While Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to make pay equity for women a top priority if elected president, an analysis of his Senate staff shows that women are outnumbered and out-paid by men.
That is in contrast to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's Senate office, where women, for the most part, out-rank and are paid more than men.
On average, women working in Obama's Senate office were paid at least $6,000 below the average man working for the Illinois senator. That's according to
data calculated from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate, which covered the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2007.
The average pay for the 33 men
The average pay for the 31 women on Obama's staff
the average pay for the 30 women on McCain's staff was $59,104
The 16 non-intern males in McCain's office, by comparison, were paid an average of $56,628
The Obama campaign did not respond to written questions submitted on the matter
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