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

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 of jobs available in Alaska is o