Reine,
People here are sharing some of their personal real-world experiences & observations re: salaries / wages.
And for some odd reason, they are flying in the face of these "official" studies. Why is this? Because obviously something is askew, here.
Who should we believe? Our own eyes -- or someone telling us what we should believe? I know which I'm choosing, because it's been the real world that I live in, anyway.
That 80-something % from BLS? Please. I have seen nothing come even close to that. Again, apples-to-apples, everything has been on par between men & women (and yes, I've been quite the job-hopper over the decades, seeing quite a lot to back up my position).
Finally, believe it or not, many knowledgeable & intelligent people out there are quite critical of BLS -- probably rightfully so.
