What Caitlin Clark’s Starting Salary Says About the State of the Gender Wage Gap

For the first time in history, the women’s NCAA basketball championships title game attracted more viewers than the men’s team for one reason—Caitlin Clark. The University of Iowa superstar was the Indiana Fever’s number one pick in the 2024 WNBA draft. But when it came time to receive her first salary as a professional basketball player, many fans—and women across the country in general—were shocked by the amount: $76,535.