In analyzing pay data reports, CRD discovered that women in the finance sector experience the greatest gender pay gap in the state. 

Key findings in the attached fact sheets include: 

• Women working in the finance sector face the largest gender pay gap compared to other sectors, earning only 64 cents for every dollar a man earns

• Among women, Latinas and Black women experience the largest pay gaps, earning 39 cents and 47 cents for every dollar a white man earns, respectively

• Women hold only 38% of executive positions, despite being 54% of the workforce  

• Women are concentrated in lower-paying administrative positions in finance, where three in four administrative workers are women  

Visit CRD’s website to view or download pay data results and infographics for 2020 to 2024. 

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