Median annual earnings of full-time workers, adjusted for inflation, by sex, 2014-2024

Progress toward gender wage equality is slowing

Over the last decade, Vermont  narrowed the gender wage gap. From 2014 through 2021, women’s median wage grew at 3.5 times the rate of men’s, closing the gap from 16 cents to just 7 cents per dollar.

But between 2021 and 2024, that trend reversed. Men’s wages grew four times as quickly as women’s over that period. In 2024, women working full time earned $61,000 annually, compared with $67,000 for men.