This is a sharp rise for both men and women. But although there is near parity in educational attainment, this is in contrast to the salaries.
Women are still in comparatively low-paying jobs.
Further still of this gender disparity of wages is those with only a high school education. Although men and women graduate at relatively the same level now, the salaries seemingly have more to do with perceived assumptions of the role of the male in the household and the stereotyping of the female's role in the household. Yet there is an increasing number of females who are in the workforce today. Many have decided to have families and careers. It is widely stated that among young Black males of college age, there are 500,00 in jails, prisons, or under the criminal justice system's jurisdiction, while another 500,000 are in college.