Women in Texas made 70 cents for every $1 that men made in 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The median annual income for men was $32,200 in 2011, while the median income for women was $23,201.
This interactive provides three ways to look at the gender wage gap in Texas. Taken together, they paint a clear picture: Texas women, in general, earn less than Texas men.
First, compare the number and percentage of men and women in each income bracket. The majority of individuals who earned less than $20,000 in 2011 were women. Men made up an increasing majority of individuals in income brackets above $50,000.
Next, click to view the second graph, which shows the median annual income for men and women by industry. Construction is the only industry in which women have a higher median wage than men, who make up 92 percent of workers in construction.
Finally, hover over the congressional districts in the map below to gauge how median annual incomes for men and women vary across the state. The map is colored to show the median annual income of women as a percent of the median annual income for men in each congressional district. There are only two congressional districts in Texas where middle-income women earned 90 percent or more of what middle-income men earned in 2011. One of those, CD-13 in Dallas represented by U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, has a slightly higher median annual income for women than it does for men.
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Comments (4)
Jerry Boggs
Re: "Taken together, they paint a clear picture: Texas women, in general, earn less than Texas men."
Is this news to you? It's been known for decades that in every state women earn about 77 cents to men's dollar.
To see what that means, see:
"Womens 77 cents to mens dollar: What it really means"
http://malemattersusa.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/womens-77-cents-to-mens-dollar-what-it-really-means/
Excerpt:
Here's just one example of why on average even the most sophisticated, educated women earn less than men even in the exact same profession:
In 2011, 22% of male physicians and 44% of female physicians worked less than full time, up from 7% of men and 29% of women from Cejkas 2005 survey. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/03/26/bil10326.htm
And here's a gap feminists haven't complained about:
Women earn 77 cents to men's dollar but control 85 percent of the spending. How can the lower-earning group control the vast bulk of the spending? (If feminists say spending most of the money is a burden for wives, then what is earning most of the money for husbands?) See http://www.she-conomy.com/facts-on-women
David Spratt
More fuel to divide people and make certain groups feel they are getting the short end of the stick.
How many hours per week,,,, days per year do these women work that earn less? What positions do they hold , not just what industry do they work in?
And then there is the fact nobody forces you to take any job at any price,,,, at least not yet. You are free to pursue more money elsewhere if you are not satisfied where you are at.
The fact that Eddie Benice Johnson's 30th district does the best , and her constituents are people who are among the ones who earn the least says something about this study.This district is a majority minority district , and we all know from Eddie Bernice herself how racist Americans in other districts are.
Guess this proves her wrong since the women in her district are doing better than nearly anyone else in the entire state?
Demographics 2000 census;
Median income $33,505
White 16%
Black 39.1%
Asian 1.3%
Hispanic 41.2%
Other 1.1%
Native American 0.5%
Donte Calixto
Thank you for the post. The gender gap, or more accurately the gender wage gap, is a riddle, wrapped inside a secret contained in an enigma. It's becoming an issue in the upcoming election and so on, but a few may question just which jobs have the smallest gender wage gap. I just found it here: <a href="http://personalmoneynetwork.com/moneyblog/2012/10/03/gender-wage-gap/">Professions with the smallest gender wage gap</a>
Adele Roberson
So many years have gone by, and women are still waiting for a decent solution to a problem that is so simple and has baffled men for such a long time.
Just get over yourselves and treat women equally. Is that so difficult to do or can you really not understand it? Seems simple enough.