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The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap

The gender pay gap is the gap between what men and women are paid. Most commonly, it refers to the median annual pay of all women who work full time and year-round, compared to the pay of a similar cohort of men. Other estimates of the gender pay gap are based on weekly or hourly earnings, or are specific to a particular group of women.

Women’s Earnings - Gap by State

Every U.S. state has a gender pay gap, and some are wider than others. Download your state’s policy guide by clicking on your state in the map. Share this information with state and federal legislators as a call to action for stronger laws, use it to educate folks in your community about the gender pay gap, and share it with your online networks.

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Women working full time in the U.S. are paid 83% of what men earn. At the current rate of change, we won’t achieve pay equality until 2088. 

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