Working women in Alabama are at a disadvantage to their male counterparts in the state, as well as employees of both genders from around the country, according to a new study.

The Institute for Women's Policy Research gives Alabama an "F" for women's employment and earnings. That basement-level grade was shared by only one other state – West Virginia.

Alabama ranked 50th on the list, ahead of only West Virginia at 51 (Washington, D.C. was included, giving the total list 51 spots.) Alabama ranked 43rd for median annual earnings for female workers ($31,200) and 46th for the earnings ratio between women and men (69 percent). Fifty-three percent of the state's women are in the workforce (that's 50th in the country) while 37 percent of all employed women are in managerial positions.

That's 42nd lowest in the country.

The study said the best place for working women were the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Sharing the bottom spots alongside Alabama and West Virginia were Wyoming, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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