| Gender Inequality at the Top and Bottom of the Labor Market: Quartile Distributions by Gender and State, 2013 |
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Women’s Share of Workers with Earnings in the Lowest Quartile
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Men’s Share of Workers with Earnings in the Lowest Quartile
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Women’s Share of Workers with Earnings in the Highest Quartile
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Men’s Share of Workers with Earnings in the Highest Quartile
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State
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Percent
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Rank
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Percent
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Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
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Alabama
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31.5%
|
37
|
19.6%
|
22
|
15.9%
|
41
|
33.1%
|
13
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Alaska
|
24.0%
|
2
|
25.7%
|
51
|
14.3%
|
48
|
32.7%
|
15
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Arizona
|
28.4%
|
14
|
22.3%
|
45
|
17.7%
|
22
|
30.7%
|
41
|
Arkansas
|
31.1%
|
36
|
20.0%
|
27
|
18.0%
|
18
|
31.0%
|
35
|
California
|
26.7%
|
5
|
23.4%
|
50
|
19.4%
|
7
|
29.0%
|
50
|
Colorado
|
29.3%
|
24
|
20.8%
|
35
|
17.5%
|
24
|
31.4%
|
31
|
Connecticut
|
30.5%
|
32
|
20.7%
|
33
|
16.8%
|
33
|
32.1%
|
22
|
Delaware
|
28.5%
|
17
|
19.1%
|
14
|
20.0%
|
5
|
29.5%
|
49
|
Dist.of Columbia
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21.7%
|
1
|
22.8%
|
48
|
21.5%
|
1
|
32.0%
|
23
|
Florida
|
26.3%
|
4
|
21.1%
|
39
|
18.5%
|
16
|
30.6%
|
42
|
Georgia
|
29.0%
|
22
|
20.0%
|
27
|
18.3%
|
17
|
30.4%
|
45
|
Hawaii
|
29.6%
|
26
|
21.6%
|
42
|
17.5%
|
24
|
30.6%
|
42
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Idaho
|
31.8%
|
41
|
18.0%
|
4
|
16.3%
|
38
|
30.8%
|
40
|
Illinois
|
30.0%
|
28
|
20.6%
|
32
|
17.0%
|
31
|
31.1%
|
33
|
Indiana
|
31.0%
|
34
|
19.4%
|
18
|
16.5%
|
35
|
34.5%
|
5
|
Iowa
|
32.8%
|
44
|
19.1%
|
14
|
16.5%
|
35
|
32.0%
|
23
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Kansas
|
30.4%
|
31
|
21.1%
|
39
|
18.9%
|
13
|
33.5%
|
11
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Kentucky
|
31.6%
|
38
|
19.0%
|
10
|
16.3%
|
38
|
31.7%
|
27
|
Louisiana
|
34.6%
|
51
|
17.6%
|
3
|
15.5%
|
43
|
38.0%
|
1
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Maine
|
30.6%
|
33
|
20.3%
|
30
|
19.0%
|
12
|
31.5%
|
29
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Maryland
|
28.1%
|
12
|
22.0%
|
44
|
19.2%
|
10
|
30.2%
|
46
|
Massachusetts
|
28.5%
|
17
|
20.4%
|
31
|
17.4%
|
26
|
31.2%
|
32
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Michigan
|
30.2%
|
29
|
19.9%
|
24
|
16.7%
|
34
|
31.5%
|
29
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Minnesota
|
27.5%
|
8
|
17.1%
|
1
|
19.2%
|
10
|
32.5%
|
16
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Mississippi
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31.6%
|
38
|
19.5%
|
20
|
16.2%
|
40
|
32.3%
|
19
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Missouri
|
27.8%
|
11
|
19.1%
|
14
|
17.8%
|
21
|
32.2%
|
21
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Montana
|
31.8%
|
41
|
19.9%
|
24
|
14.8%
|
47
|
32.5%
|
16
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Nebraska
|
33.2%
|
45
|
18.9%
|
9
|
15.6%
|
42
|
33.7%
|
9
|
Nevada
|
27.3%
|
7
|
22.6%
|
47
|
20.5%
|
2
|
33.2%
|
12
|
New Hampshire
|
33.2%
|
45
|
19.3%
|
17
|
16.4%
|
37
|
31.1%
|
33
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New Jersey
|
28.7%
|
20
|
21.0%
|
38
|
17.0%
|
31
|
31.0%
|
35
|
New Mexico
|
28.4%
|
14
|
21.5%
|
41
|
19.3%
|
8
|
33.8%
|
8
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New York
|
26.8%
|
6
|
23.3%
|
49
|
20.5%
|
2
|
28.8%
|
51
|
North Carolina
|
28.4%
|
14
|
20.0%
|
27
|
18.6%
|
15
|
31.7%
|
27
|
North Dakota
|
33.6%
|
48
|
19.0%
|
10
|
14.9%
|
46
|
34.9%
|
3
|
Ohio
|
31.0%
|
34
|
19.6%
|
22
|
17.1%
|
29
|
31.0%
|
35
|
Oklahoma
|
28.5%
|
17
|
19.0%
|
10
|
15.0%
|
45
|
32.5%
|
16
|
Oregon
|
28.1%
|
12
|
21.7%
|
43
|
18.9%
|
13
|
29.6%
|
48
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Pennsylvania
|
32.1%
|
43
|
19.5%
|
20
|
17.9%
|
20
|
30.9%
|
38
|
Rhode Island
|
25.1%
|
3
|
19.0%
|
10
|
20.4%
|
4
|
30.1%
|
47
|
South Carolina
|
28.8%
|
21
|
19.4%
|
18
|
17.3%
|
27
|
32.3%
|
19
|
South Dakota
|
29.5%
|
25
|
18.2%
|
6
|
15.1%
|
44
|
34.7%
|
4
|
Tennessee
|
29.0%
|
22
|
20.8%
|
35
|
17.2%
|
28
|
31.9%
|
25
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Texas
|
29.9%
|
27
|
20.9%
|
37
|
17.6%
|
23
|
31.9%
|
25
|
Utah
|
33.7%
|
49
|
18.8%
|
8
|
12.5%
|
50
|
34.1%
|
7
|
Vermont
|
27.7%
|
10
|
22.5%
|
46
|
19.7%
|
6
|
32.8%
|
14
|
Virginia
|
30.3%
|
30
|
20.7%
|
33
|
18.0%
|
18
|
30.9%
|
38
|
Washington
|
27.6%
|
9
|
18.0%
|
4
|
17.1%
|
29
|
30.5%
|
44
|
West Virginia
|
34.5%
|
50
|
18.2%
|
6
|
13.4%
|
49
|
33.7%
|
9
|
Wisconsin
|
31.6%
|
38
|
19.9%
|
24
|
19.3%
|
8
|
34.2%
|
6
|
Wyoming
|
33.2%
|
45
|
17.4%
|
2
|
10.4%
|
51
|
35.4%
|
2
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Notes: Full-time, year-round workers aged 16 and older. Top and bottom earnings quartiles are calculated for all workers residing in each state. The shares of working women and men in the top and bottom quartiles of each state are then calculated.
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Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).
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