Women Make Less Than Men Straight Out Of College. And It’s Getting Worse.

The difference between what male and female college graduates earn is growing, with men making even more money than women now than they did more than a decade ago, according to a study out Thursday morning that looks at the average wages of young adults. In their first four years out of school, female college graduates make $17.88 an hour on average, while their male peers earn $20.87, according to the new report from the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. Put...