Median annual earnings, by sex and education level, Vermont, 2024

March 26th is National Women’s Equal Pay Day. Vermont’s pay gap has been consistently one of the smallest in the country, but at every education level, Vermont women earn less than men. 

The Economic Policy Institute has a deeper dive on the wage gap, how it’s worse for Black, Hispanic, and Native American women, how federal actions over the past year have exacerbated it, and what states can do in response. Vermont Works for Women and the Vermont Women’s Fund put out a Vermont-specific mini-report on the wage gap at the end of last year that has more detail on its impact on Vermont women over their lifetimes. Both are worth a look.