These states have the largest, smallest gender wage gaps

New York’s Staten Island — Although there is still a gender wage discrepancy in the country, new data indicates that some states are doing a better job of balancing the scales.

According to gender-specific earnings statistics for 2023 recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women employed full-time as wage and salary workers nationwide made an average of $1,005 per week, which is 83.6% of the median of $1,202 earned by men.

The announcement warned that the wages comparisons in this report are general and do not account for a number of variables that may be significant in explaining pay disparities, including work experience, specialty, and job abilities and responsibilities.

In 2023, women’s weekly wages in New York were $1,090, or 84.2% of men’s $1,295; this suggests that the pay gap in New York is marginally less than the national average.

However, compared to the previous year, when New York women earned 86.5% of males, the 84.2% is a more than two percentage point decline.

With women earning 89.9% of men’s wages, California had the smallest gender wage gap, while Louisiana had the largest, at 73.7%.

The states with the biggest and smallest gender pay disparities in 2023 are shown here.

Smallest gender pay gaps

Largest gender pay gaps

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