Five Years of Lilly Ledbetter and Still More Work Needs To Be Done
"Women who work full time, year round still only earn 77 percent of what men earn, a pay gap that accumulates over time. For a 40-year working career, the average woman loses $431,000—no small amount. And, women with a college degree are no exception. Over their lifetime, women with at least a bachelor’s degree earn approximately $713,000 less than similarly educated men over their lifetime. Additionally, over half of women workers make poverty-level wages, a wage below what a full-time, full-year worker would have to earn to give a family of four enough income to reach the poverty threshold."
