While some improvements in gender inequality have been made in the past decades, the unacceptable fact remains that women are paid much less, on average, than men. This is true even when women perform the exact same jobs. However, that gap varies considerable for workers in different careers. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Planet Money compared women’s earning to those of male counterparts in hundreds of different jobs. Below, we show the jobs where the wage disparity is … [Read more...]
