Wednesday, September 1, 2010
News Women outearn men, especially in Atlanta
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- As long as we don't have kids!
This phenomenon is especially true in Atlanta:
The greatest disparity is in Atlanta, where young, childless women were paid 121% the level of their male counterparts, according to Reach Advisors.These women have gotten a leg up for several reasons. They are more likely than men to attend college, raising their earning potential.
Before you bust out your circa-1996 "Girl Power" shirt (you know what I'm talking about) it's important to note that, overall, women "at every education level" still earn far less than than men. According to Census data quoted in the article, "women with a bachelor's degree had median earnings of $39,571 between 2006 and 2008, compared with $59,079 for men at the same education level."
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The reason women earn less than men over their careers is that they take weeks, months, years off to have and raise kids and they are generally not paid during most of this time. A women who never has children will have made a comparable amount to a similarly educated man at the end of her career. This is why the statistics are skewed and it appears that women are getting screwed....uh, getting the shaft...no. um, getting the short....never mind.
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