CT and NY rank low among states for gender pay equality in tech jobs

When it comes to the pay gap between men and women in the high-tech industries, Connecticut and New York rank among the lowest states in regard to income equality.

According to a study released by Dice.com, a website for technology careers, Connecticut ranked 45th among the states with a $9,203 salary difference between men and women in high-tech jobs. New York ranked 43rd with an $8,914 salary difference. Utah ranked last with a $16,871 gap. Minnesota was the sole state where women in tech jobs earned more than men by taking home an average of $3,929 extra in their annual incomes.

Among the different professions within the tech industry, the average gender pay difference is highest for mainframe systems programmers ($16,328), DevOps engineers ($15,077) and security architects ($14,134). The jobs where the average gender pay difference favors women, include technical writers ($6,443), network engineer ($4,836) and systems architect ($2,446).

“Despite recent pushes for gender pay equality, issues persist in the tech industry,” said Sudekum, content strategist at Dice.com. “These gender pay gaps between men”™s and women”™s salaries exist even when other factors, including experience, roles, education and location are controlled for. Despite the past and continuing contributions that women make in technology, the tech industry isn”™t leading in this particular arena. In short, there is much work to be done.”