The Boston Women’s Workforce Council announced on Wednesday that the gender wage gap in Greater Boston decreased by 43% this year, although women’s salaries stayed basically the same. Meanwhile, the racial wage gap widened.

The average gender wage gap in Greater Boston in 2025 was 12 cents, down from 21 cents in 2023, and the racial wage gap grew to 31 cents from 27 cents in 2023.

Although the gender wage gap decreased, it did so in part because men’s salaries decreased from 2023 while women’s salaries remained the same.

However, the decrease is also partially due to women advancing in C-suite and senior executive positions, the report says.

“We are encouraged to see the gender wage gap continuing to close,” Executive Director of the BWWC Kim Borman wrote in a statement. “The dramatic

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