Ratio of Oregon Women’s to Men’s Earnings Ranks 26th in Nation

The latest BLS News Release showing women’s earnings in Oregon is now available online at www.bls.gov/ro9/orwomen.pdf.

This data is from the Current Population Survey, which provides a wide range of information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment. Items of note include:

In 2010, Oregon women had median weekly earnings of $659, or 79.6 percent of the $828 median weekly earnings of men
Nationwide, women earned $669/week, or 81.2 percent of the $824 median for men
At 79.6 percent, women’s earnings as a percent of men’s in Oregon ranked 26th in the nation out of 50 states and the District of Columbia
Women’s weekly earnings in Oregon ranked 22nd, and men’s 21st, nationwide

To view national data showing women’s pay in detailed occupations visit http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.pdf. Items of note include:

Office and administrative support occupations had the highest women’s earning as a percent of men’s at 93.3 percent among major occupational groups
The percent was lowest in legal occupations with women’s earnings at 58.2 percent of men’s.

Supplemental data:

Women’s median weekly earnings			Men’s median weekly earnings			Women’s earnings as a percent of men’s
Women’s median weekly earnings			Men’s median weekly earnings			Women’s earnings as a percent of men’s
	United States	$ 669		United States	$ 824		United States	81.2 percent
	United States	$ 669		United States	$ 824		United States	81.2 percent
1	District of Columbia	$ 965	1	District of Columbia	$ 1,103	1	Delaware	91.3 percent
2	Connecticut	$ 835	2	Connecticut	$ 1,101	2	California	88.9 percent
3	Massachusetts	$ 832	3	Massachusetts	$ 1,033	3	District of Columbia	87.5 percent
4	New Jersey	$ 824	4	Washington	$ 978	4	Arizona	87.0 percent
5	Maryland	$ 798	5	New Jersey	$ 972	5	New York	86.8 percent
6	Minnesota	$ 749	6	New Hampshire	$ 966	6	Vermont	86.2 percent
7	Washington	$ 748	7	Virginia	$ 956	7	Maryland	85.6 percent
8	California	$ 747	8	Alaska	$ 948	8	Texas	85.6 percent
9	New York	$ 747	9	Maryland	$ 932	9	North Carolina	85.4 percent
10	New Hampshire	$ 745	10	Rhode Island	$ 930	10	New Jersey	84.8 percent
11	Delaware	$ 735	11	Colorado	$ 925	11	Alabama	84.2 percent
12	Colorado	$ 719	12	Minnesota	$ 903	12	Florida	83.7 percent
13	Virginia	$ 719	13	Wyoming	$ 891	13	South Dakota	83.5 percent
14	Alaska	$ 705	14	Illinois	$ 872	14	Nebraska	83.0 percent
15	Rhode Island	$ 700	15	New York	$ 861	15	Minnesota	82.9 percent
16	Vermont	$ 696	16	Michigan	$ 857	16	Arkansas	82.8 percent
17	Michigan	$ 684	17	Utah	$ 841	17	Wisconsin	82.8 percent
18	Wisconsin	$ 684	18	California	$ 840	18	Hawaii	82.6 percent
19	Illinois	$ 678	19	Louisiana	$ 834	19	Tennessee	82.4 percent
20	Arizona	$ 667	20	West Virginia	$ 832	20	Nevada	81.8 percent
21	Pennsylvania	$ 664	21	Oregon	$ 828	21	Mississippi	81.4 percent
22	Oregon	$ 659	22	Wisconsin	$ 826	22	Pennsylvania	80.8 percent
23	Hawaii	$ 658	23	Georgia	$ 822	23	Massachusetts	80.5 percent
24	Florida	$ 647	24	Pennsylvania	$ 822	24	Kansas	80.1 percent
25	Ohio	$ 645	25	Missouri	$ 819	25	Michigan	79.8 percent
26	Georgia	$ 637	26	Ohio	$ 817	26	Oregon	79.6 percent
27	Maine	$ 637	27	Maine	$ 810	27	Iowa	79.1 percent
28	Iowa	$ 622	28	Vermont	$ 807	28	Ohio	78.9 percent
29	North Carolina	$ 622	29	Delaware	$ 805	29	North Dakota	78.9 percent
30	Nebraska	$ 621	30	Hawaii	$ 797	30	Maine	78.6 percent
31	Utah	$ 620	31	Iowa	$ 786	31	Kentucky	78.2 percent
32	Missouri	$ 616	32	New Mexico	$ 780	32	South Carolina	77.9 percent
33	Wyoming	$ 616	33	Florida	$ 773	33	Illinois	77.8 percent
34	Nevada	$ 614	34	Indiana	$ 772	34	Colorado	77.7 percent
35	Kansas	$ 611	35	Arizona	$ 767	35	Oklahoma	77.6 percent
36	Texas	$ 611	36	North Dakota	$ 764	36	Idaho	77.6 percent
37	New Mexico	$ 605	37	Kansas	$ 763	37	New Mexico	77.6 percent
38	North Dakota	$ 603	38	Idaho	$ 754	38	Georgia	77.5 percent
39	Indiana	$ 598	39	South Carolina	$ 752	39	Indiana	77.5 percent
40	South Dakota	$ 598	40	Nevada	$ 751	40	New Hampshire	77.1 percent
41	Alabama	$ 597	41	Nebraska	$ 748	41	Washington	76.5 percent
42	Tennessee	$ 589	42	Oklahoma	$ 746	42	Connecticut	75.8 percent
43	South Carolina	$ 586	43	Kentucky	$ 743	43	Montana	75.8 percent
44	Idaho	$ 585	44	Montana	$ 730	44	Rhode Island	75.3 percent
45	Louisiana	$ 582	45	North Carolina	$ 728	45	Missouri	75.2 percent
46	Kentucky	$ 581	46	South Dakota	$ 716	46	Virginia	75.2 percent
47	Oklahoma	$ 579	47	Tennessee	$ 715	47	Alaska	74.4 percent
48	West Virginia	$ 572	48	Texas	$ 714	48	Utah	73.7 percent
49	Mississippi	$ 564	49	Alabama	$ 709	49	Louisiana	69.8 percent
50	Montana	$ 553	50	Mississippi	$ 693	50	Wyoming	69.1 percent
51	Arkansas	$ 530	51	Arkansas	$ 640	51	West Virginia	68.8 percent

Additional data related to women in the labor force is available online at: http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2011.htm

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