Gender Pay Gap – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Gender Pay Gap Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Conversation Guide: The Utah Gender Pay Gap
- Equal Pay Laws Policy Recommendations [Spanish]
- Gender Pay Gap: What Utahns Need to Know
- Infographic: The Gender Wage Gap in Utah [Spanish]
- Podcast: A Bolder Way Forward Conversations – Gender Pay Gap Spoke Introduction
- Ten Steps Companies Can Take to Narrow the Gender Pay Gap [Spanish]
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward - Gender Pay Gap
Research Reports
- Addressing the Gender Pay Gap in Utah with State Equal Pay Laws - 2021
- Gender Pay Gap Research Summary - 2024
- Gender Wage Gap: Impact Recommendation Report - 2017
- The Gender Wage Gap in Utah - 2017
- Utah Gender Pay Gap: A 2025 Update
- Utah Gender Wage Gap: A 2021 Update
- Women in the Workplace: Part 1: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
- Women in the Workplace in 2025: Utahn’s Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
- Women’s Equality in Utah: Why Utah Is Ranked as the Worst State, and What Can Be Done - 2021
Podcasts & Videos
- Podcast: The Gender Wage Gap in Utah
- Podcast: The Gender Wage Gap: Digging Deep into Understanding the Complexity
- Podcast: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap in Utah
- Podcast: Utah Gender Pay Gap: A 2025 Update
- Podcast: Utah Gender Wage Gap: A 2021 Update
- Podcast: Utah Women in the Workplace: Gender Pay Gap & Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Discrimination
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward - Equal Pay Day Utah Event
- Video: The Gender Wage Gap Panel: Digging Deep into Understanding the Complexity
Articles & Editorials
- Closing the Gender Wage Gap in Utah: Solutions (LinkedIn, 2022)
- Help Close the Gap with a Salary History Ban (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2021)
- One Reason the Gender Pay Gap Continues in Utah (The Spectrum, 2022)
- Research Shows that the Gender Pay Gap is Real, and Denying is Slowing Progress (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2016)
- The Utah Gender Pay Gap (LinkedIn, 2022)
- The Utah Gender Pay Gap – Latest Research (LinkedIn, 2025)
- To Narrow Utah’s Wage Gap, We Must Debunk the Myths Surrounding It (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2024)
- Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: A Framework That May Help (Forbes, 2020)
- Understanding the Pay Gap (LinkedIn, 2022)
- What Utahns Really Think About the Gender Pay Gap (LinkedIn, 2026)
- Yes, Utah, The Gender Pay Gap is Real (Deseret News, 2022)
Community Research Reports
- A Greater Understanding of the Gender Wage Gap in Utah (University of Utah, 2025)
- America’s Women and the Wage Gap (National Partnership for Women & Families, 2025)
- Barriers to Advancement: Findings From the 2020 Study of Gender & Racial Bias in Utah’s Legal Profession (Women Lawyers of Utah, 2020)
- Civil Rights and the Gender Wage Gap in Utah (Utah Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2020)
- Employment & Earnings Index (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2019)
- Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2017 [search word: "Utah"] (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)
- State of Utah Executive Branch Pay Equity Study (State of Utah, 2021)
- State of Utah Executive Branch Pay Equity Study Update (State of Utah, 2022)
- Status of Women in the States: Utah (Institute for Women’s Policy Research)
- The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap (Pew Research Center, 2023)
- The Gender Gap in Tech & How To Fix It (Women Tech Council, 2019)
- The Gender Pay Gap: The Simple Truth [search word: "Utah"] (American Association of University Women, 2025)
- The Gender Wage Gap for Women of Color in Utah (Utah Data Research Center, 2024)
- The Gender Wage Gap in Utah (Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2015)
- The Lifetime Wage Gap, State by State [Click on "Utah" state] (National Women's Law Center)
- The Wage Gap, State by State (National Women’s Law Center, Dec. 2015)
- The Well-Being of Women in Utah: An Overview (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2014)
- Utah's Gender Opportunity: An Examination of the Difference Between the Earnings of Utah Men and Women (Voices for Utah Children, 2015)
- Wage Gap: State Rankings 2014 (National Women’s Law Center, 2014)
- What’s the Wage Gap in the States? (National Partnership for Women & Families, 2025)
If you have any changes or additions, please email UWLP@usu.edu.
- Best States for the Middle Class- 2020 Edition (Smart Asset, Oct. 2020)
- More Than Half of Utah Women Think They Have a Lower Status Than Men in the State (The Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 2019)
- Poll: LDS Women Want to Close the Wage Gap, See More Female Leaders (Salt Lake Tribune, 2020)
- Top Gender Pay Gap Statistics (Advisor, 2026)
- Utah Women Agree: Business and Government Leaders Should Work on the Gender Wage Gap (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2019)
- Utah Women Agree; Business and Government Leaders Should Work on The Gender Wage Gap (Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 2019)
- Utah Women in the Workforce (Utah Department of Workforce Services, 2023)
- Utah Women's Views on Their Status, Biggest Challenges Differ By Age, Poll Shows (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2020)
- Best Practices Guide for Closing the Gender Wage Gap (Salt Lake Chamber & Women’s Leadership Institute, 2018)
- ElevateHer Challenge (Women’s Leadership Institute)
- "Lilly" movie (Lilly Ledbetter's Story, Netflix)
- Logib Equal Pay Analysis Tool for Employer (Switzerland Federal Office for Gender Equality FOGE)
- Pay Gap Podcast Recording (At Will Economy, Britt Davies)
- Work Smart & Start Smart: Salary Negotiation Training (AAUW)