The BGA fact-checked US Senator Tammy Duckworth's claims about the gender pay gap.
the Institute of Women's Policy ResearchData from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that in 2020, Illinois women earned on average 80 cents to for every dollar earned by a man. That's below the national average of 82 cents per dollar, putting Illinois in 33rd place for smallest gap out of the 50 states and D.C.
However, data from the Census American Community Survey shows the gap is slightly smaller in Chicago than it is for all of Illinois, with women earning on average 81 cents for ever dollar earned by a man."An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That's how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color," Duckworth said.
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