SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has one of the largest gender wage gaps in the nation, according to recent research.

The Utah Women and Leadership project leader, Dr. Susan Madsen, said the wage gap follows women forever, and lots of older women actually end up in poverty.

Women in Utah make up about 45% of the labor force. And it’s estimated to take another 41 to 63 years for women to reach pay equity in the U.S.

“Those fields that are traditionally male-dominated fields, more men continue to go into those fields and those (careers) are paid more,” she said. “And those that are in more woman-dominated field are paid less.”

“We have significantly less women in those fields because we are still more traditional in rising our daughters and telling girls and women that its better to go into these f

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