The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude of wage differences among closure 26 status competitively employed women and men with disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services from the Rehabilitation Services Administration in 2006. Drawing on existing 2006 fiscal data maintained by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, more specifically the RSA-911 database, this study determined the size of the wage differences among closure 26 status competitively employed women with single and multiple disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA and closure 26 status competitively employed men with single and multiple disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA in 2006. Additionally, this study determined the size of the wage differences among closure 26 status competitively employed women with visible disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA and closure 26 status competitively employed women with invisible disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA in 2006. Participants in this study met inclusion criteria based on employment status at closure.

Utilizing a cross-sectional retrospective research design employing Cohen's d procedure for data analysis, the results showed that after controlling for fourteen variables, competitively employed women with single disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA earned one-third of a standard deviation less than closure 26 status competitively employed men with single disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA in 2006. Similarly, competitively employed women with multiple disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA earned one-third of a standard deviation less than closure 26 status competitively employed men with multiple disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA in 2006. While competitively employed women with invisible disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA did earn one-half of a standard deviation less than closure 26 status competitively employed women with visible disabilities who received vocational rehabilitation services through RSA in 2006. Implications for service provision and disability policies are discussed, as well as limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.