The analysis, based on the latest data available, showed that in 2019, the median earnings of full-time working women in New York were 86 cents to every dollar men earned. That year, median earnings for men in New York working full-time, year-round, were $60,813 compared to $51,992 for women, for a wage gap of $8,821.
That made the annual wage gap $8,821 that year.
The national wage gap that year was $10,150, with women earning 81 cents per every dollar men made, on average. These findings showed that the gender wage gap in New York was smaller than the national average, indicating some progress, Dinapoli said.
“March is Women’s History Month and there is no better time to highlight this unfair pay disparity in the workforce,” DiNapoli said. “My analysis shows our country still has a long way to go in closing the…
