Here’s How Long It’ll Take To Close The Gender Wage Gap In Each State
By: Jillian Berman
The gender pay gap is alive and well everywhere in America, but it’s more alive in some states than in others.
It will take 144 years before Wyoming women working full time and year-round make the same as their male counterparts on average, according to an analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a think tank focused on women’s economic issues. By contrast, women living in Florida should see the gender pay gap close there in 23 years.