The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual reporton income and poverty in the United States. According to data in the report, the median income for women who worked full-time, all year-round in 2013 was $39,157. For men who worked full-time, all year-round the median income was $50,033. Thus, women earned 78 cents for every dollar earned by men.
The gender gap in income is wider for families. In 2013, the median income for married-couple families in the United States was $76,509. For single-parent families where a man was the head of the household, the median income was $50,625. For single-parent families where a woman was the head of the household, the median income was $35,154.
Read more here http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/demo/p60-249.pdf
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