A lot of trade industries are climbing because less people want those kinds of jobs, so that could be skewing it due to predominantly being male dominated, although outliers shouldn’t be included.
Is median across industies a reliable metric for showing the divide? I would have assumed mean would give a bit more reliable figure?
thinker2501 on
This is a terrible metric. We should be looking at gender pay gap in the same job adjusted for experience to root out bias at that level. The aggregate statistic is because we value male dominated careers more than female ones, for example the trades earn much more than care providers.
Acrobatic_Swing_4735 on
I actually like this graph, is shows pay for both genders going up for the first time in a long time.
It also shows that men have not received a raise in 50 years, while women now take home double what they were making 50 years ago.
-vinay on
I suspect when counting across the entire population (ie even those who are unemployed or underemployed), these numbers are much closer.
“Reversing progress” in the headline is a bit misleading, young women are are finding work (and economic mobility) much more easily than young men at this point.
itiztv on
Author bias!
She seems to have a penchant for writing these kind of articles. A few weeks ago
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A lot of trade industries are climbing because less people want those kinds of jobs, so that could be skewing it due to predominantly being male dominated, although outliers shouldn’t be included.
Is median across industies a reliable metric for showing the divide? I would have assumed mean would give a bit more reliable figure?
This is a terrible metric. We should be looking at gender pay gap in the same job adjusted for experience to root out bias at that level. The aggregate statistic is because we value male dominated careers more than female ones, for example the trades earn much more than care providers.
I actually like this graph, is shows pay for both genders going up for the first time in a long time.
It also shows that men have not received a raise in 50 years, while women now take home double what they were making 50 years ago.
I suspect when counting across the entire population (ie even those who are unemployed or underemployed), these numbers are much closer.
“Reversing progress” in the headline is a bit misleading, young women are are finding work (and economic mobility) much more easily than young men at this point.
Author bias!
She seems to have a penchant for writing these kind of articles. A few weeks ago
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/federal-workers-black-women-jobless-rate