For the first time in over 60 years, the U.S. gender pay gap has widened for two consecutive years.
Data: BLS via FRED (LES1252881600Q, LES1252881900Q, LES1252882800Q)
Tools: R (fredr, tidyverse, patchwork, showtext)
Visualization: Forensic Economic Services LLC — [RULE703.com]()
Women’s real median weekly earnings have plateaued while men’s continue to inch upward, reversing decades of convergence.
by forensiceconomics
2 Comments
Does this control all the variables? Does still lump in all the jobs?
Is the remaining gap explicable through other means than the “usual one”?
Why on earth would you use median to look at that?