So it took about 35 years to double our earnings. Looks like a fairly steady increase, no sudden spikes. Does that mean another 35 to 40 years before we really become equal wage earners?
What they don't take into account is all the days we call in to take care of kids. all of our lost wages from maternity leave and such.
Men don't have those issues for the most part. those are always mom jobs!
I am not sure, I believe that we are getting there though. I currently make thirty-five cents less an hour than my husband and will be making more than him in six months...actually in a week in a half because he is getting laidoff(bummer).
Shari, not just a wife, mom, grandma, I teach our future generations
Maybe if we compared each industry seperately? Compare female office managers to male ones? Female policeofficers to male officers the stats would be closer?
i think it'll take a long time for it to be even, if ever. even in an age when it's completely socially acceptable for women to work, many women still don't. i know so many women who have no intention of being the bread winner of the house even if they have the qualifications. they'd rather stay at home with children and then get an easier part-time job. that will always skew statistics.
This shows a better picture of it all: http://www.catalyst.org/publication/217/womens-earnings-and-income
Earnings and Income of U.S. Women and Men
- The median annual earnings for full-time, year-round women workers in 2010 was $36,931 compared to men’s $47,715.1
- In 2011, the median weekly earnings for full-time working women was $684, compared to $832 for men.2
- In 2011, the median weekly earnings for women in full-time management, professional, and related occupations was $941, compared to $1,269 for men.3
- In 2009, of the 32,280,000 dual-career couples, wives earned more than their husbands 28.9% of the time, up from 17.8% of the 29,755,000 dual-career couples in 1987.4
- In 2010, full-time working married women with spouses present had median usual weekly earnings of $727, somewhat higher than never married women ($591) or women of other marital status (divorced, separated, or widowed - $653). 5
- In 2010, married men with spouses present had median usual weekly earnings of $939, significantly higher than never married men ($608) or men of other marital status ($774). 6
- In 2011, Asian women who were full-time wage and salary workers had higher median weekly earnings than women of all other races/ethnicities as well as African-American and Latino men. 7
WOMEN AND MEN’S MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS, BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY, 20118
- Education is a factor in income – statistics show that higher degrees lead to higher median salaries. For full-time workers data below, men earn more than women in each category.9
Degree | Median weekly earnings, women | Median weekly earnings, men |
Doctoral | $1,352 | $1,686 |
Professional | $1,362 | $1,881 |
Master’s | $1,127 | $1,488 |
Bachelor’s | $909 | $1,188 |
Associate’s | $677 | $886 |
High school graduate, no college | $543 | $710 |
- Earnings for women with college degrees have increased by 33.4% since 1979 (on an inflation-adjusted basis) compared to a 19.9% increase for male college graduates.10
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of bachelor’s degrees earned by women rose from 43.1% to 57.2%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 58.0%.11
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of master’s degrees earned by women rose from 38.8% to 60.3%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 60.7%.12
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of doctoral degrees earned by women rose from 9.6% to 51.7%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 53.8%.13
- Between 1980 and 2011, the percent of women 25 and over with four or more years of college rose from 13.6% to 30.1%.14
I like this, but it doesn't break down the working moms.
Quoting Nighttiger:
This shows a better picture of it all: http://www.catalyst.org/publication/217/womens-earnings-and-income
Earnings and Income of U.S. Women and Men
- The median annual earnings for full-time, year-round women workers in 2010 was $36,931 compared to men’s $47,715.1
- In 2011, the median weekly earnings for full-time working women was $684, compared to $832 for men.2
- In 2011, the median weekly earnings for women in full-time management, professional, and related occupations was $941, compared to $1,269 for men.3
- In 2009, of the 32,280,000 dual-career couples, wives earned more than their husbands 28.9% of the time, up from 17.8% of the 29,755,000 dual-career couples in 1987.4
- In 2010, full-time working married women with spouses present had median usual weekly earnings of $727, somewhat higher than never married women ($591) or women of other marital status (divorced, separated, or widowed - $653). 5
- In 2010, married men with spouses present had median usual weekly earnings of $939, significantly higher than never married men ($608) or men of other marital status ($774). 6
- In 2011, Asian women who were full-time wage and salary workers had higher median weekly earnings than women of all other races/ethnicities as well as African-American and Latino men. 7
WOMEN AND MEN’S MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS, BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY, 20118
- Education is a factor in income – statistics show that higher degrees lead to higher median salaries. For full-time workers data below, men earn more than women in each category.9
Degree
Median weekly earnings, women
Median weekly earnings, men
Doctoral
$1,352
$1,686
Professional
$1,362
$1,881
Master’s
$1,127
$1,488
Bachelor’s
$909
$1,188
Associate’s
$677
$886
High school graduate, no college
$543
$710
- Earnings for women with college degrees have increased by 33.4% since 1979 (on an inflation-adjusted basis) compared to a 19.9% increase for male college graduates.10
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of bachelor’s degrees earned by women rose from 43.1% to 57.2%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 58.0%.11
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of master’s degrees earned by women rose from 38.8% to 60.3%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 60.7%.12
- Between 1969-70 and 2009-2010, the percent of doctoral degrees earned by women rose from 9.6% to 51.7%, and by 2020-2021, they are projected to increase to 53.8%.13
- Between 1980 and 2011, the percent of women 25 and over with four or more years of college rose from 13.6% to 30.1%.14
And who are you to judge?
To walk or not?
- deccaf
on Aug. 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM