Dem congresscritters have gender/pay gap

[dogtowner]

as long as they're pushing a bill to make everyone (else ?)

I'll act surprised. socialist Sanders no better.

A group of Democratic female senators on Wednesday declared war on the so-called “gender pay gap,” urging their colleagues to pass the aptly named Paycheck Fairness Act when Congress returns from recess next month. However, a substantial gender pay gap exists in their own offices, a Washington Free Beacon analysis of Senate salary data reveals.

Of the five senators who participated in Wednesday’s press conference—Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—three pay their female staff members significantly less than male staffers.

Murray, who has repeatedly accused Republicans of waging a “war a women,” is one of the worst offenders. Female members of Murray’s staff made about $21,000 less per year than male staffers in 2011, a difference of 35.2 percent.

That is well above the 23 percent gap that Democrats claim exists between male and female workers nationwide. The figure is based on a 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report, and is technically accurate. However, as CNN’s Lisa Sylvester has reported, when factors such as area of employment, hours of work, and time in the workplace are taken into account, the gap shrinks to about 5 percent.

A significant “gender gap” exists in Feinstein’s office, where women also made about $21,000 less than men in 2011, but the percentage difference—41 percent—was even higher than Murray’s.
Boxer’s female staffers made about $5,000 less, a difference of 7.3 percent.

and BO follows suit

While the gap is significant, it is slightly smaller than that of the White House, which pays men about $10,000, or 13 percent, more on average, according to a previous Free Beacon analysis.

 

[BigRob]

Does any of this take into account what job these staffers are doing? For example, one would expect a Staff Assistant to be paid far less than the Chief of Staff etc.

How do these figures account for this?

 

[dogtowner]

Does any of this take into account what job these staffers are doing? For example, one would expect a Staff Assistant to be paid far less than the Chief of Staff etc.

How do these figures account for this?

article suggests that apples are being compared to apples though the specific criteria are omitted due to the medium.

 

[Cruella]

Don't civil service employees get paid according to a graded pay scale?

 

[dogtowner]

Don't civil service employees get paid according to a graded pay scale?

yes but these are congressional staffers, not bureaucrats.

 

[The JPRD]

The numbers being tossed around do NOT make "apples to apples" comparison. Among the various leftwing "tricks" are:

1. Averaging all employed females verus all employed males regardless of their individual jobs, years of experience, part and full-time work etc. Such a statistic is virtually meaningless.

2. The more-sophisticated (aka "better liars") among the leftwing statisticians lump various jobs that are more often held by females, and assume an equitable comparability to other types of jobs that are more often held by males. One of my all-time favorites is a comparison of office secretaries to long-haul truckers. The lunacy of such arguments lies in the assumptions made regarding "comparability".

There is obviously no GOP war on women. The closest thing I've seen to such a war is that waged by leftwing-Democrat progressives against conservative women!

 

[POPAMARINO]

Romneys govt. would force women to carry all pregnancies to full term. You guys want govt out of your lives. You are all liars behind closed doors.
Hey jprd, still have your head in the sand. re. Global warming and mans contribution to it?
Arctic ice is at its lowest area of coverage in recent history. This will disrupt the albedo effect, ergo the earth will warm even faster.

 

[dogtowner]

Romneys govt. would force women to carry all pregnancies to full term. You guys want govt out of your lives. You are all liars behind closed doors.
Hey jprd, still have your head in the sand. re. Global warming and mans contribution to it?
Arctic ice is at its lowest area of coverage in recent history. This will disrupt the albedo effect, ergo the earth will warm even faster.

hasnt warmed for 15 yrs or so.