Ch 12: Pay gaps

Equal pay is an issue that could affect many generations of Americans and since children are our future, Jimmy thought it would be a good idea to get their t...

Learn more at http://www.americanprogress.orgWomen in the U.S. only earn 78 cents to the dollar compared to a man. But there’s a lot of confusion about this ...

Learn more at http://www.americanprogress.orgWomen in the U.S. only earn 78 cents to the dollar compared to a man. But there’s a lot of confusion about this ...

Learn more at http://www.americanprogress.orgWomen in the U.S. only earn 78 cents to the dollar compared to a man. But there’s a lot of confusion about this ...

That female veterinarians continue to earn less than male veterinarians is clear from the 2013 AVMA Report on Veterinary Compensation.

In 2012, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $691. On average in 2012, women made about 81 percent of the median earnings of male full-time wage and salary workers ($854). In 1979, the first year for which comparable earnings data are available, women earned 62 percent of what men earned.

The pay gap between men and women has been narrowing for decades. But it persists, and it gets larger as women move toward the middle of their careers.

African American women are said to be paid 64 cents, and Hispanic women only 54 cents, for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. (Credit: Rob Rogers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)