Women have made remarkable strides in education during the past three decades, but these gains have yet to translate into full equity in pay — even for college-educated women who work full time. A typical college-educated woman working full time earns $50,000 a year compared to $66,000 for college-educated male workers — a difference of $16,000!
There are many ways to talk about the gender wage gap. This map shows the earnings ratio between college-educated women and men who work full time, year-round, based on data from the Current Population Surveys.
Please Note: The data in this map refer to all college-educated women and men ages 25 and older. This differs from data presented in the AAUW report Behind the Pay Gap, which examines the earnings of women and men who graduated from college in 1992-93 and 1999-2000 in selected years.
Map data explained
Women's and Men's Educational Attainment and Earnings State by State (PDF)
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