USA
Although women fill almost half the jobs in the US economy, they only hold ____ % of STEM jobs.
25%
Source: http://www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files/ womeninstemagaptoinnovation8311.pdf
Men are _____ times more likely than women to negotiate their starting salary and benefits.
eight
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110602982.html; Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon University
According to AAUW, the gender pay gap won’t close until _____.
2152
Source: http://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-genderpay- gap/
The US is the only one out of ___ developed countries that do NOT mandate paid leave for new parents.
Women are about ______ as likely as men to say they had been discriminated against at work.
The US is currently _____ in the world in terms of closing the pay gap.
45th; USA is rated at 72%
Source: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report 2016/economies/#economy=USA
Women in the US obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees at _____ rates than men.
higher
Source: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/ womens_sli des_final.pdf
As of 2015, women earn less than men in all but _______ occupations.
five
Source: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/ 2016/04/12/135260 /the-top-10-facts-about-the-gender-wage-gap/
. The “adjusted” gender pay gap in the U.S. amounts to women earning about __________ compared to men.
94.6 cents per dollar