Are gays richer and smarter

Are people also paid differently based on their sexual orientation? This explanation gains appeal when you compare the demographics of gay and heterosexual men in this sample: Gay men were more likely to hold a college degree and less likely to be high school educated, a higher percentage were white, and far fewer were married with children.

We need more research to replicate these findings and also to determine which, if any, of the above explanations for them are correct. However, the take-home from all of this should not be that gays and lesbians are being paid more because of their sexual orientation.

Plus, these data simultaneously show that gay men are less likely to be employed than straight men. In contrast to the earlier data, however, it turns out that gay men now earn more than straight men. Same-sex married couples have a higher median household income than opposite-sex married couples but their poverty rates are not significantly different, according to American Community Survey (ACS) findings released today.

Are Gay Men Really

The question then becomes why: Why are both gay men and lesbians out-earning their heterosexual counterparts? The researchers focused on earnings data for adults aged 25 to 64—in other words, people who are likely to be finished with their education.

The data is clear: People are paid differently based on their gender. The gay wage gap is the pay gap between homosexuals and heterosexuals. For instance, in the last decade alone, support for same-sex marriage has gone from 37 percent to 62 percent among Americans in public opinion polls.

Specifically, women earn about 80 cents for every dollar that men earn. What they found was that, consistent with previous research, lesbians continued to out-earn straight women. In addition, gay men were more likely to live in the Western US, while being less likely to live in the Midwest.

For 20 years, nearly all the studies on gay men in the workplace have found an identical result: comparing the earnings of two men with similar education profiles, years of experience, skills, and. Economists have begun to wonder, especially in light of the dramatic social progress made by the LGBT community in the last few years.

In the United States, men in same-sex marriages have a significantly higher median household income ($,) than both opposite-sex married couples ($,) and gay women in same-sex marriages ($,) due to the gender pay gap. So if you already think that gay men are relatively affluent, and then you see a few really nice neighborhoods that happen to be gay neighborhoods – well, it confirms your view.

It’s not that you necessarily block out the evidence that runs contrary; it just doesn’t register in the same way. But has this pattern changed in recent years?

Key Statistics About Income

Lesbians, however, actually earned more than straight women. [1][2] Individual gay men earn 10% more than straight men with similar education. There are several potential explanations. Until last year, respondents. In a new study published in the Southern Economic Journal, researchers analyzed the link between sexual identity and income using data from a large, nationally representative US sample collected between and Each year, approximately 35, households were surveyed and, consistently, 2 to 3 percent of respondents each year identified as sexual minorities.

The ACS asks respondents their relationship to the householder (person who rents or owns a home and whose name is on the deed/lease). To the contrary, anti-gay discrimination is very much alive and well and at least partially evidenced by the fact that gay men have lower levels of employment.

Lesbian and heterosexual women also differed, but in fewer ways: Lesbians were more likely to be college educated and less likely to have children. Key Statistics About Income and Wealth for the U.S. LGBTQ+ Population Homeownership rates are lower and poverty rates are higher, especially for transgender people and LGBTQ+ people of color.

It would also be wise to avoid concluding that discrimination against gays and lesbians in the United States has disappeared and is no longer a problem. That said, when accounting for differences in employment status lesbians were more likely to have full-time work than straight women, while gay men were less likely to have full-time work than straight men and other differences between groups, the overall earnings premium for both lesbians and gay men translated to roughly 9 to 10 percent.

Data from the s and early s supported this idea, at least for gay men, with study after study showing that gay men earned less than heterosexual men. Because gays and lesbians—like women—face a lot of prejudice and discrimination in the workplace, it seems plausible that they would make less than their straight counterparts, right?