Annual Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity 2022

Women earn less than men in all occupations, even ones commonly held by women. Women are paid eighty-four (84) cents for every dollar a man makes, a persistent gender wage gap that spans all professions, even those typically held by women, according to a this report released by IWPR ahead of Equal Pay Day 2024. Women earned less than men for full-time work in all 20 of the largest occupations for women and in all of the 20 largest occupations for men, according to IWPR’s analysis. Of the 20 largest occupations for women studied as part of IWPR’s research, the five with the worst pay inequities were: Financial Managers, where women only earn 71% of what men earn Retail Salesperson—72% Education and Childcare Administrators—79% Administrative Assistants—80% Managers—81% The profession with the smallest gender wage gap was Cashier, where women earn 98% of what men earn. IWPR’s research also showed that, while the overall gender gap improved slightly over the previous year, it actually widened for women of all major racial and ethnic groups compared to White men. Latina women faced the largest gender racial wage gap, being paid just 59.2 cents on the dollar paid to White men, an amount slightly worse than in 2022 when the ratio was 61.4 cents. Black women earned 65.8 cents on the dollar compared to White men, down from 67.4 percent in 2022. Black and Hispanic/Latina women earn less, largely due to their over-representation in some of the lowest-paying occupations in the Service sector, i.e., health care support, personal care, child care, and food service. But even in these lower-paying jobs, White men still outearn women.