Married men earn more than others in the USA: what is the reason

Men, and married men in particular, are at the top of the salary pyramid in the United States. The average male worker earns a higher salary than a woman, and this is not news. What's surprising is that married men earn about $30 more than anyone else.

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How do they do it?

A study by the Department of Economic Studies of St. Louis, based on data from the recent University of Minnesota about the wages of working men and women who have at least a high school diploma, writes Go Banking Rates.

The results show that single or married men earn about 5-15 thousands of dollars more than women of any marital status over the age of 20 years, but married men earn much more than single men and single and married women throughout their lives. .

The authors of the study stress that the results do not necessarily mean that men earn more precisely because they are married. Rather, "men with higher wages are more likely to marry."

How the earnings picture changes over time

According to the report, men often marry at an older age than women, which explains why the wage difference is less pronounced in younger years. However, explaining why the pay gap is much higher for 30-, 40- and 50-year olds is more difficult.

Here is how researchers show the difference in wages over the course of a person’s life:

• About in 30 years Married men's salaries are starting to rise relative to other categories—they're about $15 more than single men and women of all marital statuses.
• By 40 years the wages of married men exceed incomes of representatives of other groups by about 30 thousand dollars.
• From 45 to 60 years married men earn more than the rest by as much as 35 thousand dollars.
• After 64 years Incomes of married men still exceed the salaries of the majority by about 30 thousand dollars, but the gap between married and single men falls to about 25 thousand dollars.

In your younger years, progress is more obvious due to the fact that you have the opportunity to work more - and therefore earn more. Men and women of pre-retirement age earn less, but the gap persists even in these years.

Married women earn more than single women - but the difference is insignificant

Women earn less than men, but the study highlights that married status also affects a woman's income—single people earn less. The most likely reason is that women with higher incomes may feel financially prepared to get married.

Women do not see the same wage gap as among working men—the difference in favor of married women ranged from 5 to 10 thousand dollars a year, depending on age.

Married women earn more in their 20s and 40s, but then their income becomes the same or even less than that of single women in their 50s and 60s and older.

Comparing the findings, the researchers note that the results do not agree with the prejudice that the pay gap is related to the fact that women give birth to children at a young age and move down the career ladder, while men continue to move upwards.

Is there a gender gap in single income?

The study showed that the wages of unmarried men and unmarried women were similar. While married men earn tens of thousands more than married women, single men receive more single women for just 5-10 thousand a year. This can be interpreted as good news about narrowing the gender pay gap, at least for single people. But the discussion in the study was about salaries below 55 thousand dollars a year.

Overall, single men and single and married women earned between $10 and $000 per year throughout their careers, while married men earned between $55 and $000.

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