Income gap between husbands and wives narrows

The U.S. Census released new data showing that the wage gap between married couples has narrowed. In 2015, married couples in which the husband earns at least $30,000 more per year than the wife is 35 percent, down from 38 percent in 1999. Similarly, the share of married couples in which the wife earned at least $30,000 more than the husband increased from 6 to 9 percent. “This is a noteworthy development, given a broader context of an enduring gender earnings gap,” Jamie Lewis, a statistician…

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