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WASHINGTON― On Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, the Washington Free Beacon misleadingly accused Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) of paying women 30 percent less than men in her own office in 2016. That certainly would be hypocritical of her, as she regularly decries the gender pay gap in America.But a look at the full salary data for Warrens office reveals that she has actually paid women slightly more than men during her three years in the Senate. The median salary for Warrens female employees since she was elected in 2012 is $44,108, according to publicly available pay data compiled by her office and reviewed by The Huffington Post. The median salary for men over the same time period was $43,348. This paints quite a different picture from the Free Beacon story, which was gleefully picked up by other conservative outlets, including Fox News, Breitbart and the Daily Caller.
The Free Beacon claimed women earned 71 cents for every dollar men earned in Warrens office, based on incomplete salary data from fiscal year 2016. This would be significantly worse than the pay gap in the United States, where women working full-time earn an average of 80 cents on the dollar compared to men. But the analysis only included people who had been employed by Warrens office the entire year, which excluded, among others, Warrens all-time highest paid staffer, Mindy Myers. Myers was earning $170,000 a year as Warrens chief of staff in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee hired her as its first female executive director in December.
The Free Beacon also claimed Warren is only paying one woman more than $100,000, compared to five men. This leaves out Haaren Hinck, who worked for Warren for half of last year earning $118,000. And Lauren Miller, Warrens digital director, earns half of her roughly $120,000 salary from Warrens senate office and half from the campaign ― but the Free Beacon did not include the latter half in its analysis.
That said, because some of Warrens top-paid female staffers were promoted to other places in 2016 and replaced by men, that year was not the best her office has performed in terms of comparative median pay. Warrens state strategic advisor, Tracey Lewis, left in 2015 to work for Hillary Clintons campaign. But even considering those staff changes, the overall pay for the office favors women, and Warren has always paid women as much as men with the same job titles.
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-pays-women-men_us_58e53d4de4b06a4cb30ea420?
So said...."This paints quite a different picture from the Free Beacon story, which was gleefully picked up by other conservative outlets, including Fox News, Breitbart and the Daily Caller." Bwahahahahahahhaha...they got nailed for...oh my gosh! LYING!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She actually PAYS THEM MORE! LOL!
LisaM
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it puts Senator Warren's office (and her fans, of which I am one) on the defensive.
I hate people who spread misinformation this way.
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)Fugg them!
George II
(67,782 posts)....should immediately go to $15 or incrementally to about $12 first and ultimately to $15.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)sheshe2
(83,793 posts)Appreciate your response.
synergie
(1,901 posts)attacking women they're terrified of. Goes for the CONS and those who blindly echo their talking points.
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)It means a lot to me and all us strong women that are out there fighting every dayum day.
Hugs
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Or was that with Hillary?
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)They get mixed up with which woman they want to trash. They all look alike, dontcha know. One site tells me ya can judge them by their pussy hats. Some believe it is just the vagina that tells the story.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Year after year and relentless. I think they are getting a bit worried about Warren.
They should be. That woman, who I have met is awesome. The Orange-a Tang's best dig is calling her Pocahontas. That is his bigly best slur. We have so many more for him. The list is long.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)It is very difficult to actually compare salaries. Average salary doesn't really get you there.
JCanete
(5,272 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)The RWers always play that same game.
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)brer cat
(24,578 posts)ignore the full facts, and just about anything can be "proven." Lazy journalists at best, willful liars possible. Thanks for getting the full story out, sheshe.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... to describe figures of authority or those in power or those whose job is to disseminate truthful and accurate information.
George II
(67,782 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)It's like reading an opener that leads with "Pastor", which almost always segues into them saying something reprehensible - justified, of course, by a specious interpretation of their book of myths.
The Washington Free Beacon is a cherry-picking wingnut shithouse that has no merit whatsoever.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Math is hard!
sheshe
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...you should walk the walk.
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)I so agree, George!
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)we need to start doing such smear campaigns against conservatives. We need to stop taking the high road and pull real dirty tricks -- the same type that the GOP has been pulling for the last decade. The fate of this country and the world is at stake.