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Is the Wage Gap Really Closing in Massachusetts?

December 6, 2016

The Boston Business Journal // Don Seiffert

Payscale found that the raw unconscious gender bias present in the wage gap decreased in Massachusetts over the past year. “An Act to Establish Pay Equity” likely had a part in shifting norms, but the uncontrolled median earnings of women across the Commonwealth are still almost 24 percent less than those of men.

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