“As more women joined the full-time workforce, the per-worker difference compounded into a much larger estimated overall gap,” a career expert said.
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“As more women joined the full-time workforce, the per-worker difference compounded into a much larger estimated overall gap,” a career expert said.
Published July 9, 2026
An employee works in a 3-D scan lab at GE Appliances on Aug. 8, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. Even though women’s median weekly earnings doubled in the past 25 years, the gap between what men and women earned increased more than 60%, a study found.
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