Information released this week from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that women in the Garden State, on average, made just over 80 percent of the typical weekly earnings of their male counterparts in 2018. That 81.3 percent shakes out to usual median earnings of $933 per week for women compared to usual median earnings of $1,148 for men.

And those ratios are little changed from the year prior. In fact, according to BLS, the women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio, nationally, has stayed within the 80 – to 83 percent range for 15 years. In New Jersey, that range has fluctuated from a 2004 low of 74.3 percent to a high of 84.8 percent in 2010.

For both women and men, New Jersey was just one of six states where women’s earnings came in above $900 per week, and men’s at above $1,100 per week, for full-time workers, BLS reported. (The other five states were Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland and Minnesota for women and Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington for men).

Across on the West Coast, California – with 88.3 percent – had the highest women’s-to-men’s earnings ratio, the report found. The Garden State’s number scored much closer to that end of the spectrum, while the lowest reported ratio came from Wyoming: 67.8 percent. According to BLS, these differences reflect the variety of industry and occupations, and work force demographics, of each locale.

The regional information follows the November BLS release of the national highlights of women’s earnings in 2018 report.

BLS’s said its estimates are based on the Current Population Survey, which is conducted monthly by the U.S. Census Bureau and is based on a sampling of approximately 60,000 eligible households, representing each state and Washington, D.C.