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Gender Wage Gap for Women who are Full-Time Year-Round Workers Compared to Non-Hispanic White Men, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2004-2006

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  Gender Wage Gap
 Disparity ScoreAll WomenWhite All Minority Black Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native
United States1.2169.2%73.3%60.8%61.1%50.9%77.4%56.5%
Alabama1.3169.4%76.2%58.0%55.8%NSDNSDNSD
Alaska1.3269.4%73.9%56.0%NSD54.3%55.5%50.5%
Arizona1.5472.1%80.5%52.4%68.3%50.0%NSD64.1%
Arkansas1.2071.1%74.4%61.8%62.1%46.2%NSDNSD
California1.4162.2%74.8%53.2%64.0%41.9%69.8%NSD
Colorado1.3869.3%74.1%53.8%59.5%48.1%66.3%NSD
Connecticut1.3870.0%73.8%53.4%60.8%44.4%66.8%NSD
Delaware1.2372.5%76.9%62.3%66.5%49.9%66.6%NSD
District of Columbia1.5553.8%70.6%45.5%45.8%30.8%NSDNSD
Florida1.2966.7%73.0%56.5%58.3%52.1%68.9%NSD
Georgia1.2168.7%75.5%62.2%62.4%41.6%72.8%NSD
Hawaii1.2863.9%79.0%61.6%NSD57.8%61.6%NSD
Idaho1.2970.2%72.7%56.3%29.5%49.9%NSDNSD
Illinois1.1569.3%72.7%63.3%63.4%51.4%85.5%NSD
Indiana1.1371.4%71.4%63.0%66.9%45.7%NSDNSD
Iowa1.3376.2%76.4%57.6%NSD55.2%NSDNSD
Kansas1.1675.0%76.2%65.6%62.3%65.0%NSDNSD
Kentucky1.1675.0%75.3%65.0%69.3%NSDNSDNSD
Louisiana1.3763.0%70.2%51.4%51.4%NSDNSDNSD
Maine1.1875.8%76.5%65.0%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Maryland1.1969.5%75.6%63.3%64.5%45.9%68.0%NSD
Massachusetts1.4266.7%71.1%50.0%56.2%41.7%64.5%NSD
Michigan1.0070.0%70.0%70.0%69.2%57.8%76.4%NSD
Minnesota1.2774.7%76.7%60.2%65.6%48.0%68.3%NSD
Mississippi1.4664.5%74.4%51.2%51.2%NSDNSDNSD
Missouri1.1072.0%73.1%66.3%NSD61.0%NSDNSD
Montana1.3469.1%70.3%52.6%42.1%NSDNSD47.2%
Nebraska1.2874.8%76.4%59.6%67.3%54.8%NSDNSD
Nevada1.3867.3%76.2%55.1%60.7%49.0%71.4%NSD
New Hampshire1.0574.0%74.2%70.8%NSDNSDNSDNSD
New Jersey1.4666.4%75.9%52.0%53.2%41.7%79.2%NSD
New Mexico1.3160.4%69.5%53.0%NSD54.3%NSD45.8%
New York1.3370.4%80.0%60.0%64.0%53.3%66.0%NSD
North Carolina1.2373.4%76.9%62.7%65.3%46.6%62.2%77.5%
North Dakota1.0870.0%70.0%65.0%NSDNSDNSD67.0%
Ohio1.1274.5%75.8%67.7%67.7%59.2%NSDNSD
Oklahoma1.1974.9%77.4%64.9%75.0%49.9%NSD59.9%
Oregon1.2865.6%68.4%53.2%NSD47.2%66.7%NSD
Pennsylvania1.1471.7%73.9%64.9%64.9%60.5%87.7%NSD
Rhode Island1.4671.1%75.0%51.2%57.7%41.0%55.8%NSD
South Carolina1.1468.6%71.5%62.8%62.0%57.1%NSDNSD
South Dakota1.1276.0%76.0%67.6%NSDNSDNSD76.0%
Tennessee1.1874.7%74.7%63.3%67.8%44.8%NSDNSD
Texas1.4863.9%75.8%51.2%59.9%46.7%68.2%NSD
Utah1.3361.3%65.2%48.9%NSD44.4%56.2%NSD
Vermont1.0881.1%81.2%75.4%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Virginia1.3366.7%75.0%56.3%56.2%50.6%63.0%NSD
Washington1.2568.9%72.3%57.7%NSD55.7%56.3%NSD
West Virginia0.9376.3%76.3%82.1%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Wisconsin1.2771.7%74.3%58.7%60.8%58.5%NSDNSD
Wyoming1.0657.1%57.3%54.1%NSD53.1%NSDNSD
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Notes: 

Data are for women ages 18–64.

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources: 

CPS, 2004–2006.

Definitions: 

NSD: Not sufficient data.



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