The truth about Utah's and the nation's gender pay gap

SALT LAKE CITY — In nearly every report and ranking metric evaluating the gender-based wage gap, Utah is at the bottom, saddled with one of the nation's largest gaps between male and female salaries.Currently the state ranks 50th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia with women being paid roughly 68 cents for every dollar paid to a man, according to a 2016 Congressional report. Other lists put the wage gap in Utah at 29 cents — 71 cents to every dollar. Nationally, the gap i