Women Hold More Jobs than Ever But Salaries Still Lag

Pottsville (PA) Republican (Monday, Nov. 28)
Former AAUW Fellow Heather Boushey, a leading economist who co-edited The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, shares her view about the current job climate, “The labor market is highly segregated, with women and men in different jobs.” Boushey continued, observing that, “there’s a lingering gender pay gap. It’s really a residual, most likely discriminatory, effect.” The article elaborates, reporting that average female workers in Pennsylvania earned 79 percent of the median income of their male counterparts in 2008.