your campus blueprint: closing the gender pay gap
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Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the
Gender Pay Gap
AAUW’s groundbreaking research report, Behind the Pay Gap, revealed that just one year out of college, women working full time already earn significantly less than their male counterparts earn.
$35,000 $39,000
STARTING SALARIES
$35,000Bonus: $1750
First Year Total: $36,750
$39,000Bonus: $1950
First Year Total: $40,950
FIRST YEAR - STARTING SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES
DO THE MATH!
He now has earned $4200
more than you did in the first year!
$39,000She’s a hard worker,
steady!
$44,000He’s a go-getter,
Hard charger!
SECOND YEAR - SALARIES
SECOND YEAR SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES
SALARY $44,000BONUS $2,200.00
SALARY $39,000BONUS $1950.00
LET’S DO THE MATH AGAIN!
OUR YOUNG MAN$44,000+ $2,200= $46,200
YOU$39,000+ $1,950= $40,950
SECOND YEAR DIFFERENCE
$5250In two years, the difference is
$9,450
Women college graduates will earn roughly $1 million less
over their work life than the young man standing
next to themgetting the same degree, at the
same time!THAT’S THE PERSONAL COST OF THE WAGE GAP TO YOU!
Losses to you over three years:
First year $4,200
Second year $5,250
Third year $10,500
In three years, a loss of almost $20,000!
Over your working life time, a loss of roughly $1,000,000 or more!
That’s how the wage gap happens!
The Face of Pay Equity• In 2009, women earned 77 cents
on the dollar to their male counterparts– 67 cents for African American
women and 58 cents for Latinas, compared to white men
– Female college graduates earn 75% of what male peers earn
• 90 percent of women see equal pay for equal work as a priority
The pay gap cannot be fully explained by choices
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Working Towards Equal Pay
• Federal and state legislative efforts– Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (signed into law)– Paycheck Fairness Act– The Fair Pay Act– State Pay Equity Legislation
• Equal Pay Day– April 28, 2009– Public education strategies– AAUW Pay Equity Resource Kit
Working Towards Equal Pay
• Campus-based programs– Eckerd College Gender Wage Equity
Workshops– $tart $mart Salary Negotiation
Workshops
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
• 3 hour workshops for juniors and seniors
• Facilitator training sessions
• Goal of 500 campuses in three years– 2009 on 62 campuses in 23 states– 2009 provided facilitator training for 600
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
• Student participants:– Participate in role-play exercises to help them gain concrete
skills to enhance their negotiation skills.– Learn about the personal consequences of the gender wage gap
and what a $1.2 million loss in wages over one’s working lifetime means to them and to our nation.
– Learn how to benchmark reasonable salaries and benefits by learning about job titles, job functions, salary ranges, and the effect of market realities on salaries.
– Gain insight on their “bottom line” and how to budget.
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
• Why bring to your campus:– Few campuses offer training that focus on the
specialized topic of salary negotiation– Gain campus and community exposure– Give students the skills they will need to enter the
workforce– Partner with two national organizations, AAUW and
the WAGE Project, both of which are widely recognized leaders in work that improves the lives of women and girls
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
• How to bring to your campus:– The fee is $500 for the use and development of the
materials for the initial $tart $mart campus workshop.– Additional costs include travel and lodging expenses
for any WAGE Project facilitator who travels more than 25 miles to the campus.
– $tart $mart Facilitator Training is available for $50 per individual.
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
• How to bring to your campus:– Potential funding opportunities and partnerships for $tart $mart
campus workshops and facilitator trainings may include– Requesting an allocation from the dean of students and/or the
Student Recruitment Office– Dividing the cost among several campus organizations that are
interested in hosting a workshop – Offering sponsorship opportunities to interested community
businesses or organizations – Applying for a local grant – Fundraising by interested student organizations that wish to host
a workshop or facilitator training
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops
Read more at http://aauw.org/learn/LeadershipPrograms
Contact Annie Houle at the WAGE Project to schedule a workshop and/or facilitator training at [email protected]
Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap
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