Why women ER doctors earn $21,000 less than men
Two emergency physicians with similar training work at the same hospital. Both have twelve years of experience. Both are contracted to work 2,000 hours per year, see roughly twenty patients per shift, and supervise staff. One is a man, the…
Two emergency physicians with similar training work at the same hospital. Both have twelve years of experience. Both are contracted to work 2,000 hours per year, see roughly twenty patients per shift, and supervise staff. One is a man, the other is a woman. The same work, the same training, the same conditions. Not the same salary: The woman earns about $21,000 less each year.
That is not a hypothetical. That …
Why women ER doctors earn $21,000 less than men
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the Babel Fish was a fish you stuck in your ear that allowed you to understand any language spoken to you. We’re not far off.
