It's Equal Pay Day! 📢

In academic medicine, the gaps persist:

-Women with an MD or equivalent in clinical departments earn $0.79 on the dollar

-Women with a PhD or other doctoral degree in basic science departments earn $0.92 on the dollar

For context, across all industries, women earn $0.81 on the dollar compared to men.

(Sources: FY 2025 AAMC Faculty Salary Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, “Income in the United States: 2024”)

What stood out to me in recent conversations around this work is something that feels both obvious and too often overlooked:

“Progress requires not only analysis, but sustained attention to governance, transparency, and follow-through.” — Association of American Medical Colleges

We have data. We have awareness.

What’s often missing is infrastructure for action.

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is helping to close that gap.

Did you know that the AAMC has developed a set of practical resources to support institutions at different stages—including their report “A Shared Commitment to Fair Pay” and a centralized toolkit with:

-data and dashboards

-sample compensation philosophies and policies

-guidance to inform local salary-setting practices

These are the kinds of tools that help move from:

awareness → to action → to sustained change

Check out their toolkit and thank you to the AAMC for leading this critical work.