Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained. A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.
Today, on average, a woman earns 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, and womenâs median annual earnings are $10,800 less than menâs, according to a report released by the Senate Joint Economic Committee Democratic Staff last April.
1 Women's median annual earnings for full-time work (2013) = $39,157 compared to $50,033 for men. 2  The gap doesn't close the higher women go. 3  In 2014, the median weekly earnings for women in full-time management, professional, and related occupations was $981 compared to $1,346 for men. The gender pay gap is defined as the difference between the median earnings of women and men. 2  This can be either the earnings ratio or the actual pay gap. 3  Women earned on average $0.78 to every $1 earned by men in 2013 (78%) for annual earnings.