The Wage Gap in 2014

July 9, 2015

This is new data from the US Census Bureau.

State	Median Income (Men)	Median Income (Women)	(% of men's income)	Median Income (Married Women)	(% of men's income)	Median Income (Unmarried Women)	(% of men's income)
Alabama	$47,000	$36,000	76.6%	$38,334	81.6%	$33,000	70.2%
Alaska	$62,458	$49,150	78.7%	$52,000	83.3%	$37,820	60.6%
Arizona	$50,000	$40,000	80.0%	$49,000	98.0%	$30,000	60.0%
Arkansas	$43,000	$36,000	83.7%	$36,400	84.7%	$36,000	83.7%
California	$57,953	$42,003	72.5%	$46,002	79.4%	$39,306	67.8%
Colorado	$58,000	$43,367	74.8%	$49,000	84.5%	$37,500	64.7%
Connecticut	$67,859	$55,000	81.1%	$61,060	90.0%	$45,002	66.3%
Delaware	$50,026	$43,084	86.1%	$48,084	96.1%	$35,672	71.3%
District of Columbia	$68,050	$58,294	85.7%	$79,000	116.1%	$54,416	80.0%
Florida	$50,010	$40,000	80.0%	$40,005	80.0%	$36,920	73.8%
Georgia	$48,000	$40,000	83.3%	$44,861	93.5%	$35,820	74.6%
Hawaii	$50,000	$40,600	81.2%	$41,000	82.0%	$40,000	80.0%
Idaho	$50,000	$34,169	68.3%	$35,581	71.2%	$29,242	58.5%
Illinois	$54,000	$43,007	79.6%	$45,118	83.6%	$40,000	74.1%
Indiana	$52,001	$39,000	75.0%	$39,152	75.3%	$36,898	71.0%
Iowa	$50,000	$39,259	78.5%	$40,401	80.8%	$35,400	70.8%
Kansas	$46,000	$36,000	78.3%	$37,000	80.4%	$35,101	76.3%
Kentucky	$47,000	$34,000	72.3%	$35,000	74.5%	$30,811	65.6%
Louisiana	$50,097	$35,000	69.9%	$44,000	87.8%	$27,300	54.5%
Maine	$52,985	$39,469	74.5%	$43,084	81.3%	$34,000	64.2%
Maryland	$60,000	$50,001	83.3%	$59,500	99.2%	$44,200	73.7%
Massachusetts	$65,710	$48,010	73.1%	$55,084	83.8%	$43,000	65.4%
Michigan	$51,301	$38,999	76.0%	$43,000	83.8%	$32,115	62.6%
Minnesota	$55,005	$45,007	81.8%	$48,000	87.3%	$40,201	73.1%
Mississippi	$48,002	$32,102	66.9%	$35,000	72.9%	$31,200	65.0%
Missouri	$50,002	$40,035	80.1%	$40,337	80.7%	$35,003	70.0%
Montana	$41,050	$33,500	81.6%	$35,000	85.3%	$31,460	76.6%
Nebraska	$49,250	$40,000	81.2%	$44,075	89.5%	$34,002	69.0%
Nevada	$50,000	$40,000	80.0%	$40,058	80.1%	$37,000	74.0%
New Hampshire	$61,000	$47,068	77.2%	$49,081	80.5%	$45,582	74.7%
New Jersey	$60,000	$45,072	75.1%	$47,000	78.3%	$42,874	71.5%
New Mexico	$46,000	$37,163	80.8%	$39,000	84.8%	$35,000	76.1%
New York	$54,000	$45,181	83.7%	$47,843	88.6%	$45,000	83.3%
North Carolina	$45,010	$35,035	77.8%	$39,600	88.0%	$32,002	71.1%
North Dakota	$47,500	$39,623	83.4%	$40,050	84.3%	$37,011	77.9%
Ohio	$47,000	$39,000	83.0%	$40,000	85.1%	$36,000	76.6%
Oklahoma	$48,000	$34,000	70.8%	$36,000	75.0%	$30,726	64.0%
Oregon	$54,360	$42,000	77.3%	$42,873	78.9%	$42,000	77.3%
Pennsylvania	$54,058	$40,610	75.1%	$45,050	83.3%	$36,852	68.2%
Rhode Island	$60,000	$48,000	80.0%	$55,106	91.8%	$36,000	60.0%
South Carolina	$50,000	$34,400	68.8%	$38,125	76.3%	$34,015	68.0%
South Dakota	$45,512	$36,001	79.1%	$38,681	85.0%	$32,478	71.4%
Tennessee	$42,200	$38,278	90.7%	$39,169	92.8%	$38,000	90.0%
Texas	$50,000	$38,662	77.3%	$40,000	80.0%	$37,000	74.0%
Utah	$56,000	$38,460	68.7%	$40,000	71.4%	$35,000	62.5%
Vermont	$50,000	$43,476	87.0%	$45,000	90.0%	$40,000	80.0%
Virginia	$64,000	$45,000	70.3%	$49,460	77.3%	$41,600	65.0%
Washington	$58,002	$45,000	77.6%	$49,117	84.7%	$42,050	72.5%
West Virginia	$47,000	$36,000	76.6%	$39,600	84.3%	$31,000	66.0%
Wisconsin	$50,001	$41,200	82.4%	$45,000	90.0%	$37,400	74.8%
Wyoming	$56,600	$40,000	70.7%	$41,684	73.6%	$35,900	63.4%

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The Wage Gap in 2014

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