Gender Wage Gap in America

Following a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the Economist published an article today illustrating the affect of the gender wage gap in America. To this day, women still earn significantly less than men in almost all forms of occupations.

In the previous year, 2011, full-time working women in America earned just 82.2% of the male median weekly earnings. This phenomenon was common across almost all occupations, only subtracting the fields of "stock clerks and order fillers" and "bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks" where women made just slightly more than their male counterpart.

The gender wage gap is developed as a percentage of earnings women have against those of males. The gap was most obvious in CEOs and financial managers where female executives earned just 69% of what male's earned. In total this was nearly $658 less in median weekly earnings.

For more visit the Economist online: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/04/focus-3?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/americasgenderwagegap