In the federal government, how likely is it that a woman will make more than a man?

The Washington Post: If men and women were evenly distributed among federal jobs and pay ranges, you’d expect women to make more than men about half the time.

But women make more than men only 41 percent of the time. That’s according to a Washington Post analysis comparing people with similar education, experience and job categories.

It’s an improvement over a dozen years ago but still represents a 17 percentage-point gap with men.

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