Occupations that are dominated by men generally pay better than female-dominated ones, even when they require the same level of skill and/or education.
Women hold nearly two-thirds of the outstanding student debt in the United States — close to $929 billion.
The labor force participation rate — that is those working or looking for work — for women with children under 18 was 71.5% in 2018.
Overall, women working full time in the U.S. make 82% of what men do. And collectively, the pay gap costs working women more than $500 billion a year.
Women make up the majority of nontenure-track lecturers and instructors across institutions, but only 44% of tenure-track faculty and 36% of full professors. Women of color are especially underrepresented in college faculty and staffs.
Among Black students in higher education, women earn 64.1% of bachelor’s degrees, 71.5% of master’s degrees, more than 65.9% of doctoral, medical, and dental degrees.
Teachers and parents often underestimate girls’ math abilities. These lower expectations and biases are estimated to contribute the gender achievement gap in math.
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Women remain disproportionally represented in low-wage jobs, while men dominate the highest-paying fields.
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…
