A question about the gender wage gap.

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24. that flies in the face of these studies

Oddly, the AAUW study you cite actually states: According to a new report (PDF) by the American Association of University Women, the man would be earning a salary of $51,300. The woman’s pay would be $39,600—about 77 percent of what her male counterpart earns.

The AAUW report compared the earnings of men and women just one year out of college across various sectors of the economy. The report controlled for different factors that tend to impact pay, including hours, job type, employment sector, and college major. The report—which uses the class of 2009 as its sample cohort—found that on average, women working full time earned 82 percent of what their male peers earned. The average for all women, at all experience levels, is 77 percent, a number that has barely budged in a decade.

Here's a few more links (that compare apples to apples vs apples to oranges)


Women earn $8,000 less than men after graduation - Oct. 23, 2012
money.cnn.com/2012/10/23/pf/college/women-men-pay-gap/


One year after graduating from college, women who landed full-time jobs earned 82 cents for every dollar men earned, according to a report from the ...
One year out of college, women already paid less than men ...
articles.washingtonpost.com/.../35500451_1_high...and-women



Why Women Earn Less Than Men a Year Out of School - Businessweek
www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-25/why-women-earn...
“This pay gap is not merely the result of women’s choices,” researchers Christianne Corbett and Catherine Hill wrote in their report, “Graduating to a Pay Gap.” “Lower earnings have an immediate effect after college, setting into motion a chain of disparities that will follow women throughout their careers.”