New Census Report Finds a Persisting Gender Gap in Earnings

Women in Academia
Posted on Sep 12, 2012

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a new report on income and poverty rates in the United States. The data shows that for 2011, there were 58 million men who were year-round, full-time employees compared to 43.7 million women. Men who worked full-time, all year round had average earnings of $48,202. For women the average earnings for year-round, full-time workers was $37,118. Thus, women on average earned about 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.

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