The Gender Wage Gap is Trending in the Wrong Direction
After two decades of slowly shrinking, the pay differential between men and women is growing.
Bossed Up · Emilie Aries
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Show Notes
What can you do to help turn the widening gender pay gap around? For 20 years, American workers watched as the discrepancy between men’s and women’s incomes slowly lessened. Then, this October, a new report showed that the positive trend is reversing. Women in the U.S. are now making 76 cents for every dollar men make—a difference of around $14,000 a year.
In this episode, I’m breaking down why we’re seeing this shift and what we can do about it.
Do your part to close the gender wage gap:
- Learn 3 powerful ways you can make a positive difference in the fight for pay equality;
- Hear which 36 million households bear the brunt of this impact;
- And what the data has to say about this shift in momentum.
Related Links:
- National Partnership for Women and Families, “America’s Women and the Wage Gap” - https://nationalpartnership.org/report/americas-women-and-the-wage-gap/
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, “Executive Order 11246” - https://www.eeoc.gov/history/executive-order-no-11246\
- Bossed Up, “The Definitive Guide to Negotiating as a Woman” - https://www.bossedup.org/negotiation
- LinkedIn Learning Course, “Negotiating Your Compensation Package” - https://www.linkedin.com/learning/negotiating-your-compensation-package
- Episode 462, “Understand Pay Transparency and Your Rights as a Job Seeker” - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode462
- Episode 444, “Are Pay Transparency Laws Working?” - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode444
- Episode 422, “What Actually Creates Gender Equality at Work?” - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode422
- Episode 317, “Making Progress on Equal Pay Day” - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode317
- Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
- Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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