U.S. gender pay gap is getting worse
BPC Staff Nov 23, 2015 | 2:00 pm
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BY LIFT IOWA STAFF | @LiftIOWA
Ladies, mark your calendars. In the year 2133, your earnings will finally match those of your male colleagues.
It will take 118 years for the economic gap between men and women to close, the World Economic Forum said in its latest Global Gender Gap report, CNNMoney reports.
The WEF said that the slow pace at which the global gender pay gap is narrowing means women are now earning what men did a decade ago.
In the U.S., the gap stands at 64 percent, meaning that women earn about two-thirds of what men make for similar work. That’s actually worse than it was last year, when the gap was 66 percent. The U.S. now ranks 74th in wage equality among 145 countries. Last year, it was 65th.
Read more findings from the report.
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