There are a whole lot of things go consider aside from averaging across the entire job market, that make those figures questionable at best. While many companies will simply pay a woman less, there are a large number of companies , that for decades, have paid certain people more as an incentive to stay. It is still commonplace to pay someone who is a primary head of household with kids more than any single person , male or female, since they consider these people more stable and more likely to be there for the long haul and not risk job hopping, while single people and women who don't really need the job, have a nasty habit of bailing at the slightest thing causing the company to spend a ton constantly training new people. It is also quite common for companies to pay women who are single mothers or head of household MORE than their male counterparts ( had an ex who worked for one and it was one of the largest companies in the country. It was not performance based, but based on retention and she was being paid roughly 30-35% more than most of her male counterparts) but they don't dare speak of this public ally as it opens them up to all kinds of problems. The current ratio of female to males in colleges clearly shows that within the next 10+ years females will likely outnumber males in professional fields ( they already do in some places ). Don't look at this as excusing the bad actors. My late Grandma was a real live Victorian suffragette. We were raised a bit different than most. But sometimes you have to step back and look at the big picture.

This is stupid, and in many places you can get fired for telling anyone else how much you're paid.
This isn't going to end before it's illegal to not publish exactly how much everyone in a company is paid.
That's a hard sell in slave states, I mean "right to work states", they always name their policies to sound like they're the exact opposite of what they actually do.

I feel pissed off.

It is unequal and in many cases unfair. Everyone should not expect identical pay, after all ability, seniority and experience should also count, but therefore, in some cases women should earn more than men.

Sounds fair to me. I can easily envision 21% of the job market requiring the physical strength of a male. That’s of course lessened over time with mechanization, but will likely forever add an additional percentage of pay due to health risks and physical wear & tear...

That is why male white supremacy must be ended!!!

You can thank the wealthy and their corporations for this great inequality!!

Just like in this coming election it has always been divide and conquer!!!

As long as they keep everyone divided into groups and types they can control our way of life, our wages, our health, and what our education is really worth!!!

Just wrong

It's obscene and unjustifiable. It's also the reason I don't blame some women for considering a man's income to constitute part of his attractiveness or even wishing to be financially supported by a man. Thanks for asking.