Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but women working full time, year-round are typically paid less than full-time, year-round male workers in every state. Nationally, women working full time, year-round typically are paid only 83 cents for every dollar a man makes, and the size of the disparity varies by state. Women overall fare best in Rhode Island, where women working full time, year-round typically are paid 89 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. Vermont and Hawaii follow with women being paid 88 cents for every dollar paid to men. Women fare worst relative to men in Louisiana, where women are paid only 71 cents for every dollar paid to men. 

However, the wage gap for full-time, year-round workers doesn’t fully reflect the economic disparities faced by women. The full-time, year-round wage gap leaves out those who were unemployed or out of the labor force for part of 2023, or who worked part time, including those who wanted full-time work. When part-time and part-year workers are included in the comparison, women were typically paid only 78 cents for every dollar paid to men in 2023. 

Hover on a state below to see its wage gap. 

Source Note:  “What a woman is paid for every dollar a man is paid” is the ratio of women’s and men’s annual median earnings (1) for full-time, year-round workers and (2) for all workers with earnings, including part-time and part-year workers. The “wage gap” is the additional money a woman would have to be paid for every dollar paid to a man in order to have equal annual earnings. Figures for women overall by state calculated by NWLC are based on 2023 American Community Survey Data. Figures for women by race/ethnicity by state calculated by NWLC are based on 2018-2022 American Community Survey Data. For the purposes of this analysis D.C. is considered a state.