Report: Trump Campaign Pays Male Staffers A Third More Than Female Staffers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/CBS News) -- Female staffers for Donald Trump's campaign are making significantly less than their male counterparts, according to a report from the Boston Globe.
According to an analysis, Trump's campaign is paying its male staffers about a third more than its female staffers, while Hillary Clinton's campaign reportedly pays female and male workers about the same amount.
Using publicly available data from the Federal Election Commission, the report found that female staffers working for Trump earned about $4,500 in April while men took home $6,100, CBS News reported. That's about a 35 percent discrepancy.
Female staffers made up a slim 28 percent of Trump's staff and there were just two women among the 15 highest-paid employees of the month.
Clinton's female staffers earned an average of $3,710, while men took home roughly $3,760. There were seven women among the 15 highest-paid employees.
Trump's campaign has faced criticism over its pay practices. As CBS News notes, a former employee blamed her firing on sexual discrimination and claimed that men were getting paid more than women for the same positions.
Trump responded to the allegations, telling The New York Times, "My people tell me she did a terrible job." At the same time Trump has voiced his support for equal pay, telling MSNBC in August that "if they do the same job, they should get the same pay."
As far as policy goes, Trump has discussed issues regarding implementing federal legislation to ensure equal pay.
"When it comes to categorizing people, men and women into a group, it gets to be very dangerous," the presumptive Republican nominee said. "When you have to categorize men and women into a particular group and a particular pay scale, it gets very -- because people do different jobs."
Trump's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from CBS News regarding the findings.
