Pew Center researchers used data from the American Community Survey to compare the average salary of young men and women. Here are the 22 metropolitan areas in which full-time, year-round female workers under 30 earn the same or more than their male counterparts, ranked in order of the largest earnings differences from top to bottom.
- Wenatchee, Wis.
- Morgantown, W.Va.
- Barnstable Town, Mass.
- Gainesville, Fla.
- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Fla.
- San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif.
- Yuba City, Calif.
- New York City
- Washington, D.C.
- San Angelo, Texas
- Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
- Lebanon, Pa.
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Santa Barbara, Calif
- Sacramento, Calif.
- Flagstaff, Ariz.
- Los Angeles
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.
- Richmond, Va.
- San Luis Obispo, Calif.
- Honolulu, Hawaii
