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A survey by the Labor Department in 2010 found that generally speaking, the older the woman is the larger the pay gap between her and her male counterpart.* The younger a woman is, the smaller that pay gap is. Fast-forward three years and it appears things are still looking up for Millennial women. A 25-34 year old today now makes 93 cents to the dollar of her male counterpart. Pew Research attributes the bump to higher education, with more With more married women choosing not to have children, we have to wonder what that will do to the gap, as well as to the ranks of female CEO's and upper management. women earning higher degrees than men (38% to 31%). But in a few years these Millennial ladies may soon find themselves experiencing the same growing gap that older working women face now; 69% of Millennial women think having children will affect their ability to advance professionally, and only 19% of men worried about the same. It seems that, with the birth timeline being shifted to many women's 30s, we are only prolonging the glass ceiling pay gap rather than closing it.
SITE: http://www.thewire.com/culture/2013/12/millennial-women-make-almost-much-their-guy-friends/356016/
* The report found that women over 30 make 75% of what their male colleagues do.
