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What's behind the widening gender wage gap in the U.S.?

A nurse works at the El Nuevo San Juan Health Center at the Bronx borough in New York on Jan. 11, 2024 Associated Press
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE price many paid for stepping back: Census Bureau called it the first sta- sented like hospitality, social work
SAVAGE In 2023, the gender wage gap be- tistically significant widening of the and caretaking.
AP Business Writers tween men and women working ratio since 2003. The news is not all bad: Wages
NEW YORK (AP) — Just how much full-time widened year-over-year Economists trying to make sense rose for all workers last year, but
of a setback was the COVID-19 for the first time in 20 years, accord- of the data say it captures a com- faster for men. And while the gen-
pandemic for U.S. working wom- ing to an annual report from the plicated moment during the dis- der wage gap rose, it's on par with
en? U.S. Census Bureau. jointed post-pandemic labor mar- what it was in 2019 before the pan-
Although women who lost or left Women working full time earned ket recovery when many women demic hit.
their jobs at the height of the crisis 83 cents on the dollar compared finally returned to work full-time,
have largely returned to the work- to men in 2023, down from a his- especially in hard-hit low-wage in- Continued on Page 2
force, a recent finding points to the toric high of 84 cents in 2022. The dustries where they are overrepre-