Senator Patty Murray talking
Senator Patty Murray in 2023.
  • A Chamber of Commerce post using Census Bureau data showed just how bad the pay gap is for women.
  • The gap based on median earnings was $18,044 in New Hampshire, the largest among the states.
  • Utah had the lowest percentage of women's median earnings as a share of men's among the states.

The median earnings of women in New Hampshire was over $18,000 less than the median for men, while neighboring Vermont had a gap of just $6,450, which was the smallest difference between the earnings of men and women among the states.