Study finds Pennsylvania women lose more than $10k a year through gender wage gap

When President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the average American woman earned 63 cents for every dollar earned by men. More than five decades later, a new analysis found Pennsylvania women still earn less than men for doing the same work, with the disparity equaling about $35 billion a year.

Tuesday marks the annual Equal Pay Day.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at the impact of the gender wage gap in Pennsylvania:

80 cents

Amount women earn for every dollar men earn

$10,180

Amount the average woman loses in earnings annually due to the wage gap

Eliminating the gender wage gap would provide enough money for:

12.8

Months of additional childcare

6.6

Months of additional insurance premiums

.7

Years of college tuition

Source: National Partnership for Women and Families