Year the Gender Wage Gap is Projected to Close

State

Year

Rank

Alabama

2088

44

Alaska

2092

45

Arizona

2044

4

Arkansas

2082

39

California

2042

2

Colorado

2057

19

Connecticut

2061

23

Delaware

2051

10

District of Columbia

2055

13

Florida

2038

1

Georgia

2055

13

Hawaii

2051

10

Idaho

2074

36

Illinois

2065

25

Indiana

2086

41

Iowa

2056

17

Kansas

2072

32

Kentucky

2073

34

Louisiana

2106

50

Maine

2057

19

Maryland

2042

2

Massachusetts

2058

22

Michigan

2086

41

Minnesota

2054

12

Mississippi

2087

43

Missouri

2066

26

Montana

2080

37

Nebraska

2066

26

Nevada

2044

4

New Hampshire

2082

39

New Jersey

2055

13

New Mexico

2056

17

New York

2049

8

North Carolina

2064

24

North Dakota

2104

49

Ohio

2066

26

Oklahoma

2068

29

Oregon

2055

13

Pennsylvania

2072

32

Rhode Island

2049

8

South Carolina

2094

46

South Dakota

2081

38

Tennessee

2057

19

Texas

2047

6

Utah

2102

48

Vermont

2048

7

Virginia

2073

34

Washington

2071

31

West Virginia

2101

47

Wisconsin

2068

29

Wyoming

2159

51

United States

2058

 
Note: Linear projection based on the current rate of progress in closing the gender wage gap since 1959. Projection is based on the ratio of women’s to men’s earnings among full-time, year-round workers aged 16 and older.
Source: IWPR calculations based on the 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Decennial Censuses (for calendar years 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999) and the 2001–2013 American Community Surveys (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).