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Subject:Gender and tech writing From:Laurel Gilbert <Laurel -at- NICHE-ASSOCIATES -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:20:04 -0600
I just read a pretty depressing statistic.
In the state of Utah (where I live) women are *still* only making $0.62
for every dollar made by men. Nationally (the U.S.), those numbers are
a *bit* better; women are now making $0.72 for every male dollar.
Ugh.
Are there any sallary survery's that look at how gender impacts tech
writing? Am I lucky enough to be in a job where I'm pretty close to
what my male counterparts are making, or am I just ignorant of the fact
that the guys down the hall *are* making almost $0.40 more per hour than
I am?
