Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to observe how the cohabiting lesbian earnings differential in the USA has changed since the early 2000s, a time period during which the lesbian, gay and bisexual rights movement has been very successful. Design/methodology/approach: The author analyzes the...

Two decades of research on differences in labor market outcomes by sexual orientation has concluded that lesbian workers earn more than heterosexual women. This research, however, is largely based upon data that do not ask respondents about their own sexual orientation. We are the first to use...