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Wage 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%