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Women top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America’s biggest companies—even as their share of the job slips
Female legal chiefs at the largest U.S. public companies were paid more than their male peers in 2025, with stock awards driving the gap. But fewer women are landing the role.
Women working full time in the U.S. still earn substantially less than men. In the second quarter of 2026, women’s median weekly earnings were $1,131, or 82% of men’s $1,380 median, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But in one of corporate America’s most powerful executive jobs, the gap has flipped, and it’s widening. Women serving as general counsel at the largest publicly traded U.S. companies were…
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