The US gender wage gap is narrowing, but women still face higher poverty ratesWomen in the United St
The US gender wage gap is narrowing, but women still face higher poverty ratesWomen in the United States have taken a step closer to closing the wage gap, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s new report on income, poverty and insurance coverage in 2016 released Tuesday. In 2016, women earned $0.805 for every dollar earned by men — up from $0.796 in 2015.While the wage gap remains substantial, this was the first time since 2007 that the female-to-male pay ratio had a statistically significant annual increase. Read more. -- source link
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