Here's What The Gender Pay Gap Looks Like In California

CALIFORNIA -- California women make an average of $814 per week compared to men at $925 per week, according to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report found that women in the Golden State earn 88 percent of what men usually earn in a week.

The West Coast state placed just behind Vermont, which had the highest women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio at 90.2 percent. Utah had the lowest, 69.9 percent, according to the federal agency.

The report, which calculated salaries in 2016, showed the women-to-men's earning ratio in California jumped 3.2 percentage points from 2015.

Nationwide, women earned $749 per week or 81.9 percent of the $915 average weekly salary for men.

The report showed weekly earnings among women ranged from $624 in Mississippi to $1,117 in the District of Columbia.

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