California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute

The salary gap between California men and women workers is the narrowest
in the nation.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS found that full-time female employees
earned nearly 89 percent of what their male counterparts were paid last year.

Officials at the BLS pointed out that a major factor is the types of jobs
where women work “such as business and professional services along with
financial sectors. These jobs tend to pay more than professions such as
education and natural resource-related industries.”  Additionally, business
and professional services along with financial services are large employment
sectors of the California economy.

The states with the widest salary gap between men and women were Louisiana,
Wyoming and Alaska.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.