SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY
Part: 1Wage Gap: Women's Median Wages Compared to Men's in the Same Jobs, 2011 By WeNews Staff
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Table 1: The Wage Gap in the 20 Most Common Occupations for Women (Full-Time Workers Only), 2011
Women's median weekly earnings | Women's earnings as percent of men's | Men's median weekly earnings | Share of female workers in occupation | Number of male workers | Number of female workers | |
All full-time workers, all occupations | $684 | 82.2% | $832 | 44.3% | 55,971,000 | 44,486,000 |
20 most common occupations for women | Share of male workers in occupation as percent of all male workers | Share of female workers in occupation as percent of all female workers | ||||
Secretaries and administrative assistants | $651 | 86.0% | $757 | 96.1% | 0.2% | 4.6% |
Elementary and middle school teachers | $933 | 91.3% | $1,022 | 81.0% | 0.8% | 4.4% |
Registered nurses | $1,034 | 95.7% | $1,081 | 90.3% | 0.4% | 4.4% |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides | $446 | 88.8% | $502 | 86.9% | 0.3% | 2.6% |
Customer service representatives | $569 | 90.6% | $628 | 64.4% | 1.0% | 2.2% |
Cashiers | $373 | 90.8% | $411 | 71.6% | 0.7% | 2.2% |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | $599 | 78.9% | $759 | 43.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative workers | $741 | 89.0% | $833 | 67.2% | 0.8% | 1.9% |
Accountants and auditors | $956 | 76.5% | $1,250 | 61.6% | 1.0% | 1.9% |
Receptionists and information clerks | $520 | 99.8% | $521 | 91.0% | 0.1% | 1.8% |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | $656 | 100.3% | $654 | 87.0% | 0.2% | 1.7% |
Managers, all other | $1,047 | 74.5% | $1,406 | 36.0% | 2.3% | 1.7% |
Retail salespersons | $466 | 75.2% | $620 | 41.0% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
Office clerks, general | $594 | 83.4% | $712 | 84.8% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners | $392 | 82.9% | $473 | 85.0% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
Secondary school teachers | $989 | 94.3% | $1,049 | 57.2% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
Financial managers | $991 | 65.9% | $1,504 | 54.3% | 0.9% | 1.3% |
Teacher assistants | $471 | - | - | - | 0.1% | 1.3% |
Waiters and waitresses | $389 | 83.5% | $466 | 64.1% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
Social workers | $798 | 88.5% | $902 | 81.0% | 0.2% | 1.3% |
Percent of all women and men: | 14.7% | |||||
