Gender Pay Gap By State Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage andSalary Workers by State,
1997 Annual Averages | State | Women | Men | Women'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Unpublished tabulationsfrom the Current Population Survey, 1997 annual averages |