Equality Watch: Women Artists Get Paid Less

This is a thought-inspiring article by Melissa Silverstein.

[...]It's hard to make ends meet as an artist, but its harder as a female artist according to the NEA.

• Women artists earn $0.75 for every dollar made by men artists...


• Pay disparity increases with age.


• Women make up just under half of all artists nationwide (46 percent), yet they are underrepresented in many artist professions. In 2003-2005, nearly 8 out of 10 announcers and architects were men.


• Women artists are as likely to be married as female workers in general, but they are less likely to have children.


• Female artists cluster in low-population states...

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