The American Association of University Women found Louisiana has second-largest gap in earnings between men and women. Only Wyoming has greater disparity.
Men in Louisiana earn 33 percent more at their jobs than women, according to nationwide statistics compiled by an advocacy group looking to end the pay gap between the genders. The American Association of University Women found Louisiana has second-largest gap in earnings between men and women. Only Wyoming has greater disparity.
The closest pay gap was in Washington, D.C., where women earn 91 percent of the salaries collected by their male counterparts, the analysis showed.
The median income for women in Louisiana stands at $30,600, while men make $45,524.
The association pulled from data collected by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report can be viewed here.