punishment. of women ASKED FOR MORE S. Pay SECRECY & Women are When women did ask for penalized for negotiating. Men are REWARDED FOR THE SAME BEHAVIOR. more $, they asked for NEGOTIATION 30% LESS THAN MEN. For this reason Google says instead they make offers based on Women WHO DO NOT BARGAIN Iose as much as $750,000 to $2 million over their careers. Job offers are based WHAT A JOB IS WORTH. on ALREADY LOW PREVIOUS SALARIES. THECight AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Government hiring managers can no longer use a hire's previous salary to set a new wage. Good news for CLOSING THE WAGE GAP. So can women earn more than (or equal to) men? THE ANSWER IS YES! WOMENS EARNINGS AS A PERCENTAGE OF MENS MENS EARNINGS Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 102% Health Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians 100% Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 99% Social Workers and Counselors 94% Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians 93% Bailiffs, Correctional Officers, and Jailers 91% Special Education Teachers 91% Civil Engineers 90.7% Registered Nurses 90% Mark Your Calendar! 2. 3 International Equal Pay Day is APRIL 12! 2 i https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p60-252.pdf i https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/04/14/five-facts-about-gender-pay-gap eLearners.com WOMEN'S EARNINGS