More bad news for women and the gender pay gap. Despite the fact more women are graduating from colleges and universities than ever before, they're still being paid less than their male counterparts when they enter the workforce.

That according to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute. The study found the gender wage gap has continued to grow among college graduates since 2000. The wage gap for female graduates is currently 6.8%, which amounts to about $8,000 a year,

Elise Gould is author of the report and a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

"If you just look at their [hourly] wages in 2016, on average young men who are college graduates are making $20.94 compared to $16.58 for women. That's a difference of more than $4. Over the year, that's more than $8,000."

Following is a list of the top careers with the biggest pay gaps:

  • Real Estate Broker, wage gap: 73.3%
  • Recreation and Fitness Workers, wage gap: 72.8%
  • Production Workers, wage gap: 72.8%
  • Human Resource Workers, wage gap: 72.6%
  • Bartenders, wage gap: 72.4%
  • Production, Planning and Expediting Clerks, wage gap 72.1%
  • Police officers, wage gap: 71.2%
  • Human Resource Managers, wage gape 71.2%
  • Marketing and Sales Managers, wage gap 70.8%
  • Teachers and instructors, wage gap: 70.5%
  • Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers and Weighers, wage gap 70.5%
  • Retail Sales People, wage gap: 70.3%
  • Sales People, wage gap 70.0%
  • Supervisors of Production and Operation Workers, wage gap 70.0%
  • Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, wage gap 69.4%
  • Financial Managers, wage gap 67.4%
  • Securities, Commodities and Financial Service Sales Agents: wage gap 65.1%
  • Physicians and surgeons, wage gap: 62.2%
  • Personal Financial Advisers: wage gap 61.3%

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(Source: International Business Times)

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