For the first time, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has broken down clergy pay by gender, and the surprising results—that there is a gender pay gap in this occupation—is causing much comment in the religion-based media.
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Before this year, the percentage of female clergy was so small that BLS could not break out pay by gender. So the fact that it could now is good news, meaning the number of women in the profession has increased.
However, the bad news is the disparity in pay by gender reflected in the newly available figures.