The States Where Women Make More Money Than Men

The States Where Women Make More Money Than Men The gender wage gap is far from bridged. But there are a handful of places in the U.S. where women now tend to out-earn men in similar positions, a new study finds. The states where women actually make more than men for comparable work are clustered in the Northeast, according to PayScale’s 2016 Gender Pay Gap report, which is drawn from around 1.8 million employee surveys completed between October 2014 and October 2016. Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-30:a0c0bbe692cce8b61831afd Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. In Connecticut, where women see the greatest relative advantage, they make 1.6% more than men with the same education, work experience, company size, skills, and other factors. Here’s how the top spots for women rank: Connecticut â€" 1.6% Vermont â€" 0.6% Washington D.C. â€" 0.5% Rhode Island â€" 0.2% That 1.6% advantage looks particularly puny when you look at places where men make more than women â€" and where, it turns out, the gender-based advantage is significantly greater. In fact, in the five states with the widest overall “controlled” gender wage gap, men came out ahead â€" and there were actually increases in the gap compared with last year’s report. Those states are: Louisiana â€" 7.4% (up from 6% in 2015) Alabama â€" 7.1% (vs. 5.7%) West Virginia â€" 6.5% (vs. 5.4%) Oklahoma â€" 5.1% (vs. 4.6%) Iowa â€" 4.8% (vs. 4.7%) The pay gap between the sexes is much higher when not accounting for job title, company size, and other factors. In such an “uncontrolled” analysis, men earn 27.1% more than women, on average â€" in part because, PayScale’s found, women are less likely than men to be in management roles.