Gender Pay Gap by State

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Gender Pay Gap By State

Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers by State,
1997 Annual Averages

State	Women	Men	Women's Earnings as a Percent of Men's
Alabama	$362	$493	73.4
Alaska	$557	$762	73.1
Arizona	$399	$487	81.9
Arkansas	$329	$439	74.9
California	$497	$589	84.4
Colorado	$460	$617	74.6
Connecticut	$513	$692	74.1
Delaware	$443	$598	74.1
Florida	$407	$492	82.7
Georgia	$427	$567	75.3
Hawaii	$463	$562	82.4
Idaho	$382	$509	75.0
Illinois	$460	$639	72.0
Indiana	$389	$590	65.9
Iowa	$398	$538	74.0
Kansas	$410	$553	74.1
Kentucky	$386	$539	71.6
Louisiana	$339	$509	66.6
Maine	$397	$521	76.2
Maryland	$503	$676	74.4
Massachusetts	$512	$640	80.0
Michigan	$457	$654	69.9
Minnesota	$477	$634	75.2
Mississippi	$343	$464	73.9
Missouri	$419	$568	73.8
Montana	$344	$497	69.2
Nebraska	$386	$533	72.4
Nevada	$410	$555	73.9
New Hampshire	$459	$603	76.1
New Jersey	$503	$667	75.4
New Mexico	$391	$508	77.0
New York	$485	$603	80.4
North Carolina	$394	$507	77.7
North Dakota	$347	$509	68.2
Ohio	$427	$595	71.8
Oklahoma	$362	$493	73.4
Oregon	$416	$553	75.2
Pennsylvania	$437	$609	71.8
Rhode Island	$465	$575	80.9
South Carolina	$379	$499	76.0
South Dakota	$358	$479	74.7
Tennessee	$374	$512	73.0
Texas	$402	$512	78.5
Utah	$408	$552	73.9
Vermont	$419	$531	78.9
Virginia	$461	$586	78.7
Washington	$491	$643	76.4
West Virginia	$370	$516	71.7
Wisconsin	$420	$613	68.5
Wyoming	$364	$579	62.9

Note: Data exclude the incorporated self-employed.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unpublished tabulations from the Current Population Survey, 1997 annual averages

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