ALBANY - Under the current state Labor Law's Equal Pay
provision, employees who perform the same job cannot be paid
differently based on their gender. There are several exceptions
to that rule. For example, seniority or a merit system may
affect workers' wages. Women working full time in this state
earn 84 percent of what men earn according to the state Labor
Department. Nationally, according to the U.S. Department of
Labor, women in 2010 earned 77 cents for every $1 men earned in
full time work. In 2011 the median full-time working woman made
81.6 percent of the wages of the median full-time working man.
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo walks on stage in Albany at the State of
the State Address on Jan. 9 The number of hours worked per week
varied the statistic, though. Among men and women who work 40
hours per week, women earned 87 percent of what men earned.
Bring the number down to 30 to 34 hours per week and women
earned more - 109 percent - than what men earned in 2010. In
navigating the gender wage gap, there are