Disparity in pay between men, women narrows
Since the late 1970s, the country has been measuring the wage gap between men and women in the nation. And generally, it is proven that men are better-paid than women. However, the extent of the gap is declining in the state and in the nation. In the state, aside from 2004, last year’s gender wage gap between women and men was at its closest. Since the data became available in 1997, 2008 marked one of the better ratios ever reported by Pennsylvania, according to Sheila Watkins, regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. “Between 1979 and 2008, the earnings gap between women and men narrowed for most age groups. The women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio among 25- to 34-year-olds, for example, rose from 68 percent in 1979 to 89 percent in 2008, and the ratio for 45- to 54-year-olds increased from 57 percent to 75 percent,” said Gerald L. Perrins, Jr., regional economist and branch chief f the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
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Woman named
branch manager
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Restaurant in Historic District celebrates 25 years
Marcia and Gloria Miele always loved the houses on Millionaires Row and they decided to buy a house and convert it into a new restaurant.
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