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Wage gauge: Women still lag behind men
Virginia Business
August 2004
Think
the gender gap on pay scales is closing? Think again.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report based
on its 2000 Census showing that, on average, even when
education and experience are the same, men continue
to out-earn women by more than 20 percent.
Where a man earns a dollar, a woman earns 74 cents.
Virginia matches the nationwide numbers, according to
William Rodgers, a former economics professor at the
College of William & Mary who did a study on the
gender wage gap in the Old Dominion. Williamsburg boasts
the closest wage ratio but not necessarily for the right
reasons: The men there are simply not paid that well,
thanks to a combination of young workers and low-wage
jobs, says Rodgers, now a professor at Rutgers University.
Below are the numbers from selected localities.
| |
Men |
Women |
| Alleghany
County |
$1.00 |
$0.59 |
| James
City County |
$1.00 |
$0.62 |
| Chesapeake |
$1.00 |
$0.67 |
| Roanoke |
$1.00 |
$0.76 |
| Albemarle
County |
$1.00 |
$0.77 |
| Norfolk |
$1.00 |
$0.85 |
| Alexandria |
$1.00 |
$0.87 |
| Williamsburg |
$1.00 |
$0.94 |
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