A working woman in Florida makes 85 cents for every dollar a man makes — about $5,515 a year less than men, according to a new report released Monday by the National Partnership for Women & Families.
The report, which uses U.S. Census data, was released in time for Equal Pay Day, which is Tuesday. The date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.
Florida’s 2019 gap is slightly worse than a year ago, when the annual pay difference was $5,474, according to the National Partnership, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for women on pay, family leave and other issues.
The median annual salary for a woman in Florida is $36,746. For a man in Florida, the median salary is $42,261, according to the report.
Nationally, women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, which is an annual wage gap of $10,169, according to the group. The median annual pay for a woman who holds a full-time job is $41,977 while the median annual pay for a man is $52,146.
The lifetime impact of lower wages than men can result in women receiving less in Social Security benefits and having less in private retirement savings, leaving them more likely to live in poverty, according to the National Partnership.
Separate reports by jobs site Glassdoor and compensation software firm Payscale say the gender wage gap is narrowing. Glassdoor said last week that U.S. women are paid 79 cents for every dollar a man makes, which it says is a three-cent improvement from 76 cents in 2016.
Payscale had the same number, 79 cents, but says it rises to 98 cents on the dollar when measuring for the same jobs and qualifications.
Both Glassdoor and Payscale reports are based on their own data or surveys.