10 cities where the gender wage gap is closing

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The persisting issue of the gender pay gap is a source of frustration for women across the workforce. But as a silver lining, there are certain cities making significant strides in making workplaces more equitable. 

According to a new Pew Research Center analysis of the median hourly earnings of both full and part-time workers, women still earned an average of 82% of what men earned in 2022. In an effort to find where equity efforts are making real change, fintech company SmartAsset analyzed data for the 200 largest U.S. cities to find where the wage gap has shrunk the most over time. 

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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