Working Women And Recession Wages

A recently released survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that women's wages have been increasing at a higher pace than men's wages during the recession - 3.2% over the past two year compared to 2% for men.
However, at the top of the income scale, the salary gap between equally qualified men and women is still vast, according to a report by Payscale. Payscale used information submitted by Joe and Jane Worker through the interwebs to try to help explain observed differences in what men and women earn - for example the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed women earning a median weekly salary in 2008 that was 80 % of men's.

Read more about Payscale's methods and findings in this article from the Times Economix blog.