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Wages for Women in Wisconsin Continue to Lag Those of Men, and the Pay Gap is Substantially Worse for Women of Color*
In 2023, Wisconsin women’s median wage was $22.03 while men’s median was $25.09. At the median, women earned 88 cents for every dollar a man earned. This is Wisconsin’s gender wage gap.
WW2 shows the dramatic closing of the gender pay gap between working women and men from 1979 to 2023. In 1979, for every dollar that a man earned, women earned just 58 cents. By 2023, for every dollar that a man earned, women earned 88 cents. Although still far from pay equity, working women in Wisconsin have been moving closer since 1979. The gap has closed both because women’s wages are up, and because men’s wages have fallen.
The Gender Gap has Shrunk and White Women Have Made the Biggest Gains of All*
WW3 demonstrates the persistent pay gap for women by race and ethnicity compared to white men.
Despite considerable progress towards pay equity over the past 40 years, in 2023 working women in Wisconsin of all races and ethnicities continue to earn substantially less than white men. Compared to white men white women earn 16% less, Black women earn 25% less, and Hispanic women 33% less. These pay gaps demonstrate sustained gender inequality, but also the particularly deep disparities faced by women of color in the state.
*Charts and data courtesy of the High Road Strategy Center annual report, State of Working Wisconsin. The report
analyzes the most recent data available on wages,
jobs, and unions, and, the 2023 report provides a special
feature on women workers. The High Road Strategy Center has been releasing
this report since 1996 to provide clear information
on the economy as experienced by the working
people of the state.
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Women in Elected Office in Wisconsin
State & Local Government
Statistics on Women in Local Government
Timeline of Women in Elected Office in WI
State & Federal Offices
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