Obama White House Pays Women Less Than Men?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/04/12 14:42:35
Obama has been outspoken in his criticism of “paycheck discrimination” that has
women earning less than men for the same jobs, but a new report shows that
female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male
colleagues.
According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff,
female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, while the median
salary for male employees was $71,000 — about 18 percent more, the Washington Free Beacon
reports.
women earning less than men for the same jobs, but a new report shows that
female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male
colleagues.
According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff,
female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, while the median
salary for male employees was $71,000 — about 18 percent more, the Washington Free Beacon
reports.
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Here are two number distributions, A and B:
A: 1, 1, 4, 9, 12.
B: 2, 4, 6, 7, 7.
Is the median of A higher and lower than group B? Is the mean (or average) of group A higher or lower than group B?
If group A and B represent salaries of women (group A) and men (group B) in a particular job, would you think that the median or the mean would be more important?