Economy

Women Continue To Face A Big Pay Gap – and on into the future

Women Continue To Face A Big Pay Gap – and on into the future

December 18, 2018

“Women are almost half of the workforce. They are the sole or co-breadwinner in half of American families with children. They receive more college and graduate degrees than men. Yet, on average, women continue to earn considerably less than men. In 2017, female full-time, year-round workers made only 80.5 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 20 percent.”