20. Virginia
Men earned $4,779 more on average than women in the tech industry in 2019 in Virginia.
The state‘s current equal pay act bans employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, within any establishment where the employees work, by paying employees at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the opposite sex for equal work on jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility and that is performed under similar working conditions.
