Women’s salaries continue to rise though they remain below the median pay that men receive. Two recent studies analyzed the best and worst states in the United States for Working women.
The District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts were the top three states in a study study analyzed by The Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The researches looked specifically at pay, women’s leadership roles, labor force participation, and the gender pay gap.
Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont took the top three spots for being family-friendly to working moms, having a high percentage of voter participation and access to healthcare, according to WalletHub‘s analysis. Its study ranked the top best 15 states and 15 worst states based on professional opportunities available and quality of life for women.
Despite the high salaries women still only make 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man. And even though women make up more than half of the labor force, they make up 62 percent of all minimum and sub-minimum wage workers.
Here are the top 5 in The Institute for Women’s Policy Research listing:
Here are the top five, along with the median pay for women with full-time jobs:
- District of Columbia $60,000
- Maryland 49,800
- Massachusetts 48,500
- New Jersey 48,000
- Connecticut 46,000
And here are the bottom five:
- Arkansas $30,000
- Mississippi 30,000
- Louisiana 32,000
- Idaho 30,000
- West Virginia 30,300