While the wage gap has certainly narrowed with the past generation of working women—in 1967 women only earned about 58 cents to a man’s dollar—progress has stalled in recent years. If progress continues at its current rate, it will take 45 years to eradicate the wage gap.
Given the unfortunate fact that the gender wage gap appears to be here for a while, here are the top 10 facts you need to know about unequal pay:
1. In 2010 women who worked full time, year round, still only earned 77 percent of what men earned.
2. The gender wage gap does not only affect individuals—entire families are impacted by women’s earnings.
3. Women earn less than men within all racial and ethnic groups.
4. Even though women are outpacing men in getting college degrees that’s not enough to close the gender pay gap.
5. Women are more likely to work in low-wage, “pink-collar” jobs such as teaching, child care, nursing, cleaning, and waitressing.
6. The wage gap accumulates over time.
7. As women age the wage gap continues to grow.
8. Single women are even more adversely affected by the wage gap than married women.
9. More than 40 percent of the wage gap cannot be explained by occupation, work experience, race, or union membership.
10. Mothers earn about 7 percent less per child than childless women.
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