Aug. 29, 2022
Publication Date: August 2022
Author: Annie Vong, Katie M. Gilbertson, Katie Lim, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.
Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on the gender wage gap, or the discrepancy in pay between female and male workers, in Mountain West metros. The Pew Research Center report, “Young Women are Out-Earning Young Men in Several U.S. Cities,” includes data on the gender wage gap for people under the age of 30 in various metropolitan areas across the United States in 2019. The Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey explores male and female occupational earnings by job sector for workers 16 and over.