The gap in wages between male and female staff members in the U.S. House of Representatives has widened for the first time in six years, according to a report by the Congressional Management Foundation.
Female House staff members made $35,967 in 1998, 83% of the male average, which stands at $43,189.
The study pointed out that women in the house are still paid on average a better percentage of what men earn than are women workers nationwide, which earn an average of 67% of what men earn.
