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Gender Pay Gap Widens, Though a Third of Men Are Unsure It Exists
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A third of men are unsure or do not believe there a pay gap based on gender, while 84% of women are confident it exists. This according to the 2020 State of Wage Inequality in the Workplace report, which found that the gender wage gap is widening. Men are offered higher salaries than women for the same job title at the same company 63% of the time, compared to 60% last year, the report says.
Additional takeaways:
- A woman's salary expectation is lower than a man's 65% of the time when applying to the same job at the same company.
- When negotiating for a pay increase, men are 7% more likely than women to get the increase, while women are more likely to get improvements to benefits, stock options, or job title.
- 74% of men and women agree that company leadership, not the government or the applicant, is responsible for closing the gender gap.
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