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Ok, so inspired by the first poll, who earns more?
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Re: Ok, so inspired by the first poll, who earns more?
Oooh, I get to be inspiration!
Repeating my answer in that poll, we have the same level of education but I earn more than 2x more than DH.
Yes ma'am!
I think I technically have a higher base salary, but after you add in all of the other stuff from H's military things [BAH, dependent pay etc.], he makes way more than me.
ETA: I have my bachelor's, and he doesn't have his degree - but I'm also in higher ed. Sign of the times: got my first incentive raise this year. Supposed to happen every year we get a good review, and I've been here 3 years next month. sigh.
My husband has a higher degree than I do (we both have MBAs but he also has a JD) and I earn 2.5x more than him.
However, we also have to take into consideration I am four years older than him and have been in the work force eight years while he has been in the workforce 2.
At the same time...what are these degrees in? If a female has a masters degree in English and her SO has a bachelor's business degree, it would make sense to me that the male makes more...does that make sense?
There are a lot of factors that contribute to this.
I also think we have some pretty highly educated women who are staying home with kids right now, too.
I totally get those contributing factors, but I'd bet that the 'glass ceiling' idea plays into it some as well. I know that a male colleague with VERY similar credentials (years/type of experience, degree, employment history) and I were both offered positions with another employer. What he was offered and what I was offered differed drastically and I cannot begin to understand why (the hiring manager requested a much higher start point for me as well, but the office of personnel management didn't approve it is my understanding). Ultimately, he took the other job and I did not.
Right but what you are comparing is two people competing for the same job. I a pretty sure, from what I have gathered from the women on here, my husband and I are the only couple that have the EXACT same education - exact same bachelor's degree, exact same masters degree, exact same certification - but he also has a JD. So, you can't really determine if the glass ceiling plays a part in the stats above because...we aren't competing with our husbands for the same types of jobs. We also have a lot of teachers on this board and well...we know how fabulously Oklahoma pays our teachers.
Do I think the glass ceiling exists? Yes. Do I think it has anything to do with the results above? No.
Yes, you are correct, it is well documented that women tend to make less. I am not disputing that. What I am disputing is that is has nothing to do with the stats above.