The good news: the gender wage gap has been decreasing in the US, with women in 2013 making 78.3 cents for every dollar earned by men, up from 60.2 cents in 1980.
The bad news: At this rate, women won’t see equal pay for another 43 years.
The stats come from a new report (pdf) by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The researchers used US census data (pdf, p. 40) to determine the female-to-male earnings ratio over time. They used the rate of progress to determine when women would reach parity with men.
via American women can finally expect equal pay—in the year 2058 – Quartz.