Women’s pay falls farther behind men’s

[TechBear_Seattle]

Women’s pay falls farther behind men’s
By DANIEL LATHROP, P-I REPORTER

It's still a man's world in Seattle, and women just work here. For less money.

Last year in King County, men's median salaries increased from about $52,000 to about $55,000, while women's salaries remained constant at about $41,000, according to economic results released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.

In fact, the gender gap in pay grew in the county by about 4 cents from the previous year, according to a Seattle P-I analysis of the statistics in the 3 million-person national survey. That means women earned abpit 74 cents for every dollar a man earned, down from about 79 cents a year earlier.

One retired businesswoman said she was less surprised by the growing gap than at how close women's salaries were to men's.

"I'm surprised that the women's were that high," said Ann Adams, who retired three years ago from her own vocational rehabilitation company. She said women she knows are more likely than men to sacrifice pay for family considerations and work, like she did, in health care and other service jobs that pay less than work in other sectors.

The article continues at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/282997_leftbehind29ww.html

[Anakin Skywalker]

1. If the Fundies in this country

have their way, all the women would be going straight back to the kitchens. With no shoes on, either!

I am sure you all have read about the recent case of the 80-something year old woman who's kicked off from teaching Sunday school.

[xchrom]

2. quelle surprise -- in the new corporate america

women earn less.

the point is to find new sectors of the economy and financially isolate them.

this ''service sector'' economy they are trying to sell us requires mass marginalization of the population.

in the sarcasm universe -- i thought it was white men who were supposed to be under pressure.

[Demeter]

3. By Uppity Women, No Less

so much for that meme.

[xchrom]

4. lol -- wait til the Uppity Women here at DU get a hold of this --

they may have cause to regret this.

:nuke:

any way whether it's african americans in new orleans or gay folk or women -- they can't sell the ''global economy'' with out breaking us down into groups apparently.

[LostinVA]

5. I am the founder of the DU UPPITY Women Club & Auxiliary

UPPITY WOMEN ROCK!!!!!

[Yupster]

6. The pay gap is a lot wider

in my household.

My wife took off when she had our baby from her schoolteacher's job.

That was ten years ago and she still hasn't gone back to work, other than a very part time job for a few months a couple years ago. She said she's bored and may start looking again in a month or so for a job for a few hours a week.