Study: Calif. women make 84 cents for every $1 men do
By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times
Despite all the recent focus on female empowerment and “leaning in” at work, California women are still paid just 84 cents for every $1 paid to men in the state.
In the Golden State, a woman who works a full-time job earns, on average, $41,956 a year, compared with $50,139 for a man who works full time, according to an analysis from the nonprofit advocacy group the National Partnership for Women & Families. That’s a wage gap of $8,183 per year between the genders.
Collectively, California women lose out on a total of nearly $37.7 billion annually, the report said.