Gender Pay Gap Grows in 2026, Report Finds

Gender pay gap grows in 2026, report finds

Payscale reported that the gender pay gap exists at every education level and “widens significantly” as women age and progress in their careers.

What the gender pay gap looks like on this year’s Equal Pay Day

Today is Equal Pay Day, which marks the additional time into the next year the average woman must work to make as much as the average man in the prior year. The gender pay gap widened in 2025 to 82 cents earned by women for every dollar earned by men, down from 83 cents in 2024, according to the 2026 Gender Pay Gap Report from Payscale. That gap refers to the “uncontrolled” pay gap, which measures median salary for all men and women and does not…

Payscale Report Finds Gender Pay Gap Widens in 2026, Exposing Retention, Talent, and Operational Risks for Employers

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Report Finds Gender Pay Gap Widens in 2026

Payscale, the leading provider of compensation intelligence solutions, today released its 2026 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR), revealing that the uncontrolled gender pay gap in the United States is widening, erasing past progress towards equal pay. According to the report, women now earn $0.82 for every dollar earned by men, down from $0.83 last year. That […] The post Report Finds Gender Pay Gap Widens in 2026 first appeared on Recruiting Headlin…