By Alanna Vagianos
The Huffington Post | 03/13/2014
Not only does the gender wage gap have real staying power, but it's alive and kicking in all 50 states.
According to a new report released earlier this week by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the gender pay gap -- which had significantly narrowed since the 1970s -- has slowly plateaued in recent years.
Compiling
data from the Census Bureau, the Department of Education and the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, AAUW calculated the median salaries for full-time
employment in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In the U.S.,
women are paid 23 percent less than men on average. Although down from a 2012 figure of 91 percent, Washington, D.C. maintains the smallest wage gap in the U.S., with women earning 90 percent
of what their male counterparts do ($66,754 vs. $60,116). Also
consistent with last year's results, Wyoming came in last with women
taking home a shocking 64 percent of men's average earnings ($51,932 vs. $33,152).
While it remains important
to note that geography and local industry have a large influence on
differing salaries, there are other major factors that come into play --
namely education level, race/ethnicity and age.
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