April 2018

The Gender Pay Gap by State

Click map to view interactive version.

Click map to view interactive version.

 

Every U.S. state has a gender pay gap, and some are wider than others. See how your state’s gender pay gap stacks up.Share this information with state and federal legislators as a call to action for stronger laws and use it to educate folks in your community about the gender pay gap.

 

 

 

Illinois information: Press release | Graphic | Road map

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It’s Negotiable: Salary Skill Builder

AAUW salary skills builder interactive tool. Click to start a short online lesson

AAUW salary skills builder interactive tool. Click to start a short online lesson

The gender pay gap is real and has far-reaching consequences for women’s economic security. Get the pay you deserve. AAUW’s new online, interactive will help you articulate your value in your next negotiation.

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How to make the wage gap an injustice of the past

Kim Churches

Kimberly Chuches, AAUW Chief Executive Officer

Lawmakers, employers and workers all have a role in the fight for fair pay. And there are tangible, practical solutions all can take to achieve pay equity.

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How to Celebrate Equal Pay Day

AAUW Equal Pay Action Ideas

AAUW Equal Pay Action Ideas

Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day when women’s earnings “catch up” to men’s earnings from the previous year. It’s also a powerful occasion to raise awareness about and organize action around the gender pay gap in your community.

 

 

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Take Action to Close the Gender Pay Gap on Equal Pay Day

EqualPayDayontheHill

AAUW staff and interns rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for equal pay on Equal Pay Day (2017).

Tuesday, April 10, marks Equal Pay Day, the symbolic day when women’s earnings “catch up” to men’s earnings from the previous year. The typical woman working full time, year-round in the United States is paid just 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, which means she has to work until April 10, 2018, to be paid as much as the typical man took home by December 31, 2017. Sound fair to you?

 

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