For every dollar a man in the US makes, how much does an American woman earn?

Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: For every dollar a man in the US makes, how much does an American woman earn?

A 72 cents
B 82 cents
C 92 cents

Women earn 82 cents for every dollar a man earns according to 2020 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Don’t hold your breath waiting for parity: The World Economic Council says in its ‘2021 Global Gender Gap Report’ that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the global gender gap by a generation. The council says it will now take women 135.6 years to achieve gender parity, up from 99.5 years. The increased delay is because of the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women in the workforce—more women than men lost their jobs during the pandemic, the report says, and fewer women were hired into leadership.

The correct answer is 82 cents.

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