According to the Census Bureau?s annual report on income, for the first time in four years, 2003 figures indicate that for every dollar earned by a man, women made 75.5 cents. This figure is down from a high the year before of 76.6 cents. No explanation is being offered by analysts who are pointing out that last year could have been an ?aberration.?
See "Women's pay suffers setback", Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today, August 26, 2004