September 27, 2013
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Women Are Still Being Short-changed
Info-Graph of Gender Pay Inequality
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2013/09/19/the-geography-of-the-gender-pay-gap-womens-earnings-by-state/#undefined
Highlights:
New year, new statistics? Not for the gender pay gap, one of the most oft-contested numbers in gender equality in the workplace. For more than a decade now, the comparison between the median earnings of full-time employed men and women in the U.S. has remained a stubborn 77%–that is, women earn roughly 77 cents on the dollar when stacked against the paychecks of white men.
The latest data shows that number hasn’t budged—and isn’t likely to in the next Census.
While some of the gender pay gap can be explained by the types of jobs and industries women and men are currently working in, the chasm shows that those choices are often constrained—and that even when at its narrowest, the gap between earnings has far-reaching implications.
So how is it possible that Nevada–home to the city of sin, showgirls and legal prostitution—ranks the highest among states in terms of gender paycheck equality?
One word: blackjack. “Nevada is a state that’s biggest economic draws are travel, retail and entertainment,” says Maatz, sectors where smaller paygaps prevail. “A blackjack dealer’s a blackjack dealer.” She adds that gaming employees are among the most unionized. “Unions have always been very good for women in terms of getting their wages and benefits up to par.”
Comments (4)
If I had a choice between making less money and living in Las Vegas, I'd go with less money.
I don't want to be a blackjack dealer, but I do enjoy playing my cards online.
They have been talking about this for years. It is now true in my profession. We went from all women at low pay to a smattering of men as the pay increased. Now there are more men in the field but just like nursing they tend to be promoted to administrative roles at the higher pay over women...
This is something I have never understood. My sister actually shed some light into the gloom.
After WWII many women, who'd entered the work force for the first time, because of the need for their labor, discovered they liked working. Since most of them were didn't need to be the bread winner they willingly took less pay. When you here the old explanation, "Guys need to make more,because they need care for their families," was actually factial.
I certainly do not agree with paying women less, and today such thinking is wrong. Many women are the bread winners to day.
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