According to the U.S. Census Bureau, median wages for men increased 3.7%, but pay for women didn’t budge in 2024.
Men who work full-time year-round saw their wages rise by 3%, while women who work full-time year-round only saw their wages go up 1.5%.
It’s the longest stretch of time Congress has gone without raising the federal minimum wage.
House Republicans recommended eliminating the budget for the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau. Here’s what could be lost if that happens.
Three women entrepreneurs talk about their experiences starting their own businesses, and whether it helped them get better pay and flexibility.
Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics, discusses the impact of care responsibilities disproportionately falling on women.
Claudia Goldin’s work explores women’s experience of the labor market and what factors drive the gender gap.
In other words, it takes eight extra months for working mothers to finally catch up to what fathers made in 2022.
The World Economic Forum says in some countries, women’s status is declining, and global gender parity is 131 years away.
The CEO of Ellevest and former Wall Street executive says the pandemic has widened the gender wealth gap.
