From the Institute for Women’s Policy Research: “What the wage gap means for Washington’s working families”

In Washington, a typical woman working full time is paid $37,932 per year, while a similar man is paid $51,272 per year. That’s a gap of $13,340. If full-time working women in Washington were paid the same as their male counterparts, Washington’s families could afford:

• 100 more weeks of food bills (1.9 years’ worth!)

• 8 more months of mortgage and utilities payments

• 16 more months of rent

• 4 more years of family health insurance premiums

• More than 4000 additional gallons of gas

Read more about federal efforts to end gender pay disparities through the Paycheck Fairness Act, from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.