Didn’t know that math worked this way

No they actually do not. It has been illegal to pay a women less per hour for a job for multiple decades.

This is to do with the minimum wage laws. Any person can then go to their boss and negotiate a higher hourly rate. This is an individuals right just as it is a bosses right to refuse.

So some men go and negotiate a better hourly wage. Women could do the same - except that very few do. You can not count these people in the calculation because it is self inflicted. Only the people being paid minimum award can be considered for pay comparisons.

The problem only exists because of the way that feminists do the maths.

They look at the yearly earnings of females compared to males and see that males earn more annually so then assume that men get paid more per hour.

The article here clearly states that men work more hours on average. So it has nothing to do with the hourly rate. Everything to do with the amount of hours worked.