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Bill Clinton Has a Gender Pay Problem, Too

FLASHBACK: Under Gov. Clinton, 80 percent of top-paying jobs in Arkansas were held by white males

Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton
AP
April 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton's problems on the issue of the gender pay gap have been well-documented, but husband Bill Clinton had issues of his own back when he was at the helm in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Gazette criticized then-governor Clinton in 1988 over the fact that a large majority of the top paying jobs in his administration were held by white males, according to a report that the state filed to federal Equal Employment Opportunity officials.

Although the state hired more women than men by a wide margin it was men who had the best jobs. The report found that women held 58 percent of the full-time state government positions but that 65 percent of the of the management positions were held by men.

"White males are particularly dominant in another category—the state jobs paying $43,000 or more," wrote the Arkansas Gazette. "Of 177 such jobs, white men hold 141, or 80 percent. Of the remaining 36 high-paying jobs, white women hold 20, minority men have 11 and minority women have five."

The reason women outnumbered men in terms of total workforce was because they were used for 95 percent of the state government's 4,057 clerical positions. This was the only category where women outnumbered men.

Published under: Hillary Clinton