Pay Gap FAQs
Workplace and Economic Equity
Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions about the gender pay gap.
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The Gender Pay Gap
No matter how you analyze it, the gender pay gap is real, persistent and harmful to women’s financial well-being.
Where We Stand: Equal Pay
Policy Center
AAUW believes that pay equity and equal employment opportunity are matters of simple fairness.
The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap
Research & Data
Over half a century after pay discrimination became illegal in the United States, a persistent pay gap between men and women continues to hurt our nation’s workers and our national…
Know Your Rights: The Equal Pay Act
Legal Advocacy
Despite the passage of the this law more than a half a century ago, women still do not take home wages equal to those of their male peers. Know your…
Where We Stand: Paycheck Fairness Act
Policy Center
AAUW believes that pay equity and equal opportunity are matters of simple fairness. AAUW is a leader in the fight to end wage discrimination and open doors for women in…
Black Women & the Pay Gap
Workplace and Economic Equity
It takes the typical Black woman 19 months to be paid what the average white man takes home in 12 months. That fact is due intersectional biases.
COVID-19 Through a Gender Lens
The Coronavirus has reshaped life for everyone around the globe, and the magnitude of the pandemic – and its likely aftermath – is just starting to sink in. As it…
What You May Not Know About the Gender Pay Gap
Workplace and Economic Equity
Most people grasp the fundamentals of the gender pay gap: Women working full-time earn roughly 80% of men’s salaries. But there are some lesser-known facts about the pay gap as…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes
Legal Advocacy
In early October 2012, Phipps, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division. It seeks an end to Wal-Mart’s discriminatory…