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.
Men earn a median base salary of $108,000--$8,000 more than American women. (The apparent gender disparity may be due to the number of men and women reporting their salaries: 63 and 37 percent, respectively.).