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.
对男人来说，决定在二十来岁结婚是职业生涯中重要的一步，对女人而言就不是这么一回事了。来自弗吉尼亚大学的临床心理学家梅格-婕，在她2013年的TED演讲中说，在人的一辈子里，大约三分之二的工资增长出现在职业生涯的第一个十年，所以对延迟结婚而在这些年里专注事业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.
令人惊奇的是，比起二十来岁就喜结良缘的女人，晚婚的女人收获得更多，可对于男人而言，截然相反。最近弗吉尼亚大学发布了一份题为“结婚了吗——在美国晚婚的收益和成本”的全国婚姻报告。该报告称，比起那些十年前结婚的女人，受过大学教育的女性平均在30来岁成家，到她们35岁左右时，会多56%的个人年收入。

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，在二十来岁结婚的男性（不管教育程度）比那些30岁后才结婚的男性要赚更多的钱。

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.
虽然在过去十年中女性劳动力不断涌现，但在薪水和职务方面，女性仍在“追赶”她们的另一半。因此，女性在职业快速发展时停下脚步去成家，是冒着影响职场晋升的风险的。

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.
但如果是这样的话，那为什么对男人而言就不同了呢？答案可能涉及很多不同的因素，但其中的一个原因可能是在安顿下来以后男性更富有动力，因为他们现在可以集中精力，同时跟单身男子相比，对自己更有信心。