Women working in Juneau, on average, earn more than their counterparts in Alaska and the U.S. However, the five year average (2009-2013) wage for Juneau men of $62,363, exceeds the average of $45,795 for women by 36 percent, while nationally men out-earned women by a smaller 27 percent on average. A large factor in the inequality seen in both national and Juneau's statistics is due to the difference in the type of jobs that women hold compared to men, rather than to pay inequality for equal work. For example, in 2014, close to 77 percent of bookkeeping, accounting, auditing and office clerks, and office and administrative support workers in Juneau were women, while over 90 percent of higher paid carpenters, extraction workers, operating engineers, construction equipment operators and construction laborers were men, and over 80 percent of highly paid computer programmers were men.

The five year average wage for Juneau men exceeds the U.S. average by 27 percent, while Juneau women exceed the national average by only 19 percent. If one assumes that the type of jobs held by men and women in Juneau mirrors the distribution of jobs in the nation, this would indicate that Juneau women are compensated with a smaller premium for working in Alaska than the men receive. This difference is also evident state-wide, where men earn 17 percent more than their national counterparts, while women earn only a 12 percent pay premium.