It's an American study but it certainly has resonance in Canada.
And if you're a working woman, it may confirm something you've long believed.
A group with the unwieldy title of the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation has discovered that females in the work force are still making significantly less than their male counterparts.
And it doesn't seem to matter what their education or experience levels are.
The study found that a year after graduating from college, the average woman was making only 80 percent of the salary of a man with similar qualifications.
And things get worse as the years go by.
By the time a woman has been out in the working world for a decade, she's earning only 69 percent of what a guy brings home.
Researchers tried to factor in all kinds of explanations for their troubling data, including hours worked, family needs, differing types of occupations, motherhood and more.
They also looked at education, but discovered that on average, women do better in key subjects like math and science.
But men who go to what are considered to be lesser colleges still make more or the same as women who graduate with degrees from prestige name schools.
The conclusion: the findings can only be the result of what the study authors term "sex discrimination".
The group claims a lot of it stems from what employers believe a woman will do once she joins a company.
"Part of the wage difference is a result of people's choices, another part is employer's assumptions of what people's choices will be," suggests the Foundation's Catherine Hill.
"Employers assume that young women are going to leave the work force when they have children, and, therefore, don't promote them."
The study doesn't suggest how to end the problem, but researchers hope knowing that it's there will go a long way towards making employers more aware of it, and putting 'gender' on their agenda when it comes to erasing the gap.