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# Examining the gender pay gap

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Gen Z women experience a narrower gender pay gap than previous generations, but the struggle continues. Consider these facts:

-   Gen Z women make 92% of what their male counterparts make.1
-   In just 22 of 250 U.S. metropolitan areas, working women under age 30 have parity with men or earn more than men.2
-   If this generation follows the current trend, by the time Gen Z women are over 55, they will have earned 75% of what Gen Z men have earned.3

Despite these inequities, many Gez Z women remain optimistic. In fact, 36% of Gen Z women believe that gender equality in the workplace will improve, compared to 25% of millennials and 29% of boomers.4 With a few changes to your policies, you can reward them for that faith and deliver a more equitable future.

## How employers can close the gender pay gap

-   Focus on mentorship. When women mentor men, workplace inequality improves.5 Networking-based mentorship can also help.
-   Support caregivers with flexible schedules, remote work, part-time work and job-sharing models.
-   Understand how pay transparency can shrink gender wage gaps.6
-   Expand benefits that support working women, such as family planning services, maternity leave and childcare.7
-   Make equity a core organizational value. Create equitable policies and practices, hold leaders accountable and perform regular audits.8

1ADP Research Institute

2[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/28/young-women-are-out-earning-young-men-in-several-u-s-cities/](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/28/young-women-are-out-earning-young-men-in-several-u-s-cities/)

3ADP Research Institute

4[https://plc.pearson.com/en-US/insights/pearson-global-learner-survey](https://plc.pearson.com/en-US/insights/pearson-global-learner-survey)

5[https://news.umich.edu/women-mentoring-men-could-help-solve-workplace-gender-bias-inequality/](https://news.umich.edu/women-mentoring-men-could-help-solve-workplace-gender-bias-inequality/)

6[https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/transparency-shrinks-gender-pay-gap.aspx](https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/transparency-shrinks-gender-pay-gap.aspx)

7[https://kenaninstitute.unc.edu/kenan-insight/could-female-specific-benefits-bring-women-back-to-work/](https://kenaninstitute.unc.edu/kenan-insight/could-female-specific-benefits-bring-women-back-to-work/)

8[https://www.foundationlist.org/dei](https://www.foundationlist.org/dei/#:~:text=Double%2520check%2520your%2520organizational%2520policies,level%2520feel%2520included%2520and%2520value)

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