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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 28b: Ratio of mean annual earnings of females to males (times 100) among persons aged 25 to 64, by level of educational attainment and state: 1990

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                           Less than                Higher           Higher   
                  All      upper        Upper      education       education
State            levels    secondary   secondary (non-university) (university)
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Alabama              53         56         54          63                  51
Alaska               58         48         56          58                  61
Arizona              58         61         61          64                  56
Arkansas             55         60         55          67                  49
California           61         63         63          64                  58
Colorado             58         57         61          65                  55
Connecticut          53         56         57          60                  51
Delaware             57         51         58          65                  55
District of Columbia 75         76         90          84                  71
Florida              58         59         61          69                  55
Georgia              57         59         59          63                  54
Hawaii               62         60         64          67                  59
Idaho                51         58         50          57                  51
Illinois             54         56         54          57                  52
Indiana              52         52         51          59                  52
Iowa                 52         51         52          57                  51
Kansas               53         58         55          60                  49
Kentucky             54         53         53          63                  52
Louisiana            54         51         52          68                  51
Maine                55         51         54          57                  54
Maryland             59         58         62          65                  57
Massachusetts        57         58         58          60                  55
Michigan             52         50         51          55                  54
Minnesota            54         55         54          60                  53
Mississippi          55         56         53          63                  52
Missouri             55         55         55          62                  54
Montana              51         47         49          58                  53
Nebraska             51         49         51          56                  51
Nevada               59         60         62          69                  55
New Hampshire        54         55         55          58                  52
New Jersey           54         54         56          62                  53
New Mexico           58         56         58          61                  57
New York             60         60         60          63                  60
North Carolina       57         61         58          62                  53
North Dakota         50         42         47          61                  51
Ohio                 52         53         52          59                  51
Oklahoma             56         58         59          65                  52
Oregon               54         51         54          60                  54
Pennsylvania         54         53         55          58                  53
Rhode Island         55         54         56          62                  54
South Carolina       56         60         57          62                  52
South Dakota         52         45         51          62                  52
Tennessee            55         58         56          63                  52
Texas                58         60         60          65                  54
Utah                 49         55         52          51                  49
Vermont              58         58         57          59                  56
Virginia             58         56         60          65                  56
Washington           55         54         55          61                  55
West Virginia        53         49         50          63                  51
Wisconsin            51         51         50          56                  51
Wyoming              50         49         47          55                  53
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.



Table 28a Labor Market Outcomes Indicators Indicator 29