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

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	Women's Earnings as Percent of Men's
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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