Report: Hawaii wage gap between men, women is $9,934

On average, a woman working full time in Hawaii earns $9,934 less per year than a man working full time, according to data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the American Association of University Women.

The research released on April 12 also found the wage gap amounts to Hawaii’s full-time working women losing approximately $1.7 billion per year. The study also found that almost 68 percent of working mothers in the state bring in more than a quarter of their family’s income, and 55,635 Hawaii households are headed by women. Click here to download the fact sheet for Hawaii.  

As a group, the report said, full-time working women in Hawaii lose approximately $1,709,934,950 each year due to the wage gap. If the gap were eliminated, Hawaii’s working women and their families would have enough money for: “75 more weeks of food (1.4 years’ worth); four more months of mortgage and utilities payments; eight more months of rent; more than three more years of family health insurance premiums; or nearly 2,500 additional gallons of gas.”

According to the research sponsors, “On average, full-time working women in the United States are paid $10,622 less than their male counterparts, and the gap costs families billions of dollars annually. If the gap were eliminated, Alaskan women could buy 1.7 years’ worth of food. Connecticut’s working women could afford 15 more months of rent. Women in Michigan could make 10 more months of mortgage and utility payments. Californian women could buy 2,100 more gallons of gas.”