The Impact of Sex Discrimination on Women’s Earnings and Career Advancement

Discrimination continues to hamper women in workplaces across the U.S. It’s rare to find a woman who’s worked in the business world for any reasonable time who doesn’t have a story about employment discrimination. Sex discrimination at work affects women in myriad ways, from emotional harm to cold, hard financial impact.

Gender Pay Gap Remains Stubbornly Consistent

In March 2023, the Pew Research Center released a new study on the gender pay gap. The results were disappointing: In 2002, women earned 80% as much as men; in 2022, women earned 82% of what men earned.

In 20 years, women cut the gap by only 2%. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research predicts that pay equality between men and women won’t happen until at least 2059.