Dear Abby,  You probably won’t earn as much money as a man who does the same work for most of your career.  I know this makes you mad. It makes me mad, too.  This gender pay gap has been a problem in America for decades. Women earned 61 cents for…

Illustration by Bankrate / Getty Images While the gender wage gap has narrowed over time, Census Bureau data shows it remains pervasive across the country. In every state, and even in the nation’s capital, women still earn less than men on average.  Some states fare worse than others, including Louisiana,…

Illustration by Bankrate / Photo by Getty The gender pay gap isn’t closing anytime soon, especially for women of color. Black and Hispanic women earn the least compared with men, and a Bankrate analysis of the latest income data from the Census shows it could take generations for their pay…