More Gaps to Mind

Women aren't earning as much as men. But in the great state of Arizona, things aren't as bad as other states. The Republic reports, not all good news, but some:

For starters, you're working in the right state. In Arizona, a working woman earned 83.8 percent of a man's annual salary in 2005, well above the national average, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

Out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., Arizona's male-female salary gap was the second-smallest.

Only the gap in the District of Columbia was smaller.

That fact that there's a wage differential is weak sauce. That ours is more than 16% is nothing to be proud of. But hey, best state in the Union, right? Got to report that.