Law Practice
Aug. 25, 2009
Gender Gap In Legal Pay the Widest of Any Profession
New statistics surfaced last month charting the gender pay gap in the U.S. workforce, and, on first glance, women's earnings in the legal field are jaw-dropping: the median woman's salary is 57 percent of a man's. That's the widest gap of any profession tracked by the U.S. Labor Department.
Daily Journal Staff Writer New statistics surfaced last month charting the gender pay gap in the U.S. workforce, and, on first glance, women's earnings in the legal field are jaw-dropping: the median woman's salary is 57 percent of a man's. That's the widest gap of any profession tracked by the U.S. Labor Department. Of course there's more to that story. Economists say the reasons for the large gap are complex, but histori...
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