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Gender gap in weekly hours worked: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Gender gap in weekly hours worked (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Usual hours worked per week by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 4.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 2.7
RI 3.8
DE 2.9
CT 4.6
NJ 4
MD 3.2
MA 4
VT 3.6
NH 4.8

Lowest: 2.7 to 3.8
Group 2: 3.8 to 4.2
Group 3: 4.2 to 4.6
Group 4: 4.6 to 5
Highest: 5 to 7.5

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Alaska	7.5
2	North Dakota	6.8
3	Idaho	6.4
4	Utah	6.3
5	Montana	6.1
5	Wyoming	6.1
7	Louisiana	5.3
8	West Virginia	5.2
9	Michigan	5.1
9	Mississippi	5.1
11	Oklahoma	5
12	Maine	4.8
12	New Hampshire	4.8
12	South Dakota	4.8
15	Alabama	4.7
15	Iowa	4.7
15	Kansas	4.7
18	Arkansas	4.6
18	Connecticut	4.6
18	Indiana	4.6
18	Nebraska	4.6
18	Wisconsin	4.6
23	Kentucky	4.5
23	New Mexico	4.5
23	South Carolina	4.5
23	Texas	4.5
27	Tennessee	4.4
27	Washington	4.4
29	North Carolina	4.3
29	Ohio	4.3
31	Georgia	4.2
31	Illinois	4.2
31	Pennsylvania	4.2
34	Colorado	4.1
34	Minnesota	4.1
36	Massachusetts	4
36	Missouri	4
36	New Jersey	4
39	Oregon	3.9
40	New York	3.8
40	Rhode Island	3.8
40	Virginia	3.8
43	Arizona	3.7
44	California	3.6
44	Hawaii	3.6
44	Vermont	3.6
47	Florida	3.4
48	Maryland	3.2
49	Nevada	3.1
50	Delaware	2.9
51	District of Columbia	2.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23020: Mean usual hours worked in the past 12 months for workers 16 to 64 years. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by gender gap in weekly hours worked (derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23020: Mean usual hours worked in the past 12 months for workers 16 to 64 years; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-gender-gap-in-weekly-hours-worked/

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