Deciding to marry in your 20s is a good career move for men, but not so much for women.In her 2013 TED talk, University of Virginia clinical psychologist Meg Jay explained that around two-thirds of lifetime wage growth occurs during the first decade of your career, so it makes sense to delay marriage so that you can focus on your profession during these years.
對男人來說，決定在二十來歲結婚是職業(yè)生涯中重要的一步，對女人而言就不是這么一回事了。來自弗吉尼亞大學的臨床心理學家梅格-婕，在她2013年的TED演講中說，在人的一輩子里，大約三分之二的工資增長出現在職業(yè)生涯的第一個十年，所以對延遲結婚而在這些年里專注事業(yè)的做法是可以理解的。

The surprising thing is, women who decide to marry later benefit much more than those who tie the knot in their 20s, but the opposite is true for men. A recent report published by the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project titled "Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America" says that college-educated women who settle down in their 30s — on average — bring in 56 percent more personal annual income by their mid-30s than those who marry a decade earlier.
令人驚奇的是，比起二十來歲就喜結良緣的女人，晚婚的女人收獲得更多，可對于男人而言，截然相反。最近弗吉尼亞大學發(fā)布了一份題為“結婚了嗎——在美國晚婚的收益和成本”的全國婚姻報告。該報告稱，比起那些十年前結婚的女人，受過大學教育的女性平均在30來歲成家，到她們35歲左右時，會多56%的個人年收入。

On the other hand, men who marry in their 20s — regardless of education — make more money than those who marry after the age of 30.
另一方面，在二十來歲結婚的男性（不管教育程度）比那些30歲后才結婚的男性要賺更多的錢。

With the upsurge of females in the workforce in that last decade, women are still playing "catch up" with their male counterparts when it comes to salary and a seat on executive boards, so any break from their professional stride to focus on having a family risks putting a detrimental dent in climbing the corporate ladder.
雖然在過去十年中女性勞動力不斷涌現，但在薪水和職務方面，女性仍在“追趕”她們的另一半。因此，女性在職業(yè)快速發(fā)展時停下腳步去成家，是冒著影響職場晉升的風險的。

But if this is the case, then why doesn't the same hold true for men? The answer could point at many different factors, but one of the reasons could be men are just more productive after settling down because they can now focus and are more sure of themselves compared to single men.
但如果是這樣的話，那為什么對男人而言就不同了呢？答案可能涉及很多不同的因素，但其中的一個原因可能是在安頓下來以后男性更富有動力，因為他們現在可以集中精力，同時跟單身男子相比，對自己更有信心。