(Source: MIRS.news, Published 04/05/23) A new study reveals that full-time female employees in the Lansing metro market are earning more than their counterparts across the country, but the wage gap between the genders is still 18.5%.
The Smartest Dollar firm reported that in 2020, the median male income was at $56,751, but the next year it rose to more than $60,400. In comparison, in 2012 full-time females earned $43,074 and currently it is just over $49,200 and some loose change.
Locally, working women are better, with an adjusted median income of $52,864, while it is $49,263 nationwide or an advantage of just a tad over $3,600.
That places the Lansing Metro region in the 15th spot out of more than 300 Metro markets in the country.
The COVID pandemic reshaped the female employment market as many left their jobs not to return. In 2011, 45.8% of the workforce was women, but post-pandemic it was at 44.1%.
The data indicates that women have enjoyed a "steady increase" in take home pay, but they have not reached equity with their male counterparts, yet.
