Today is Equal Pay Day. It’s noted every year to highlight the wage gap between men and women, and a new report from the National Partnership for Women and Families shows that Wyoming’s gap is one of the largest in the country. Women earn an average of about 17-thousand dollars less a year for full-time work. While the report points to discrimination in many cases, Rebekah Smith at the Wyoming Women’s Foundation says there’s more to the story here because of the dominance of oil and gas industry jobs – which women generally shun.
Smith’s organization issued a paper last year examining the wage gap and making recommendations - such as improving pay for tipped workers. She says they’re also educating women about how to negotiate for higher salaries.
The report shows that full-time working women in Wyoming make more than women in neighboring states.
Smith’s organization issued a paper last year examining the wage gap and making recommendations - such as improving pay for tipped workers. She says they’re also educating women about how to negotiate for higher salaries.
The report shows that full-time working women in Wyoming make more than women in neighboring states.
Certain discrimination always exists between male and female. It’s the statistic which gives only facts. Full-working women earn less than men. That’s why a lot of women in our country used to take out short-term loans with high interest rate using cash loans service. As the result they can’t pay back in time, because of different reasons, dimension for instance. And what do they have now, except a big debt which their income doesn’t allow to pay back? Definitely nothing, they can only dream, how to use their money if they have choice to decide.
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