Women in the White House earn 37% less

THE WHITE HOUSE gender pay gap is even bigger than you think.

After it was revealed that payroll data showed women earn on average 20% less than men in the Trump White House, a new report says it’s much worse.

Turns out, that gap is actually 37%, according to a new analysis done by economist Mark Perry, from the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

Many news outlets calculated a 20% pay gap by comparing the average salary for women ($84,500) against the average salary for men ($105,000), Perry said.

But that was the wrong calculation, the conservative economist added.

The correct measure compares the median salary for White House women ($72,600) against the median salary ($115,000) for men, Perry said. That reveals a pay disparity nearly twice as large as initially reported.

“To be as statistically accurate as possible, almost all reports on pay differences by gender compare median wages, income, or salaries and not differences in average (mean) pay,” he said.

“Based on median salaries, the typical female staffer in Trump’s White House earns 63.2 cents per $1 earned by a typical male staffer,” Perry concluded.

Trump’s 37% gender pay gap is more than double the national 17% gap — and according to the Pew Research Center, Trump’s gender gap exceeds that than the national gap in 1980.

His analysis of the payroll data also included the following observations: l There are 374 staffers at the Trump White House who are paid employees: 176 women (47.1%) and 198 men (52.9%). l Of the 176 women working at the White House, half of them (88) make more than about $72,650 and half (88) make less than that median salary. For men, half of them (99 out of 198) make less than $115,000 and the other half (99) make more than $115,000.

From a statistical standpoint, it’s those median salaries that would most accurately reflect what a typical female staffer at the White House is paid compared to what a typical male staffer is paid.