Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the

Gender Pay Gap

AAUW’s groundbreaking research report, Behind the Pay Gap, revealed that just one year out of college, women working full time already earn significantly less than their male counterparts earn.

$35,000 $39,000

STARTING SALARIES

$35,000Bonus: $1750

First Year Total: $36,750

$39,000Bonus: $1950

First Year Total: $40,950

FIRST YEAR - STARTING SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES

DO THE MATH!

He now has earned $4200

more than you did in the first year!

$39,000She’s a hard worker,

steady!

$44,000He’s a go-getter,

Hard charger!

SECOND YEAR - SALARIES

SECOND YEAR SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES

SALARY $44,000BONUS $2,200.00

SALARY $39,000BONUS $1950.00

LET’S DO THE MATH AGAIN!

OUR YOUNG MAN$44,000+ $2,200= $46,200

YOU$39,000+ $1,950= $40,950

SECOND YEAR DIFFERENCE

$5250In two years, the difference is

$9,450

Women college graduates will earn roughly $1 million less

over their work life than the young man standing

next to themgetting the same degree, at the

same time!THAT’S THE PERSONAL COST OF THE WAGE GAP TO YOU!

Losses to you over three years:

First year $4,200

Second year $5,250

Third year $10,500

In three years, a loss of almost $20,000!

Over your working life time, a loss of roughly $1,000,000 or more!

That’s how the wage gap happens!

The Face of Pay Equity• In 2009, women earned 77 cents

on the dollar to their male counterparts– 67 cents for African American

women and 58 cents for Latinas, compared to white men

– Female college graduates earn 75% of what male peers earn

• 90 percent of women see equal pay for equal work as a priority

The pay gap cannot be fully explained by choices

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Working Towards Equal Pay

• Federal and state legislative efforts– Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (signed into law)– Paycheck Fairness Act– The Fair Pay Act– State Pay Equity Legislation

• Equal Pay Day– April 28, 2009– Public education strategies– AAUW Pay Equity Resource Kit

Working Towards Equal Pay

• Campus-based programs– Eckerd College Gender Wage Equity

Workshops– $tart $mart Salary Negotiation

Workshops

$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops

• 3 hour workshops for juniors and seniors

• Facilitator training sessions

• Goal of 500 campuses in three years– 2009 on 62 campuses in 23 states– 2009 provided facilitator training for 600


• Student participants:– Participate in role-play exercises to help them gain concrete

skills to enhance their negotiation skills.– Learn about the personal consequences of the gender wage gap

and what a $1.2 million loss in wages over one’s working lifetime means to them and to our nation.

– Learn how to benchmark reasonable salaries and benefits by learning about job titles, job functions, salary ranges, and the effect of market realities on salaries.

– Gain insight on their “bottom line” and how to budget.


• Why bring to your campus:– Few campuses offer training that focus on the

specialized topic of salary negotiation– Gain campus and community exposure– Give students the skills they will need to enter the

workforce– Partner with two national organizations, AAUW and

the WAGE Project, both of which are widely recognized leaders in work that improves the lives of women and girls


• How to bring to your campus:– The fee is $500 for the use and development of the

materials for the initial $tart $mart campus workshop.– Additional costs include travel and lodging expenses

for any WAGE Project facilitator who travels more than 25 miles to the campus.

– $tart $mart Facilitator Training is available for $50 per individual.


• How to bring to your campus:– Potential funding opportunities and partnerships for $tart $mart

campus workshops and facilitator trainings may include– Requesting an allocation from the dean of students and/or the

Student Recruitment Office– Dividing the cost among several campus organizations that are

interested in hosting a workshop – Offering sponsorship opportunities to interested community

businesses or organizations – Applying for a local grant – Fundraising by interested student organizations that wish to host

a workshop or facilitator training


Read more at http://aauw.org/learn/LeadershipPrograms

Contact Annie Houle at the WAGE Project to schedule a workshop and/or facilitator training at [email protected]

Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

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