Rural US states have biggest gender pay gaps, report shows

By Reuters, New York
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 11 April 2016, 00:00 AM
The gender pay gap in the United States is widest in rural states and smallest in urban areas, a Congressional report said on Friday.

The gender pay gap in the United States is widest in rural states and smallest in urban areas, a Congressional report said on Friday.

Women doing the same work as men in the rural states of Louisiana, Utah, Wyoming and West Virginia earn roughly a third less money, according to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress.