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Gender Pay Gap By State

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

StateWomenMenWomen's Earnings as aPercent 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Unpublished tabulationsfrom the Current Population Survey, 1997 annual averages


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