Time to Move: Women in These Five States Won't See Equal Pay With Men Until Next Century

While the U.S. has made strides toward reducing the gender wage gap over the decades, new research today shows just how far there is to go.

At the current rate of progress, the gender pay gap — the difference between women's and men's earnings — won't close nationwide until 2058, according to a report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Women in Florida might see equal pay the soonest, with the state projected to reach pay parity in 2038. If you're a woman living in Wyoming, the picture is bleakest. The gender wage gap won't close there until 2159, making it one of five states that won't see pay equality this century.

Here's the research institute's full list:



In 2013 women earned 78.3 cents on the dollar compared with men, up from 76.5 cents in 2012, according to the report, which cites research by Carmen DeNavas-Walt and Bernadette Proctor at the U.S. Census Bureau. Currently New York is closest to gender wage parity, with women earning 87.6 cents on the dollar. Louisiana is the worst among the 50 states plus Washington D.C., at 66.7 cents.

In the past few decades, men's earnings adjusted for inflation have been relatively flat, while women's have grown. However, since the early 2000s, women's earnings also have started to stagnate, the report says.

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