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PAY INEQUITY
Full-time, year-around working women earned only 72 cents
for each dollar a man earned in 1999.
Men
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$36, 476 |
| Women |
$26, 324 |
| Wage Gap |
72% |
Source: Census Bureau Current Population
Reports, Series P-60, U.S. Commerce Department
Full-time, year- around working employees across
race and gender in 1999:
| Race/Gender |
Earnings |
Wage Ratio |
| White Men |
$37,248 |
100% |
| White Women |
$26,663 |
71.5% |
| Black Men |
$30,026 |
80.6% |
| Black Women |
$24,229 |
65.0% |
| Hispanic Men |
$22,957 |
61.6% |
| Hispanic Women |
$19,411 |
52.1% |
Source: Census Bureau
Current Population Reports, Series P-60, U.S. Commerce Department
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Women earned less than men in 99% of
all occupations for which data is available.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1997 Annual Averages
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Women in prestigious executive, administrative
and managerial occupations earned 69.7% of what men
earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 1997 Annual Averages
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Women in professional specialty occupations
earned 75.0% of what men earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 1997 Annual Averages
- 76.8% of women who were medicine and health managers
earned 74% of what men earned.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor,
Women’s Bureau, “Equal
Pay: A Thirty-Five Year Perspective,” July 10, 1998
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