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A discrepancy still exists between men's and women's salaries in New Jersey, and the divide has grown, according to federal labor statistics released Monday.

In 2008, women in New Jersey working full time took home $726 per week - about 77 percent of the $942 per week earned by men.

That is a drop from 2006 and 2007, when women were making more than 80 percent of the median weekly salary of men, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

Nationwide, women were earning $638 per week in 2008, or 80 percent of the $798 paid to their male counterparts.

New Jersey had among the highest wages for women in the Northeast, according to the BLS. Across the country, median weekly earnings were lowest in Mississippi, $510, and highest in Washington, D.C., at $866.

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