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That is well above the 23 percent gap that Democrats claim exists between male and female workers nationwide. The figure is based on a 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report, and is technically accurate. However, as CNN’s Lisa Sylvester has reported, when factors such as area of employment, hours of work, and time in the workplace are taken into account, the gap shrinks to about 5 percent.
A significant “gender gap” exists in Feinstein’s office, where women also made about $21,000 less than men in 2011, but the percentage difference—41 percent—was even higher than Murray’s.
Boxer’s female staffers made about $5,000 less, a difference of 7.3 percent.
The Free Beacon used publicly available salary data from the transparency website Legistorm to calculate the figures, and considered only current full-time staff members who were employed for the entirety of fiscal year 2011.
The employee gender pay gap among Senate Democrats was not limited to Murray, Boxer, and Feinstein. Of the 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus examined in the analysis, 37 senators paid their female staffers less than male staffers.
Senators elected in 2010—Joe Manchin, Chris Coons, and Richard Blumenthal—were not considered due to incomplete salary data.
Women working for Senate Democrats in 2011 pulled in an average salary of $60,877. Men made about $6,500 more.
While the gap is significant, it is slightly smaller than that of the White House, which pays men about $10,000, or 13 percent, more on average, according to a previous Free Beacon analysis.
The pay differential is quite striking in some cases, especially among leading Democrats. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who runs the Senate Democratic messaging operation, paid men $19,454 more on average, a 36 percent difference.
Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) paid men $13,063 more, a difference of 23 percent.
Other notable Senators whose “gender pay gap” was larger than 23 percent:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)—47.6 percent
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.)—40 percent
Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.)—34.2 percent
Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.)—31.5 percent
Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.)—30.4 percent
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.)–29.7 percent
Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.)–29.2 percent
Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.)—26.5 percent
Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore)—26.4 percent
Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa)—23.2 percent
Lilly Ledbetter anyone? When will Holder prosecute these law breakers?
#1) A study done by "Savvy" magazine (a woman's magazine, now defunct) 18+ years ago showed that women, when given an opportunity.....don't ask for raises (men do), nor....more importantly, when they get promotions....they bring MEN up in the ranks behind them....not women.
#2) In most cases (anecdotal, I'll admit), women, when asked out to dinner wait for the man to pick up the check, yet when men are asked {by other men} out for dinner....they do their best to fight over the bill.
#3) When there is a scenario wherein which either sex has done a great job....men will go in and say "I've got 3 offers....care to beat them?" yet women sit there waiting for men to recognize their exceptionalism.
Ladies....men aren't keeping you down....your compadre's are. When you stand up and say (as a group)...."Uhhhhh....I'm worth this and when you're willing to pay X....I'll be back"...you'll get X (and more).
As an employer I can tell you...with NO hesitation....I'll hire a woman (for a comparable job over a man every day) at the same and MORE pay because....a woman will always try harder and do a BETTER job than a man.
But you have to stand up and demand more.
(It's that simple).
Dat be da fact jack.
In most cases (other than lifting really heavy shit) a woman is almost ALWAYS a better choice (and in my office....women get paid more than a man).
Stop doing all this bullshit about how women are downtrodden....it just fucking ain't true.
It just fucking isn't.
< Message edited by LookieNoNookie -- 5/24/2012 9:12:04 PM >
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