The Gender Pay Gap Liars Exposed

Tom Woods reports:

Supporters of the gender pay-gap theory say they are incorporating hours worked – why, we’re comparing full-time female workers with full-time male workers! Except they neglect to mention that the Bureau of Labor Statistics considers anyone working at least 35 hours per week to be a full-time worker. Well, there’s a lot of variation in there! Women are much more likely to be on the lower end of that spectrum – 12% of women are working just 35 to 39 hours per week, while only five percent of men are working that little.

On the other hand, 26% of men are working more than 40 hours per week, while only 14% of women are.

Factor in these differences in hours worked, and the so-called 23 percent pay gap drops all the way to 12 percent. With just that one adjustment. Let me repeat: the gender pay-gap liars aren’t even accounting for the number of hours women work as compared to men.

And by the way, you know what prominent institution in America also has a 12 percent gender pay gap? The Obama White House. When confronted with this statistic, Jay Carney simply explained that women and men have different jobs in the White House, a defense he seems unwilling to accept from every ordinary employer in the country.

Imagine that.