Fewer women are now in the workforce as compared to January 2025, and, for those that remain, the wage gap has widened for two years in a row. A troubling trend may foreshadow an approaching economic ...

Progress to close the gender pay gap has been slow and inconsistent. In 2024, the pay gap actually widened for the second year in a row: Women made just 81 cents for every $1 paid to a man, down from ...