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How 'Male" Jobs Hurt Female Paychecks

Olga Khazan The Atlantic
The problem? Male jobs pay more—way more. The median annual wage for computer programmers was $74,280 in 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and it was $53,400 for kindergarten teachers. Many women would need to change fields in order to make all workplaces in America have about a 50/50 gender split.
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