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kdmorris

(5,649 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2012, 06:09 PM Sep 2012

Handy map to find the gender wage gap by your congressional district

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_work_epd_map

An unprecedented analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the gender-based wage gap affects women in nearly every corner of the country. In 97 percent of congressional districts — 423 out of 435 districts — the median yearly pay for women is less than the median yearly pay for men. This is the first-ever analysis of these data by congressional district, providing a unique opportunity for women, families and lawmakers to consider the local impact of disparities in pay.

Here in FL-19, it's 86%, with $6,185 lost in yearly earnings.

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Handy map to find the gender wage gap by your congressional district (Original Post) kdmorris Sep 2012 OP

It's about the same, 85%, here in NM1 Warpy Sep 2012 #1

thanks for this link niyad Sep 2012 #2

Warpy

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1. It's about the same, 85%, here in NM1

Reply to kdmorris (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 06:17 PM

Sep 2012

It's much worse in the more rural part of the states where women are robbed of wages with impunity.

Still, the dollar amount here is much lower than the dollar amount back in Boston, although the percentage was nearly the same.

niyad

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2. thanks for this link

Reply to kdmorris (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 12:11 AM

Sep 2012

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