Gender Wage Equity

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In 2024, women’s wages rose 1.2% compared to men’s but remained about 86% of men’s earnings, significantly short of full equity.

No significant movement since the last available data

Benchmark: Maine’s median annual earnings for women will improve to 100% of men’s median annual earnings by 2030.

Overview Fig. A Fig. B

Overview

This measure compares the annual wages of men and women working full time, year-round. In 2024, the median earnings of Maine women was $56,383—86% of the $65,215 median earnings of Maine men. In other words, full-time working women in Maine earned about $6 for every $7 earned by men. Some of the difference is due to the differing wages in occupations disproportionately filled by women, but this does not explain the entire gap. In recent years, women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s in Maine have improved, from 76% in the 2000s to 81% in the 2010s.

In 2024, Maine’s gender income gap was less than the U.S. and New England averages. No U.S. state has eliminated the gender pay gap yet, but in seven states women’s earnings ratio exceeds Maine’s. New York had the smallest estimated gender wage gap in 2024. There, women earned 91% as much as men.

Fig. A

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Women's Earnings as Percentage of Men's

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

Fig. B

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Median Earnings Gap in 2023

Source: U.S. Census Bureau