Women's Wages: Materials on Pay Equity

The facts speak for themselves — women earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men. Women earn the most in professions where men pre‐dominate—operations research, law, engineering, medicine—but even in these professions, they earn less than their male colleagues. Women predominate in the lower‐paid occupations — clerical, retail sales, health services. And yet, in these lower‐paid occupations, women still earn less than men.