According to STAT, gender gaps in physician pay range from roughly 18 percent to 47 percent across the U.S.
Here's how the 50 states and Washington, D.C., stack up in terms of wage gap percentage and earning, listed from the largest to the smallest pay gaps:
1. Mississippi
Gender wage gap: 47 percent or $118,000
2. Arkansas
Gender wage gap: 47 percent or $116,000
3. Iowa
Gender wage gap: 44 percent or $109,000
4. North Carolina
Gender wage gap: 44 percent or $104,000
5. Alabama
Gender wage gap: 43 percent or $107,000
6. Georgia
Gender wage gap: 43 percent or $105,000
7. New Jersey
Gender wage gap: 43 percent or $104,000
8. South Carolina
Gender wage gap: 43 percent or $103,000
9. Missouri
Gender wage gap: 42 percent or $108,000
10. Washington, D.C.
Gender wage gap: 41 percent or $90,000
11. Louisiana
Gender wage gap: 40 percent or $105,000
12. Ohio
Gender wage gap: 40 percent or $98,000
13. Pennsylvania
Gender wage gap: 39 percent or $93,000
14. Illinois
Gender wage gap: 38 percent or $96,000
15. Colorado
Gender wage gap: 38 percent or $90,000
16. Wyoming
Gender wage gap: 37 percent or $102,000
17. Montana
Gender wage gap: 37 percent or $101,000
18. Florida
Gender wage gap: 37 percent or $97,000
19. Utah
Gender wage gap: 37 percent or $94,000
20. Wisconsin
Gender wage gap: 36 percent or $102,000
21. Tennessee
Gender wage gap: 36 percent or $95,000
22. West Virginia
Gender wage gap: 36 percent or $94,000
23. Nevada
Gender wage gap: 36 percent or $90,000
24. Texas
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or 94,000
25. Oklahoma
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or 94,000
26. New York
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or $90,000
27. Connecticut
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or $89,000
28. Washington
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or $86,000
29. Maryland
Gender wage gap: 35 percent or $80,000
30. Nebraska
Gender wage gap: 34 percent or $99,000
31. Michigan
Gender wage gap: 34 percent or $82,000
32. New Hampshire
Gender wage gap: 33 percent or $81,000
33. Virginia
Gender wage gap: 33 percent or $80,000
34. Kentucky
Gender wage gap: 32 percent or $84,000
35. California
Gender wage gap: 32 percent or $83,000
36. Vermont
Gender wage gap: 32 percent or $73,000
37. Maine
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $87,000
38. Arizona
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $86,000
39. Delaware
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $77,000
40. Massachusetts
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $74,000
41. Rhode Island
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $72,000
42. New Mexico
Gender wage gap: 31 percent or $72,000
43. Kansas
Gender wage gap: 30 percent or $82,000
44. Oregon
Gender wage gap: 29 percent or $75,000
45. North Dakota
Gender wage gap: 28 percent or $94,000
46. Alaska
Gender wage gap: 28 percent or $79,000
47. Indiana
Gender wage gap: 28 percent or $78,000
48. Minnesota
Gender wage gap: 23 percent or $67,000
59. South Dakota
Gender wage gap: 21 percent or $70,000
50. Idaho
Gender wage gap: 21 percent or $64,000
51. Hawaii
Gender wage gap: 18 percent or $45,000
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