According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Rhode Island women working full-time earned a median weekly wage of $700 in 2010. This was 75.3 percent of what full-time working males earned that year - the lowest earnings ratio in New England and the 44th lowest in the country. Over the past twelve years, Rhode Island has seen it’s female-to-male earnings ratio grow from a low of 71.2 percent in 1998 to a high of 83.9 percent in 2007. This past year, Rhode Island posted a decline of 2.5 percentage points, dropping from 77.8 percent in 2009 to 75.3 percent in 2010.

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