Ezekiel 25:17
Veteran
Yeah the gender/salary stats are misleading.
If you take a generic man that's working at XYZ Corporation as an analyst and get a woman working the same job at a similar company, she'd make $0.96 for every dollar he makes. So there's a gap but it's small.
What they usually show is "women make $0.70 for every $1 a man makes...." which just compares the salary of men versus the salary of women WITHOUT accounting for what jobs they're doing.
It makes people think women are further behind than they actually are. Boomer men had a significant advantage on Boomer women. The gap narrowed with Gen X and narrowed further with Millenials.
Gen Z women are probably gonna inch ahead of their men just off the strength of education. Gen Z men aren't doing the military, college or trades.....so no idea how they're going to keep pace.
I doubt Gen Z women catch up. Education is expensive and not every degree brings in the same salary. Too many men go for intense fields like engineering, software, IT, etc. while women go for soft careers like teaching and social work.
Also you're wrong about trades. More dudes are opting to go that route. Trades will turn around eventually as the demand is increased.