In 2004, women's life expectancy exceeded men's life expectancy by 5.2 years, the smallest gender gap in life expectancy since 1946. Life expectancy for whites was five years greater than that of blacks. Life expectancy for black and white men and women was as follows: Black male: 69.8 years.
Electronic Arts in Redwood City is pictured Dec. 8. 2015. Redwood City is considering increasing its local minimum wage to $15 an hour beginning January 2019. Electronic Arts is the cityâs second-largest employer with 2,367 employees, next to Oracle, which employs 6,781 workers, according to the city. (Bay Area News Group file)
LPNs working in Connecticut, for example, earn a mean hourly wage of $26.30 as of May 2013, according to the BLS. In California, LPNs earn a mean wage of $24.91 per hour, while the mean wage for metropolitan areas such as San Francisco reaches $29.97 per hour. Other states pay much less. The mean hourly wage in Alabama, for example, is only $16.91, according to the BLS.