Over a 40-year career, that means that black women make $946,120 less than white men, according to the National Women's Law Center.
When controlling for factors such as education and experience, which can affect pay, U.S. women make $0.98 for every dollar a man makes.
But when the total median for each gender is compared without taking into account such controls, women make just $0.79 for every $1 earned by men. Some industries have wider pay gaps. Women in finance and insurance have the largest uncontrolled pay gap among all industries surveyed byBut these figures obscure disparities across race. Asian women have the smallest uncontrolled gender pay gap, earning $0.93 for every $1 earned by white men. White women earn $0.80 for every dollar white men earn.
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