In New York City, Young Women Outearn Men
- Women under 30 make same or more than men in 22 of 250 cities
- In the rest of U.S., female workers continue to make less: Pew
Pedestrians in the Financial District of New York.
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In New York City and Washington D.C., there’s a gender pay gap -- for men under 30.
Nationally, women in that age group earn about 93 cents on the dollar compared to men. But in 22 of 250 U.S. metropolitan areas, women under 30 make the same or more than their male counterparts, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. The report, based on 2019 median annual earnings, doesn’t reflect the impact from the pandemic.