The study reveals that most blind men for the fact that women earn less money

Fifteen percent of Americans do not believe there is a gender wage gap, according to new research.

A study of 2,000 Americans (evenly separated from men and women) asked the answers about the salary gap – revealing that men were twice as likely to say that it did not exist (21% VS 9%).

This is despite data from the US Census Bureau, which shows that gender payment not only exists, but has recently deteriorated for the first time in two decades.

Performed by Talker Research ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, the survey withdrew these findings and spoke to some experts to hear their wage gap thoughts.

“We have to really talk to women and ask them what they are experiencing. What I have found is that men, in particular men, are often used by things that women undergo at work,” said Tara Ceranic Salinas, PhD, who is a professor of business ethics and the head of the University of San Diego Management Department of Knauss.

“When I shared some of my research findings with men in terms of negative experiences that women have had in the workplace, they are shocked,” Salinas said. “When you are not experiencing something yourself, it is not on your radar.”

The survey revealed that not only were they more likely to cease the existence of gender wage gap, but there were also major differences depending on the political identification of a respondent.

The results found that a quarter of the surveyed Republicans (24%) do not believe there is a gender wage gap compared to 7% of shocked Democrats.

“The wage gap exists, whether people believe it or not,” Salinas said. “Countless studies have shown that after checking for time at work, previous experience and industry women are simply paid less than their male counterparts.”

Data from the US Census Bureau also show that the wage gap is greater for marginalized workers. In general, full -time female workers won an average of 83 cents per dollar a white man won in 2023. Black women won 66 cents, while Latin women won only 58 cents for the dollar.

An analysis by the HRC Foundation found that LGBTQ+ workers are also more affected by the salary gap.

“The gender wage gap is not merely a statistical – it is a story of system inequalities that complex for marginalized women,” said Naomi Clarke, head of HR in Flingster. “The gap continues because we have treated it as a” women’s issue “instead of a business risk. Companies lose $ 1.2 million a year for every 100 employees to circulate linked to pay inequality.”

Three in 10 women (31%) said their gender kept them back in the workplace. And 46% of women surveyed have seen a male associate receive a promotion when they believe that a most deserved female collaborator was passed.

This does not seem to be changing, as General Z was more likely to have seen this happened (52% versus 39% of children’s boomers).

Salinas echoed what Clarke said, adding, “Organizations should be ready to appreciate what they are doing and be transparent. Companydo company can eliminate the wage gap today if they just decided to enter that everyone doing the same job is getting the same compensation.

“Organizations must consider the message they are sending to their employees. When someone is understood that they are paying less to do the same job as someone else, they are immediately demotivated, frustrated and likely in search of a new job, “Salinas said.

Unfortunately, the answers do not believe that the gender wage gap will be closed soon.

Thirty -eight percent of respondents do not believe that the salary gap will be closed within their lives with more pessimistic women than men (45% versus 31%).

The younger generations were a little more optimistic, although, as 40% of General Z respondents believe the wage gap will be closed in their lives, compared to only 26% of children’s boomers.

“The salary gap will not close until we stop asking women to ‘faint” and start looking for jobs to grow, “Clarke said.” For us, capital is not a metric – it’s a mandate. “

Survey Methodology:

Talker’s research surveyed 2,000 Americans equally divided by gender; The survey was administered and conducted online by Talker Research between February. 26-28, 2025.