It's very important to emphasize this: After accounting for observable differences between men and women (including education, experience, and occupation), that

It's very important to emphasize this: After accounting for observable differences between men and women (including education, experience, and occupation), that gap narrows to 93 cents on the dollar. The remaining 7 cent pay gap may be attributable to discriminatory practices. Women are making 7% in a way we can't explain, and is possibly still discriminatory for the federal government. Women are making 19% in a way we can't explain, and is possibly still discriminatory for the private sector. And to bonaldi: Discrimination is NOT one of the listed causes fo the distance. Don't take everyone who says your numbers as wrong as not on your side. Sometimes its someone on your side who wants you to not sound like a misinformed ranter when you're talking with an informed person on the other side. I dislike the fact there is probably discrimination in the works there, but in no way, is it "65c on the dollar" anymore and people who parrot that are just wrong at best and disingenuous liars at worse. Liars on your side, (which is the side of equality, which is my side too), makes it an easy target for ridicule and hard to engage those on the other side of the issue.