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 Source:U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Unpublished tabulationsfrom the Current Population Survey, 1997 annual averages |