Pay Inequality
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"In 2010, full-time women workers’ earnings were only 77 percent of their male counterparts’ earnings. The pay gap was even greater for African-American and Latina women, with African-American women earning 64 cents and Latina women earning 56 cents for every dollar earned by a Caucasian man. Decades of research shows that no matter how you evaluate the data, there remains a pay gap—even after factoring in the kind of work people do, or qualifications such as education and experience. Those same studies consistently conclude that discrimination is the best explanation for the difference"
(White House, 3)
"In 2011, a typical 25-year-old woman working full time all year will earn $5,000 less than a typical 25-yearold man. If that earnings gap is not corrected, by the age of 65 years, she will have lost $389,000 over her working lifetime" (White House, 3)
"In 2007, women's median annual paychecks reflected only 78 cents for every $1.00 earned by men. Specifically for women of color, the gap is even wider: In comparison to men's dollar, African American women earn only 69 cents and Latina's just 59 cents. (N.O.W. 1)
--> Women hold only 3% of clout positions in the mainstream media
(telecommunications, entertainment, publishing and advertising)
--> In 2011, women comprised 18% of all directors, executive producers,
producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top
250 domestic grossing films
(Lauzen.1-2)
--> Women are merely 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs.
(CNN)
IN WISCONSIN
In Wisconsin, the median pay for a woman working full time, year round is $35,490 per year, while the median yearly pay for a man is $45,523.This means that women are paid 78 cents
for every dollar paid to men, amounting to a yearly gap of $10,033 between full-time
working men and women in the state
As a group, full-time working women in Wisconsin lose approximately
$8,017,801,719 each year due to the wage gap.
If the wage gap were eliminated, a working woman in Wisconsin
would have enough money for approximately:
--> 91 more weeks of food (1.8 years’ worth)
--> Seven more months of mortgage and utilities payments
--> 14 more months of rent
--> 36 more months of family health insurance premiums (three years’ worth)
--> 2,532 additional gallons of gas
(National Partnership for Women and Families,1)