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Table 2: Average Annual Pay of All Jobs Worked (Full- and Part-Time), and Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers by Gender by State, 1999  

  Establishment Jobs* Household Survey of Full-Time Workers**
      Both Sexes Women Men Women's Earnings as Percent of Men's
  Average Annual Pay Rank Median Weekly Earnings Rank Median Weekly Earnings Rank Median Weekly Earnings Rank
United States $33,313   $549   $473   $618   76.5%
                   
Alabama 28,069 31 501 31 418 37 584 30 71.6
Alaska 34,034 12 670 2 541 5 763 2 71.0
Arizona 30,523 23 498 34 452 25 538 46 83.9
Arkansas 25,371 46 425 50 374 49 485 50 77.1
California 37,564 5 586 13 524 8 621 20 84.3
Colorado 34,192 11 607 9 520 9 679 10 76.6
Connecticut 42,653 1 677 1 590 1 765 1 77.1
Delaware 35,102 9 571 16 487 17 624 18 78.0
Florida 28,911 30 489 40 428 33 535 47 79.9
Georgia 32,339 17 514 26 443 28 597 26 74.3
Hawaii 29,771 26 544 20 488 15 617 23 79.1
Idaho 26,042 42 485 42 404 40 563 39 71.7
Illinois 36,279 6 589 12 493 11 678 11 72.8
Indiana 30,027 24 540 23 428 33 630 17 67.9
Iowa 26,939 38 513 27 429 31 593 27 72.3
Kansas 28,029 32 509 28 444 26 587 28 75.5
Kentucky 27,748 34 497 36 418 37 565 38 73.9
Louisiana 27,221 36 466 47 383 46 553 41 69.3
Maine 26,887 39 502 30 455 24 545 43 83.3
Maryland 34,472 10 635 5 582 2 713 5 81.6
Massachusetts 40,331 3 612 7 532 6 684 9 77.7
Michigan 35,734 8 609 8 492 12 709 6 69.4
Minnesota 33,487 13 642 3 552 4 724 3 76.3
Mississippi 24,392 47 470 44 380 47 545 43 69.6
Missouri 29,958 25 544 20 480 19 607 25 79.1
Montana 23,253 50 460 49 368 50 532 48 69.2
Nebraska 26,633 40 495 38 415 39 575 34 72.2
Nevada 31,213 20 501 31 432 29 567 36 76.1
New Hampshire 32,139 18 599 10 492 12 698 8 70.6
New Jersey N/A *** 4 637 4 558 3 716 4 77.8
New Mexico 26,270 41 498 34 425 35 573 35 74.2
New York 42,133 2 591 11 513 10 642 15 79.9
North Carolina 29,453 29 493 39 424 36 561 40 75.5
North Dakota 23,753 49 467 45 377 48 532 48 70.9
Ohio 31,396 19 580 14 476 20 670 12 71.1
Oklahoma 25,748 44 487 41 397 41 584 30 68.0
Oregon 30,867 22 556 19 465 23 619 21 75.1
Pennsylvania 32,694 16 567 18 472 22 648 14 72.9
Rhode Island 31,177 21 570 17 488 15 638 16 76.5
South Carolina 27,124 37 507 29 429 31 583 32 73.6
South Dakota 23,765 48 464 48 392 43 543 45 72.2
Tennessee 29,518 28 467 45 385 45 580 33 66.3
Texas 32,895 15 496 37 444 26 548 42 81.0
Utah 27,884 33 518 25 432 29 613 24 70.5
Vermont 27,595 35 533 24 481 18 585 29 82.2
Virginia 33,015 14 577 15 489 14 659 13 74.1
Washington 35,736 7 617 6 526 7 706 7 74.4
West Virginia 26,008 43 473 43 393 42 567 36 69.2
Wisconsin 29,597 27 542 22 473 21 618 22 76.6
Wyoming 25,639 45 500 33 390 44 623 19 62.6

* Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Annual Pay by State and Industry, Table 2, November 17, 2000, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/annpay.nr0.htm, (November 28, 2000). The average annual pay comes from establishment tax records. It reflects wages for all workers, including both full- and part-time.
** Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1999, Report 943, Table 4, p. 15, May 2000. The median weekly earnings come from the Current Population Survey (CPS). It reflects only full-time workers.
*** New Jersey data were not available for fourth quarter of 1999 and therefore are not shown for 1999. Totals for the United States were calculated using estimated data for New Jersey. For purposes of ranking, it was assumed that the 1999 annual average pay for New Jersey was the same as 1998.


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