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That 7% isn't uniform through all age groups. At below age 25 women at the some education and position earn more than men. from age 25-35 the wage gap reverts, and from age 35 and up men earn more than women. With a work force that generally starts at age 20 and stop work at around age 60 the total result gives you that 7%.

So what would a rational fix be to that?

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What's your source on a gap with higher earning women below age 25? All I can find is http://www.aauw.org/files/2017/01/spring2017-the-simple-trut... which doesn't control for education or position, but with women going to college in higher numbers than men...

I can't find any statistics that show women out-earning men, at any age or education level, in the US.

I'm not sure how to fix it because it is such a human thing. Women might need to learn to be more aggressive in negotiation or come with more detail salary numbers to demand higher wages. In some industries though, there is an excess of workers and that will always make the gap worse as people will take what they can get. I think the best step forward is that in as many companies as possible, women who are in a position of management to fight to make sure that all the women in their groups are being treated as fairly as the men.

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