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PAY INEQUITY
Full-time, year-around working women earned only 77.5 cents for each dollar a man earned in 2007.
| Men |
$44,255 |
| Women |
$34,278 |
| Wage Gap |
77.5% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Reports, ACS-09, Income Earnings, and Poverty Data from the 2007 American Community Survey
Full-time, year- around working employees across race and gender in 2007:
| Race/Gender |
Earnings |
Wage Ratio |
| White Men |
$47,113 |
100% |
| White Women |
$35,542 |
75.4% |
| Black Men |
$35,652 |
75.7% |
| Black Women |
$31,035 |
65.0% |
| Hispanic Men |
$29,239 |
62.1% |
| Hispanic Women |
$25,454 |
54.0 % |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Reports, ACS-09, Income Earnings, and Poverty Data from the 2007 American Community Survey
- Women in prestigious executive, administrative and managerial occupations earned 72.3% of what men earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2008, Report 1008
- Women in professional specialty occupations earned 72.7% of what men earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2008, Report 1008
- The median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and salary workers were $638, or 80 percent of men’s $798.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, Employment and Earnings, 2008 Annual Averages
Historical Statistics – ERA is currently looking for updated data in these categories
- Women earned less than men in 99% of all occupations for which data is available.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1997 Annual Averages
- 76.8% of women who were medicine and health managers earned 74% of what men earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, “Equal Pay: A Thirty-Five Year Perspective,” July 10, 1998
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