The Gender Wage Gap is all about the fact that, percent wise, men make more money than women do. For many years, women and men have been at odds when it comes to income. Women believe that they should be making just as much, if not more, money than men. Meanwhile, men seem to think that the way women are being paid is just fine. The Gender Wage Gap shows just how much of a difference there is between the paychecks of men and women in the United States.
The recent standings in the world of the Wage Gap sit at about a twenty percent difference. Women are paid approximately eighty percent of what men are paid, which leaves a twenty percent wage gap between them. Luckily for women, the gap has decreased since the 1970’s. At that point in time, the Wage Gap stood at about forty percent, which means that women were only making approximately sixty percent of what men were making. These percentages have improved quite a bit since the seventies, and it would only be logical for them to continue to improve as time passes and new opportunities become available. These statistics have been taken from the United States as a whole, but we can also find out about the Wage Gap in each state as well. For example, the Wage Gap in Texas is is very close to that of the United States at seventy nine percent, which is a twenty one percent gap. The District of Columbia currently holds the smallest gap of them all with a ninety percent earnings ratio. Meanwhile, Louisiana holds the biggest gap of all the states at sixty five percent giving them a whopping thirty five percent difference. We are beginning to learn that not only do women have a lower income rate, but it is even lower for African American, Native Hawaiian, Hispanic, and American Indian women. Now when it comes to comparing them to men of the same race and/or ethnicity, studies show that the Wage Gap is significantly less than when comparing colored women to white men. …show more content…
For example, the Wage Gap between African American men and African American women is at a ninety percent ratio, leaving the gap at about ten percent. However, the Wage Gap between White men and African American women is sitting at about sixty three percent, and this leaves the gap to be at thirty seven percent. This is a twenty seven percent difference between these comparisons. So, not only do women already have a substantially lower income than men, but women of color have an even lower income. These women’s earnings in the present are equal to the earnings white women had in the 1970’s. When is comes to age, studies show that as women get older the gap increases considerably. When young women are around sixteen to nineteen years old, the Wage Gap is only at ninety percent, which is just at a ten percent difference. However, when women reach about twenty five to thirty four years of age is when the Wage Gap begins to increase. By the time they reach about forty years of age, the gap has increased by ten percent, which means the Wage Gap is sitting at eighty percent. Then, by the time women are sixty five and older, the gap has increased to seventy four percent, which puts the difference at twenty six percent. So, in a span of twenty years, from age nineteen …show more content…
The fact that there are some jobs that generally employ men, like mining and construction, can cause a difference in wages. There is also instances with married couples that have children. The mother is usually the one to take a maternity leave which means taking time away from her job, and that usually results in a smaller paycheck for the duration of her leave. This gives the husband a chance to make a bit more money than the wife, because not only would she need off for the birth but she will also need time off to take care of the baby for the first few months. It is small things like this that can add up and make a big difference in the incomes between men and
The recent standings in the world of the Wage Gap sit at about a twenty percent difference. Women are paid approximately eighty percent of what men are paid, which leaves a twenty percent wage gap between them. Luckily for women, the gap has decreased since the 1970’s. At that point in time, the Wage Gap stood at about forty percent, which means that women were only making approximately sixty percent of what men were making. These percentages have improved quite a bit since the seventies, and it would only be logical for them to continue to improve as time passes and new opportunities become available. These statistics have been taken from the United States as a whole, but we can also find out about the Wage Gap in each state as well. For example, the Wage Gap in Texas is is very close to that of the United States at seventy nine percent, which is a twenty one percent gap. The District of Columbia currently holds the smallest gap of them all with a ninety percent earnings ratio. Meanwhile, Louisiana holds the biggest gap of all the states at sixty five percent giving them a whopping thirty five percent difference. We are beginning to learn that not only do women have a lower income rate, but it is even lower for African American, Native Hawaiian, Hispanic, and American Indian women. Now when it comes to comparing them to men of the same race and/or ethnicity, studies show that the Wage Gap is significantly less than when comparing colored women to white men. …show more content…
For example, the Wage Gap between African American men and African American women is at a ninety percent ratio, leaving the gap at about ten percent. However, the Wage Gap between White men and African American women is sitting at about sixty three percent, and this leaves the gap to be at thirty seven percent. This is a twenty seven percent difference between these comparisons. So, not only do women already have a substantially lower income than men, but women of color have an even lower income. These women’s earnings in the present are equal to the earnings white women had in the 1970’s. When is comes to age, studies show that as women get older the gap increases considerably. When young women are around sixteen to nineteen years old, the Wage Gap is only at ninety percent, which is just at a ten percent difference. However, when women reach about twenty five to thirty four years of age is when the Wage Gap begins to increase. By the time they reach about forty years of age, the gap has increased by ten percent, which means the Wage Gap is sitting at eighty percent. Then, by the time women are sixty five and older, the gap has increased to seventy four percent, which puts the difference at twenty six percent. So, in a span of twenty years, from age nineteen …show more content…
The fact that there are some jobs that generally employ men, like mining and construction, can cause a difference in wages. There is also instances with married couples that have children. The mother is usually the one to take a maternity leave which means taking time away from her job, and that usually results in a smaller paycheck for the duration of her leave. This gives the husband a chance to make a bit more money than the wife, because not only would she need off for the birth but she will also need time off to take care of the baby for the first few months. It is small things like this that can add up and make a big difference in the incomes between men and