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Gender gap in full-time work: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Gender gap in full-time work (percentage points). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Full-time, year-round work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 10.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 6.2
RI 13.6
DE 5.3
CT 11
NJ 11.5
MD 8.8
MA 10.4
VT 7.6
NH 13.8

Lowest: 5.3 to 9.3
Group 2: 9.3 to 9.9
Group 3: 9.9 to 10.7
Group 4: 10.7 to 12
Highest: 12 to 19.8

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Utah	19.8
2	Idaho	16.2
3	Wyoming	15.7
4	North Dakota	13.9
5	New Hampshire	13.8
6	Rhode Island	13.6
7	Michigan	13.4
8	Montana	13
9	Wisconsin	12.5
10	Indiana	12
10	Washington	12
12	Minnesota	11.9
13	Iowa	11.7
13	Ohio	11.7
15	Alaska	11.5
15	New Jersey	11.5
17	Oregon	11.2
18	California	11
18	Connecticut	11
20	Nebraska	10.8
21	Arkansas	10.7
21	South Carolina	10.7
23	Pennsylvania	10.6
24	Hawaii	10.5
25	Massachusetts	10.4
25	North Carolina	10.4
27	Kansas	10.3
28	Illinois	10.2
29	Alabama	10
29	Tennessee	10
31	Colorado	9.9
31	Maine	9.9
33	New Mexico	9.7
34	Kentucky	9.6
34	Oklahoma	9.6
34	Texas	9.6
34	West Virginia	9.6
38	Arizona	9.5
39	Mississippi	9.4
39	Virginia	9.4
41	Missouri	9.3
42	New York	9.2
43	Nevada	9.1
44	Florida	8.9
45	Maryland	8.8
46	Georgia	8.7
47	South Dakota	8.3
48	Vermont	7.6
49	Louisiana	7.2
50	District of Columbia	6.2
51	Delaware	5.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23022: Sex by work status in the past 12 months by usual hours worked per week in the past 12 months by weeks worked in the past 12 months for the population 16 to 64 years. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by gender gap in full-time work (percentage points) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23022: Sex by work status in the past 12 months by usual hours worked per week in the past 12 months by weeks worked in the past 12 months for the population 16 to 64 years; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-gender-gap-in-full-time-work/

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