Women already earn less. Trump’s labor cuts could make the pay gap easier to hide.

On Equal Pay Day, data shows women’s pay gap is still there

WASHINGTON—Working women got some bad news on Equal Pay Day, March 25, this year: The pay gap between them and working men—particularly white working men, the “gold standard” of such comparisons, still widens. For every dollar a median income working man earns, a woman with the same credentials, experience, and meeting the same standards earns 75 cents, the annual survey shows. That costs the median working woman just over $14,000 a year. That m…

Women already earn less. Trump’s labor cuts could make the pay gap easier to hide.

Jetta Productions Inc./Getty Images This story was originally reported by Marissa Martinez of The 19th. Meet Marissa and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The federal government employed around 3 million people last year. But by next year’s Equal Pay Day, progress on wage transparency and equity could drop dramatically for the country’s largest employer — a warning sign for the nation’s private sector workers. Tuesday’…