When it comes to earnings, "women simply can't win." That's according to a new wage gap report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce that notes that, overall, women make 81 cents on the dollar, and "women with the same college majors working in the same careers as men still only earn 92 cents for every dollar earned by men."
It concludes that, "even when they do everything 'right'—choose a high-paying field of study, pursue a high-paying major within that field, and get a job in a high-paying occupation—women still get paid less than their male peers."
The report found that women not only start with lower salaries, but their increase in pay is also lower over time: "A man with a bachelor's degree will see his annual earnings increase by 87 percent over his career, but a woman with a bachelor's degree will only receive a 51 percent increase in her annual earnings over her career."
Source :- cnbc
It concludes that, "even when they do everything 'right'—choose a high-paying field of study, pursue a high-paying major within that field, and get a job in a high-paying occupation—women still get paid less than their male peers."
The report found that women not only start with lower salaries, but their increase in pay is also lower over time: "A man with a bachelor's degree will see his annual earnings increase by 87 percent over his career, but a woman with a bachelor's degree will only receive a 51 percent increase in her annual earnings over her career."
Source :- cnbc
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