• Although there are regulations within the workplace there is still discrimination

• Women are facing discrimination in their income, unemployment and occupational distribution

• Women’s salaries average only 72-88% to men’s salaries

• The ratio of women’s median annual earnings to men’s only rose from 60.7 in 1960 to 77.8 in 2008

In 2006 the median weekly earnings of full time working women was $600 a week compared to $743 for men

In management jobs was $840 per week compared to $1,154 for men

In the recent 2008 women’s median weekly earnings were 79.9% of men

Compensation differences appear to be tied to perceptions, availability and fields genders specialize into

Women are more represented in clerical and services occupations while men are concentrated in craft and laborer jobs

Men can travel easier than women due to family obligations

Men with children appear to get an earnings boost whereas women lose earnings (GAO Statistics)

Women on average have fewer years of work experience

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(Trentham Susan, Larwoud Laurie. A Journal research.Jan.1998).

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-151662677.html (Fast sheet series. October 1, 2004).

Catalyst Inc: Published March 2009 Women’s Earnings and income.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1997/04/art2full.pdf (Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wooton Barbara. April 1997.

TED: The Editor’s Desk. October 29, 2008. http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/oct/wk4/art03.htm

http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/census statistic/a/womenspay.htm (Why women still make less than men? Longley Robert).