Women lag behind men in jobs, wages
By Jillian Berman, Huffington Post
America’s recovery since the Great Recession has been fueled largely by jobs that typically pay close to the minimum wage, and women are suffering disproportionately as a result.
Between 2009 and 2013, 35 percent of women’s job gains have been in low-wage sectors — like retail, fast food and housekeeping — while 18 percent of men’s jobs gains were in those fields, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the National Women’s Law Center. The NWLC defined low-wage industries as those with a median wage of $10.10 or less.
The trend has worsened a troubling disparity: Today, women make up 76 percent of the low-wage workforce, but only 47 percent of the workforce overall.