Working Women Outnumber Men
COOL!
Buried deep in the U.S. government’s December jobs report was an interesting piece of data—women hold more jobs than men, occupying 50.04% of positions.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are now 109,000 more women working than men. It's believed by experts that this trend will continue and gain more momentum as the number of working women increases, while the amount of men in the workforce declines.
And then, there's this:
Another interesting statistic is that women earn more degrees than men. For the graduating class of 2016-2017, women earned 57.3% of bachelor’s degrees, 59.4% of master’s degrees and 53.3% of doctorate degrees. This is highly financially beneficial for women, as holding college and advanced degrees closely correlates with higher salaries, according to the Pew Research Center.
Again, I say COOL!
But we gotta keep focusing on straightening out the whole equal pay for equal work pay thing.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
