Men are getting hired more often than women, even though more men than women have lost jobs since the recession, according to a fact sheet released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also recently released employment figures, which states that men gained 136,000 payroll jobs in July while women lost 19,000 jobs.
Based on IWPR's research, men have gained 27.8 percent – or 1.7 million – of the jobs they lost since November 2007, but women have regained only 10.8 percent – or 281,000 – of the total jobs they lost from the recession. From November 2007 to September 2010, 2.6 million jobs was the low point for women's employment.
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Job recovery is slow for both men and women, though men are at least experiencing growth. Research shows men are regaining jobs at nearly three times the speed of women, but women's employment has remained practically stagnant for more than 12 months.
Because of the recession, women and men's payroll employment hit equal figures in October 2009 when men lost more jobs than women; however, during the recovery, the employment gap between women and men has not only resurfaced but is growing. The current jobs gap between women and men is at 1.5 million jobs.
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