I ' m not gonna help you get betteryouBASTARD ! <| sep |> I personally made several USD less than my colleagues , even after being told that my salary was nonnegotiable , Yea , my employer told me that also . It was amazing how easy it was to get more money when they realized I had no problem quitting unless they stepped up . Of course the key being you have to have skills worth paying for and the balls to walk when the time comes . Anyway , have a few sources that prove my statements . v p i d s i t e s s r c i d Z GVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxiYmJzZW 1 pbmFyNTV 8 Z 3 g 6 NmVlYTc 3 YmM 5 OTc 0 YTkzMwA greater percentage of women than men tend to work parttime . Parttime work tends to pay less than fulltime work . A greater percentage of women than men tend to leave the labor force for child birth , child care and elder care . Some of the wage gap is explained by the percentage of women who were not in the labor force during previous years , the age of women , and the number of children in the home . It then goes on to say . Women , especially working mothers , tend to value family friendly workplace policies more than men . Some of the wage gap is explained by industry and occupation , particularly , the percentage of women who work in the industry and occupation . Finally . as to that remaining gap Research also suggests that differences not incorporated into the model due to data limitations may account for part of the remaining gap . Specifically , CONSAD ' s model and much of the literature , including the Bureau of Labor Statistics Highlights of Women ' s Earnings , focus on wages rather than total compensation . Research indicates that women may value nonwage benefits more than men do , and as a result prefer to take a greater portion of their compensation in the form of health insurance and other fringe benefits . Have a few news articles also . prof . t a k e s d o w ngenderwagegapmytharticle 2580405 checkerwp 20140409 presidentobamaspersistent 77 c e n t c l a i m o n t h e w a g e g a p g e tsanewpinocchioratingJune O ' Neill , a former director of the Congressional Budget Office who has been a critic of the 77 cent statistic , has noted that the wage gap is affected by a number of factors , including that the average woman has less work experience than the average man and that more of the weeks worked by women are parttime rather than fulltime . Women also tend to leave the work force for periods in order to raise children , seek jobs that may have more flexible hours but lower pay and choose careers that tend to have lower pay . Indeed , BLS data show that women who do not get married have virtually no wage gap they earn 96 cents for every dollar a man makes .