• Women’s
median incomes over the past three decades have increased 63%
after inflation vs. men’s income growth of 0.6%
• Women now earn one trillion dollars a year
• Women bring in half or more of the household income in
the majority of U.S. households
• Women carry 76 million credit cards, 8 million more than
men
• 55% of all BA and MA degrees are awarded to women
• Women own 40% of all the companies in the U.S.
• Women control 51% of the private wealth in the U.S., which
is estimated to increase to 67% by 2010.
• Between 1997 and 2004, the estimated growth rate in the
number of women-owned firms was nearly twice that of all firms
• 51% of all purchasing managers and agents are women
