Women earn 10% less than men in America’s public sector, analysis shows

Pay imbalance particularly stark in professions where men dominate, such as law enforcement, engineering and technologyAlthough women hold half of all state and federal service jobs, they make 10% less than men in the public sector, according to an analysis of government documents obtained through freedom of information requests by an investigative non-profit.The analysis by the Contently Foundation, a non-profit for investigative journalism, found that women earn 10% less median income than men in the public sector. The employee earnings records also show that 73% of government workers making $100,000 or more each year are men. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/08/gender-pay-gap-america-public-sector