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.
The gender pay gap is defined as the difference between the median earnings of women and men. This can be either the earnings ratio or the actual pay gap.10. Women earned on average $0.79 to every $1 earned by men in 2014 (79%) for annual earnings.11. In 2015 women earned 81.1% of men's salaries based on median weekly earnings for full-time workers12 compared to 62.1% in 1979.13 Women's median weekly earnings for full-time work (2015) = $726 compared to $895 for men.14.