Why Women Earn Less : How to Make What You're Really Worth

While today's women enter the workforce and climb the ladder of corporate success at a rate unknown to previous generations, salaries for men and women doing the same or similar jobs are still by no means equal. The startling truth is that the average 25-year-old woman will earn half a million dollarsless than her male counterpart over the course of her career. "Under-earning"--the pattern of continually making less money than one needs or probably deserves--is an epidemic among working women. Millions of women earn substantially less than they should. While it is widely known than working women generally earn less than men, most people chalk it up to gender bias in the workplace--to the ubiquitous "glass ceiling" for women. While these factors do play a part, what most moment don't realize is that a much greater contributor is their own behavior. Countless women--even hard-working, well-educated women--are locked into a highly stressful pattern of consistently making less money than they need or desire. Underearning is an insidious problem with psychological r

Mikelann R. Valterra is a highly respected financial recovery counselor. In addition to maintaining a private financial counseling practice, she speaks on "underearning" and personal finance issues throughout the United States. She resides with her husband and son in Seattle, Washington