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Women in San Antonio make $6,500 less than men, report finds
It's 2024, and women are still making less money than men.
It's 2024 and women are still making less money than men, thus keeping the unfortunate reality of the wage gap alive. But at least in San Antonio, the wage gap isn't as bad as many other cities, according to a recent earnings study by Chamber of Commerce.
San Antonio ranked No. 121 on the list, which examined earnings for full-time workers in 170 of the most populous cities in the United States.
The study found that in 2024, San Antonio's men are making $6,412 more than its women. There is no information about how much, if any, that gap has widened — its absence from the "Cities with the Largest Gender Pay Gap Increase" seemingly implies that any widening was minor in comparison to the 83 cities listed. That would be a nice change of pace since in a similar study last year, San Antonio had the most dramatically widening gap.
San Antonio's gap is also significantly lower than the national wage gap, which is a little over $11,000. Our neighbors in Austin are feeling that gap more, at $14,425.
The U.S. city with the worst gender pay gap is none other than Frisco, a Dallas suburb, so Central Texans can breathe a sigh of relief that they don't live in North Texas. Men in Frisco are currently making a staggering $52,216 more than women, which is more than $12,000 more than the gap in 2023.
Also in North Texas, McKinney remained in the No. 5 spot for the second consecutive year. McKinney men make $24,568 more than women, which is a $4,400 decrease year-over-year. Plano's gender wage gap has worsened since 2023: The Dallas suburb is now listed among the top 10 worst pay gaps in the U.S., climbing to No. 6. The study says the Plano's wage gap is now $23,415, or nearly $2,300 more than last year.
Statewide gender pay gap
Chamber of Commerce found that Texas' overall gender pay gap has increased since last year; The 2023 study found that women made nearly $11,000 less than men, and that discrepancy has widened in 2024 to nearly $12,000.
However, Texas' ranking has improved 10 spots from No. 29 last year to No. 19 this year.
For added context, New Hampshire has the No. 1 worst pay gap in the nation, with men making over $18,000 more than women.
Other Texas cities that earned spots in the report are:
- No. 20 – Amarillo
- No. 22 – Laredo
- No. 24 – Austin
- No. 30 – Corpus Christi
- No. 31 – Pasadena
- No. 33 – Irving
- No. 52 – Lubbock
- No. 59 – El Paso
- No. 65 – Grand Prairie
- No. 81 – Fort Worth
- No. 118 – Dallas
- No. 125 – Arlington
- No. 142 – Houston
- No. 167 – Brownsville
- No. 168 – Garland
