The Best and Worst State Economies for Women

Four indicators of women’s economic progress are used by the employment and earnings composite index to measure how well women are doing in each state’s economy, which includes women’s earnings, the wage gap, women’s participation in the labor force, and women’s representation in managerial and professional jobs.

Rank	Best States	Rank	Worst States
1.	District of Columbia	51.	Arkansas
2.	Maryland	50.	Louisiana
3.	Massachusetts	49.	West Virginia
4.	Minnesota	48.	Mississippi
5.	Vermont	47.	Kentucky
6.	Connecticut	46.	Montana
	New Jersey	45.	Tennessee
8.	Colorado	44.	New Mexico

Honorable Mentions	Dishonorable Mentions
Virginia	Alabama
New Hampshire	Idaho
Hawaii	Wyoming
Alaska	Oklahoma
	Texas

Source: The Status of Women in the States, Dec. 2006, Institute for Women's Policy Research (www.iwpr.org)

Labor and Employment

Occupations with Highest Median Weekly Earnings Among Women, 2006

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