---
"title": "Gender Pay Gap Narrows, and Persists"
"description": "This posting points to a new Pew Research Center report about the gender pay gap, which includes census data about earnings as well as a survey of attitudes."
"date": "2013-12-11"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "D’Vera Cohn"
    "job_title": "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2013/12/11/gender-pay-gap-narrows-and-persists/"
"categories":
  - "Gender Pay Gap"
---

# Gender Pay Gap Narrows, and Persists

Women overall earn 84% of what men do in median hourly pay, a gap that has narrowed considerably since 1980, when women earned 64% of what men were paid. The narrowing–and persistence–of the gender pay gap are explored in a [new Pew Research Center report](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2013/12/11/on-pay-gap-millennial-women-near-parity-for-now/), which also includes a survey of attitudes about this issue.