New data has revealed that women working tech jobs in Wisconsin will effectively work for free for 28 days in 2024, based on the current gender pay gap.
The findings, provided by web design company DesignRush, analyzed the current gender pay gap in the computing industry, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, and compared this to the 2024 working calendar to identify the “work for free” date.
The research found that women working in tech in Wisconsin currently make an average of 89.4% of their male counterparts’ earnings, which means they’ll be unpaid for 28 days of this year’s 262-day working calendar.
This means women in roles like game development, data science, and technical engineering will effectively stop getting paid after Dec. 3 this year.
