Conversation Starters: Gender Pay Gap Narrowest on Record
Daniel Zhao
Chief Economist at Glassdoor | Jul 19, 2023
The gender pay gap narrowed in Q2 with median weekly earnings for women working full-time rising to 84.5 percent relative to those of men, the narrowest such gap on record. Despite concerns earlier in the pandemic of a "she-cession", women have been a significant driver of the labor market recovery.
This mirrors and is likely a reflection of strengthening employment trends for women: Women's employment-population ratio for ages 25-54 rose to a record high 75.3 percent in June 2023. Over the course of the recovery, American women have been increasingly looking for work and finding it.
Conversation Starters are a periodic series of charts and data points from Glassdoor’s Economic Research team aimed at sparking conversations on timely trends in employee satisfaction, workplace community, the future of work, and the labor market more broadly.
Daniel Zhao
Daniel Zhao is Chief Economist at Glassdoor. On Glassdoor's Economic Research team, he has conducted research using Glassdoor's unique data on a variety of topics affecting job seekers and employers ranging from the health of the job market to pay transparency to employee engagement & retention. His work has been cited in publications like the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review and more. Prior to joining the Economic Research team, he also worked on improving the user experience for Glassdoor’s consumer jobs product and mobile app. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College.
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