Closing the gender pay gap has stagnated in the last 20 years in United States.
According to research from the Pew Research Center, female workers barely in 2022 they earned about 82 cents for every dollar that their male peers earn for each hour of work.
Although the data shows a significant jump from the 65 cents an hour that women earned in 1982, since 2002 the data has stagnated and the fight to reduce the gender pay gap has stalled.
“Although women have continued to outpace men in education, the wage gap has stagnated since 2002, hovering between 80 and 85 cents on the dollar,” says the Pew Research Center research.
However, according to the data obtained, the best access to higher educationhigher paying job opportunities and broader experience have allowed women workers to narrow the pay gap over the past four decades.
Salary parity moves away with the passing of the years
According to the results of the Pew Research Center, the younger the women, the the wage gap with their male peers is smaller.
According to the results, between the ages of 25 and 34, working women are closer to achieving pay parity with men.
Data shows that since 2007, women in this age range earn 90 cents for every dollar of their male peers.
However, after that age range, the wage gap begins to widen.
“While pay parity may seem within reach for women early in their careers, the wage gap tends to increase as they age,” the report notes.
According to the data, after the age of 34, the wage gap between women and men increases by 10% and that in 81% in relation to what their working peers earn.
Maternity is also a factor which ends up moving women away from gender wage parity, because during this period of their lives they move away from their professional careers or work fewer hours a week.
“In 2022, mothers between the ages of 25 and 34 earned 85% more than fathers of that age, but women with no children at home earned 97% more than fathers. In contrast, employed women ages 35 to 44, with or without children, both earned 80% more than their fathers,” says the Pew Research Center.
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