Trends in Employment and Earnings
Women’s status in the area of employment and earnings has improved on two indicators since the publication of IWPR’s last national report on the status of women, the 2004 Status of Women in the States, and remained unchanged or declined on two others. Women’s median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work in 2013 ($39,157) were nearly identical to their earnings for similar work in 2002 ($39,108 when adjusted to 2013 dollars). The gender earnings ratio improved during this time from 76.6 to 78.3 percent, narrowing the gender wage gap by 1.7 percentage points, and the share of women working in professional or managerial occupations grew from 33.2 to 39.9 percent. Women’s labor force participation rate, however, declined from 59.6 in 2002 to 57.0 percent in 2014.
The Status of Women in Michigan: Highlights
This Research-in-Brief is based on selected findings from The Status of Women in Michigan report, part of The Status of Women in the States report series released in2004.
Assessing the Status of Women at the County Level: A Manual for Researchers and Advocates
This manual provides instructions for analyzing the status of women at the county level. The manual allows advocates, researchers, and others within each state to assess women’s status at the local level, rank counties, and make cross-county comparisons.
State-by-State Rankings on Women’s Economic Status: Data on the Wage Gap and Women’s Poverty
As part of its 2004 series of reports on the Status of Women in the States, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has calculated state by state rankings for women's status on se3rveral economic indicators presented here.
