In Part-Time Jobs, Women Out-Earn Men

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009.“ Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers, for wage and salary workers.

United States of Wage Gaps

The gap between men’s and women’s full-time earnings narrowed slightly in 2009, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

For full-time, year-round workers, median earnings for women were 78.2 percent of men’s median earnings, or $35,549 compared with $45,485. In 2008, the ratio of women’s to men’s median earnings was 77.2 percent.

Women's earnings and employment by industry, 2009

Women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median weekly earnings of $657 in 2009. This represented 80 percent of men's median weekly earnings ($819).

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How Women End Up on the 'Glass Cliff'

Harvard Business Review podcast with Susanne Bruckmüller, research associate at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and coauthor of the HBR article, "How Women End Up on the 'Glass Cliff'."

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Women Are Over-Mentored (But Under-Sponsored)

Harvard Business Review (HBR) podcast with Herminia Ibarra, co-author of the HBR article, "Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women."

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Assessment Committee Meeting on October 19, 2010

The Assessment Committee met on October 19, 2010, witht he following agenda:
Noon - Introductions of attendees
12:10 -- review the 1997 - 2007 Status of Women Report for how the data was presented
12:20 -- discuss additional data suggestions from the Fall Kick-Off discussions
12:30 -- discuss limitations of data from a variety of sources
12:40 -- assignments for data collection and beginning analyses of changes
12:50 -- finalize plans and actions for the next meeting
12:55 -- adjourn

Some participants attended the meeting in Grange Building, but some also participated from a distance using Adobe Connect.

CFW Meeting on October 13, 2010