Nuts and Bolts, Nuts and Bolts, We Got Screwed!

Recent studies have shown that for women and men in this country, with exactly the same qualifications and exactly the same jobs, the following salary discrepancies still exist:

• For women with a high school diploma, lifetime earnings will be $700,000 less than for men in the exact same jobs.
• For women with a bachelor's degree, the difference is $1.2 million.
• For women with advanced/professional degrees, the difference is $2 million.

These are apples to apples comparisons. Not women who dropped out of the workforce to be full-time mothers for a portion of years. These are men and women doing equal work for unequal pay.

For sources, studies, and more information, visit the WAGE Project.