The gender pay gap gets a lot more play than the gender wealth gap: 145 times more results in a Google search, to be exact. But the gender wealth gap is way more important.
The gender pay gap is how much money women earn in comparison to men. The gender wealth gap is how much money women have (or keep) in comparison to men. The gender pay gap for women “overall” is 82 cents to every white man’s dollar. But let’s get more specific.