16-02-2017 01:02 via alaskapublic.org

Alaska’s gender wage gap among largest in U.S.

(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)Alaska has one of the largest wage gaps between men and women in the country, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
Women in Alaska who worked full-time in 2015 earned a median weekly pay of $787, while men earned $1,034 per week.
That means female workers in Alaska took home about 76 percent of what their male counterparts earned.
David Kong is a statistician with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. He said the mix
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