The wage gap of 77 cents on the dollar is “all full time worker, on average by gender”.
The first problem with this is, men on average work more hours than women. Men are much more likely to work > 40 hours per week, and much less likely to be in the 35-39 hour/week “full time” category.
So they’re getting more pay for more hours… and that accounts for about 5-6 cents of the discrepancy.
Second, this ignores jobs. A guy cleaning septic tanks 40 hours a week, and a woman answering phones 40 hours a week don’t have the same hazards, and the pay reflects this. For low-skill high risk jobs, there is a gender difference. But I don’t see the women lining up to work on oil derricks, or crime scene cleanup crews at equal numbers.
This accounts for most of the rest.
If your goal is to make the 77 cents stat go away you have two choices.
1) All jobs should pay the exact same regardless of the job or hours worked… and no septic tank will ever be cleaned again.
2) Women need to be FORCED into the higher paying, and more dangerous jobs, and FORCED to work more hours.
Otherwise you’re not working with the 77 cent stat with your “fix”. You’re working to re-pass the 1963 Equal Pay Act… which passed in 1963.
If we re-pass an existing law without changes… does that change anything?
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The wage gap of 77 cents on the dollar is “all full time worker, on average by gender”.
The first problem with this is, men on average work more hours than women. Men are much more likely to work > 40 hours per week, and much less likely to be in the 35-39 hour/week “full time” category.
So they’re getting more pay for more hours… and that accounts for about 5-6 cents of the discrepancy.
Second, this ignores jobs. A guy cleaning septic tanks 40 hours a week, and a woman answering phones 40 hours a week don’t have the same hazards, and the pay reflects this. For low-skill high risk jobs, there is a gender difference. But I don’t see the women lining up to work on oil derricks, or crime scene cleanup crews at equal numbers.
This accounts for most of the rest.
If your goal is to make the 77 cents stat go away you have two choices.
1) All jobs should pay the exact same regardless of the job or hours worked… and no septic tank will ever be cleaned again.
2) Women need to be FORCED into the higher paying, and more dangerous jobs, and FORCED to work more hours.
Otherwise you’re not working with the 77 cent stat with your “fix”. You’re working to re-pass the 1963 Equal Pay Act… which passed in 1963.
If we re-pass an existing law without changes… does that change anything?