Census: gender pay gap widens.

The gap in full-time pay widened between women and men last year, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Women made 75.5 cents for every dollar a man made last year, a drop of 1.1 cents over 2002 figures. The median income for women working full-time in 2003 was $30,724, down .06 percent from 2002.

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Title Annotation:	Survey Says
Publication:	California CPA
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U9CA
Date:	Oct 1, 2004
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