{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/the-gender-pay-gap-widens-as-mens-earnings-grow-twice-as-fast-as-womens", "The Gender Pay Gap Widens as Mens Earnings Grow Twice as Fast as Womens", "2015-10-25", "2015", "2015-10", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Gender Pay Gap Widens as Mens Earnings Grow Twice as Fast as Womens\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By: Eric Morath \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSunday, October 25, 2015\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe gender pay gap is widening again because mens earnings aregrowing this year at twice the rate ofwomens.\r\nThe median weekly earnings for full-time male workers was $889 in the third quarter, theLabor Departmentsaid Tuesday. Thats a 2.2% increase from a year earlier. Meanwhile, full-time female workers earnings were $721, up 0.8% from a year earlier.\r\nThe latest data marks the third straight quarter that the increase in male earnings was at least double that of female workers. As a result, women who work full time earned 81.1 cents for every dollar a man earned from July through September. Thats down more than a pennyfrom a year earlier.\r\n\r\nThe trend suggests the narrowing of the pay gap may have at least temporarily stalled this year.\r\n\r\nContinue reading here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/the-gender-pay-gap-widens-as-mens-earnings-grow-twice-as-fast-as-womens"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9679729118943214, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}