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The persistent gender pay gap leaves women with less income from these sources than men. For example, older women's Social Security benefits are 71% of older men's benefits ($11,057 for women versus $15,557 for men in 2009).
We've already touched upon the gender pay gap, which was even worse in the past than it was today. In 1960, women only earned about $0.61 for every dollar that men earned. (Today, it's closer to ...
In Luxembourg, the total gender income gap represents 32.5%. [152] The gender pay gap of full-time workers regarding monthly gross wages has narrowed over the past few years. According to the data from OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) the gender pay gap dropped over 10% between 2002 and 2015. [153]
Despite major educational gains for women, the wage gap between men and women hasn't changed since the start of the millennium, according to two new studies. One study found that women only make ...
A December 2011 Gallup poll found a decline in the number of Americans who rated reducing the gap in income and wealth between the rich and the poor as extremely or very important (21 percent of Republicans, 43 percent of independents, and 72 percent of Democrats). [190] Only 45% see the gap as in need of fixing, while 52% do not.
The median weekly earnings of women in 2023 was 83.8 percent of men’s weekly income Among U.S. states, Vermont, California and New York have the smallest gender pay gaps; Utah, Louisiana and ...
The following list sorts countries by their estimated male to female income ratio according to the Gender Development Index of the United Nations. The ratio is determined by comparing the gross national income per woman with the gross national income per man in 2017. [1] * indicates "Gender inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
The gay wage gap is the pay gap between homosexuals and heterosexuals.In the United States, men in same-sex marriages have a significantly higher median household income ($141,900) than both opposite-sex married couples ($124,900) and gay women in same-sex marriages ($113,000) due to the gender pay gap.