If women in Utah’s tech industry were paid what men make, they could stop working sometime in late October and take home the same paycheck for the year as they do now, according to an analysis of industry salaries nationwide.
Utah’s female tech workers earn, on average, 76.2% of what their male counterparts do, a new analysis shows.
“It is such a difficult place to be,” she said. “As a senior product manager, I made about $20,000 less than men in my industry with less experience.” Nor does she know, exactly, why such a disparity might exist in her industry. she said. But she has some guesses. That same report also found women in tech are more likely to leave their leadership roles than men due to burnout, further tipping the scales of who holds the higher-paying positions — and the institutional power.
While casual camaraderie is an admirable company culture, Jones said, it can become coded and exclusive. If women feel shut out of the conversation, she said, they might also feel left out of the industry at-large.
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