Where does the gender pay gap exist?

2018-01-22T09:18:07-05:00

As I am watching the Today show they are talking about the women's march. It just occurs to me a all female anchor NBC crew is wanting more gender equality. In my entire working career I have not witnessed the gender pay gap. I know my evidence is anecdotal but the top three paid individuals in my company are women. They deserve the top pay because they are in top positions. Where is the pay gap?

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jan 22 at 2018 9:42 AM

2018-01-22T09:42:00-05:00

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member Without Open Information it is Very Hard to Tell but with the Leak of the BBC Pay Data it became pretty obvious at least in that Organization that it Really was a Thing. https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2017/jul/19/bbc-publishes-salaries-of-highest-earning-stars-live-updates

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Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2018 9:59 AM

2018-01-22T09:59:30-05:00

Short version-- It doesn't. It used to exist even as recently as a generation ago, and it still exists globally, but it does not exist in the United States today. It is a myth perpetuated by politicians intent on painting women as a class of 'victims' for the purpose of securing 'the women's vote'.

I've researched this for a long time because it is one of my pet peeves. Stay tuned for the 'long version'. It is going to take me a minute to get it typed in.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2018 10:41 AM

2018-01-22T10:41:11-05:00

I agree with you that the individuals deserve the top pay because they are in the top positions. From my understanding, the issue is that many women who hold the same positions as men are not paid the same for their work. The military is different because the standards of pay are based on rank and years of service, regardless of your job or gender. My persepctive of pay gap in the military is really about the gaps in opportunities for women, as compared to men, to compete for those positions of leadership that yields higher rank and greater pay. Not all, but many of the senior most leadership positions in the military are filled with servicemembers whose ocupational backgrounds were traditionally closed to women, i.e combat infantryman. If women are not given an equal opportunity to serve in those occupations, they don't have an equal opportunity to compete for the positions that warrant higher rank with more responsibility and by default more pay.

Response by PO1 Don Gulizia made Jan 22 at 2018 10:52 AM

2018-01-22T10:52:12-05:00

Hollywood.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2018 10:30 PM

2018-01-22T22:30:32-05:00

The gender pay gap exists in the minds of people who cannot comprehend multivariate statistcal analysis. So, they only use a single variable, gender while ignoring others like career field choice differences (such as elementary school teacher vs engineer), hours worked, physical danger of work, time spent out of the labor force raising children, etc...