49 Years After Kennedy Signed The Equal Pay Act, Women Still Earn 77 Cents To A Man’s Dollar

[HiPointDem]

40. not this again.

In 2009 the median income of FTYR workers was $47,127 for men, compared to $36,278 for women. The female-to-male earnings ratio was 0.77, not statistically different from the 2008 ratio.[2] The female-to-male earnings ratio of 0.77 means that, in 2009, female FTYR workers earned 23% less than male FTYR workers.

The statistic does not take into account differences in experience, skill, occupation, education or hours worked, as long as it qualifies as full-time work.

However, in 2010, an economist testified to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee that studies "always find that some portion of the wage gap is unexplained" even after controlling for measurable factors that are assumed to influence earnings. The unexplained portion of the wage gap is attributed to gender discrimination.

The estimates for the discriminatory component of the gender pay gap include 5%[4]:2 and 7%...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%E2%80%93female_income_disparity_in_the_United_States


The statistic being touted is a crude comparison of all full-time workers by sex. It doesn't compare apples to apples. When that's done, the gap is <10%. The biggest fraction of that "23%" difference is difference in the kinds of jobs men & women take, difference in overtime rates, difference in work history/experience levels, with career gaps for child-rearing being a big factor.


People think stuff like this is going to win Obama the women's vote. I doubt it.