Female doctors earn $2M less than men during career

A new study found female doctors earn less than their male counterparts beginning on their very first day of work. The study of more than 80,000 physicians published in the medical journal Health Affairs is the largest analysis to date on physicians’ salaries.

The study looked at self-reported salary data collected between 2014 and 2019 and submitted to Doximity, a social network similar to LinkedIn. Comparing male and female physicians’ salaries, the survey found that over a 40-year career, male physicians earned on average $8.3 million while women made about $6.3 million. The survey controlled for each doctor’s specialty, type of practice, and patient volume.

Tech employees developing own pay transparency data

Groups of tech employees have been working for the past five years to collect and analyze pay data from their colleagues. A group of Alphabet employees in 2015 published data they said showed Google paid women less than men although the company countered in 2017 that there was no significant gap.

In the past year, Apple has been clashing with employees who claim the company is attempting to stop them from discussing pay. In September, one of the employees, Cher Scarlett, filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the company interfered with employees’ efforts to gather wage data. Scarlett subsequently left the company.