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The Pay Gap by Occupation

 

 

A
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Accountants, Auditors—Management-Related

$980
$734
$246
74.9%

Adjusters, Examiners and Investigators, Insurance

$738
$570
$168
77.2%

Administrators, Education and Related Fields

$1,183
$832
$351
70.3%

Advertising and Related Sales

$875
$677
$198
77.4%
     
B
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Bartenders

$397
$367
$30
92.4%

Bookkeepers, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$525
$500
$25
95.2%
     
C
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Cashiers

 $324

$307

$17

94.8%

Cleaners and Janitors

 $404

$336

$68

83.2%

Clerks, General Office

$521

$474

$47

91.0%

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$828

$614

$214

74.2%

Computer Equipment Operators

$624

$510

$114

85.4%

Computer Programmers

$1,048

$902

$146

81.7%
Computer Systems Analysts

$1,172

$962

$210

86.1%
Construction trades, except supervisors

$586

$501

$85

82.1%
Cooks, except short order

$355

$303

$52

85.5%
Correctional Institution Officers

$642

$505

$137

78.7%

Counselors, Educational and Vocational

$874

$786

$88

89.9%
     
D
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Data Entry Keyers

$502

$477

$25

95.0%
     
E
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Editors and Reporters

 $813

$697

$116

85.7%

Elementary School Teachers

$836

$750

$86

89.7%

Engineers, Architects and Surveyors

 $1,170

$968

$202

82.7%
     
F
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap
Financial Managers

$1,170

$837

$333

71.5%

Financial Records Processing

$563

$500

$63

88.9%
     
G
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

General Office Clerks

$521

$474

$47

91.0%
     
H
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Health Aides, Except Nursing

$380

$367

$13

96.6%

Health Technologists and Technicians

$724

$550

$174

76.0%
     
I
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Insurance Sales

 $872

$580

$292

66.5%

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance

$534

$495

$39

92.7%
     
J
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Janitors and cleaners

$404

$336

$68

83.2%
     
L
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap
Laundering, Dry Cleaners

$414

$300

$114

72.5%

Lawyers

$1,610

$1,237

$373

76.8%

Legal Assistants

 $697

 $629

 $68

90.2%
     
M
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Maids and Housemen

$350

$311

$39

88.9%

Mail Clerks, Except Postal Service

$485

$387

$98

79.8%
Managers, Food Serving & Lodging

$696

$517

$179

74.3%

Managers, Medicine and Health

$1,110

$750

$360

67.6%
 
N
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants

 $386

 $367

 $19

95.1%
     
P
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Physicians

 $1,626

$947

$679

58.2%

Production, Craft & Repair

$645

$479

$166

74.3%

Psychologists

$966

$719

$247

74.4%
     
R
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap
Real Estate Sales

$945

$712

$233

75.3%

Records Processing (except financial)

$547

$477

$70

87.2%

Registered Nurses

$957

$870

$87

90.9%
     
S
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Sales—Retail and Personal Services

$488

$326

$162

66.8%
Sales Supervisors and Proprietors

$766

$507

$259

66.2%
Secretaries, Stenographers, Typists

$544

$496

$48

91.2%

Social Workers

$741

$632

$109

85.3%
     
T
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Teachers, Elementary School

$836

$750

$86

89.7%

Teachers, Secondary School

$842

$767

$75

91.1%
     
W
Men's Median Weekly Earnings*
Women's Median Weekly Earnings*
Weekly
Pay
Difference
Wage
Gap

Waiters and Waitresses

 $357

$311

$46

87.1%
     
     

*These are median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2002," September 2003. Report 972.

 

 

 
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