From the October 2011 Alaska Economic Trends: "On average, women in Alaska earn less than men, and that gap exists across all industries, age groups, geographic areas, and most occupations. In 2010, an Alaska woman earned 67 cents to a man’s dollar — a 5 cent increase from 1990.
"Nearly half of Alaska workers are female, but women here make less than 40 percent of total state earnings. This disparity translates into lower average annual earnings for women and a gap of $14,361 from men’s earnings in 2010. The average Alaska woman earned $29,323 — 67 percent of the average man’s $43,684.
"The discrepancy isn’t easy to explain. Within the same occupation, earning differences by gender may be a result of training and experience disparities, the number of hours worked in a year, or discrimination. This report doesn’t examine these variables, which are not measured by any currently available data source."
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