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Fortune
Fernanda Tronco

Women top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America's biggest companies—even as their share of the job slips

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Women working full time in the U.S. still earn substantially less than men. In the second quarter of 2026, women’s median weekly earnings were $1,131, or 82% of men’s $1,380 median, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But in one of corporate America’s most powerful executive jobs, the gap has flipped, and it’s widening.

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