Women earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Over the course of her career, the typical working woman loses almost a quarter of a million dollars in wages.

Since the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, the gender wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year. At this rate, women and men will have to wait another fifty years to earn equal wages.

A longitudinal study of male and female professionals found that the gender pay gap begins immediately after college, when women take first jobs that pay only 80 percent as much as men’s first jobs do, and continues throughout women’s lives--even though women earn higher college GPAs, are more likely to complete graduate work or advanced training, and spend about as much time at work as men do

The gender wage gap cost American families $200 billion every year.

Women with advanced degrees or careers in high-paying fields can earn less than $ 2 million over their working lives compared to similar male counterparts.

Though women on average have higher credit scores than men do, women are 32 percent more likely than men to have subprime mortgages.

The manufacturing sector is responsible for more than 12 percent of America’s gross domestic product and pays for approximately 60 percent of the research and development work that has made America a technological leader.

Nearly 10 percent of America’s workers are employed in the manufacturing sector; of those, nine percent are scientists and engineers.

Women earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Over the course of her career, the typical working woman loses almost a quarter of a million dollars in wages.

Since the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, the gender wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year. At this rate, women and men will have to wait another fifty years to earn equal wages.

A longitudinal study of male and female professionals found that the gender pay gap begins immediately after college, when women take first jobs that pay only 80 percent as much as men’s first jobs do, and continues throughout women’s lives--even though women earn higher college GPAs, are more likely to complete graduate work or advanced training, and spend about as much time at work as men do

The gender wage gap cost American families $200 billion every year.

Women with advanced degrees or careers in high-paying fields can earn less than $ 2 million over their working lives compared to similar male counterparts.

Though women on average have higher credit scores than men do, women are 32 percent more likely than men to have subprime mortgages.

The manufacturing sector is responsible for more than 12 percent of America’s gross domestic product and pays for approximately 60 percent of the research and development work that has made America a technological leader.

Nearly 10 percent of America’s workers are employed in the manufacturing sector; of those, nine percent are scientists and engineers.