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Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's Earnings

Occupation	Weekly Median Earnings		Women's Earnings as % of Men's earnings
Occupation	Men	Women	Women's Earnings as % of Men's earnings

Chief executives	$1,903	$1,413	74%
Physicians and surgeons	$1,862	$1,134	61%
Engineering managers	$1,852	*	*
Lawyers	$1,748	$1,354	77%
Pharmacists	$1,597	$1,483	93%
Computer and information systems managers	$1,540	$1,094	71%
Computer hardware engineers	$1,524	*	*
Computer software engineers	$1,456	$1,174	81%
Aerospace engineers	$1,449	*	*
Marketing and sales managers	$1,440	$990	69%
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	$1,368	*	*
Management analysts	$1,362	$981	72%
Human resources managers	$1,357	$998	74%
Electrical and electronics engineers	$1,354	*	*
Financial managers	$1,347	$853	63%
Medical and health services managers	$1,327	$1,026	77%
Database administrators	$1,314	*	*
Education administrators	$1,289	$972	75%
Mechanical engineers	$1,265	*	*
Chemists and materials scientists	$1,241	*	*
Securities commodities and financial services sales agents	$1,239	$733	59%
Personal financial advisors	$1,239	$888	72%
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	$1,223	*	*
Purchasing managers	$1,199	$939	78%
Industrial engineers including health and safety	$1,198	*	*
Detectives and criminal investigators	$1,188	*	*
Postsecondary teachers	$1,173	$924	79%
Civil engineers	$1,166	*	*
General and operations managers	$1,152	$932	81%
Industrial production managers	$1,147	*	*
Architects except naval	$1,147	*	*
Computer scientists and systems analysts	$1,140	$983	86%
Market and survey researchers	$1,138	$898	79%
Computer programmers	$1,129	$1,014	90%
Administrative services managers	$1,104	*	*
Network systems and data communications analysts	$1,082	$952	88%
Network and computer systems administrators	$1,072	*	*
Accountants and auditors	$1,072	$784	73%
Construction managers	$1,060	*	*
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	$1,017	*	*
Advertising sales agents	$1,017	$730	72%
Locomotive engineers and operators	$1,013	*	*
Registered nurses	$1,011	$930	92%
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	$1,010	*	*
Biological scientists	$1,000	*	*
Social and community service managers	$990	$784	79%
Artists and related workers	$989	*	*
Real estate brokers and sales agents	$989	$716	72%
Loan counselors and officers	$977	$786	80%
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	$973	$789	81%
Claims adjusters appraisers examiners and investigators	$971	$706	73%
Cost estimators	$961	*	*
Sales representatives wholesale and manufacturing	$960	$737	77%
Fire fighters	$952	*	*
Special education teachers	$949	$853	90%
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	$944	$753	80%
Secondary school teachers	$942	$841	89%
Medical scientists	$934	$938	100%
Wholesale and retail buyers except farm products	$930	$708	76%
Designers	$920	$653	71%
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	$920	*	*
Sales representatives services all other	$919	$648	71%
Purchasing agents except wholesale retail and farm products	$912	$710	78%
Elementary and middle school teachers	$909	$813	89%
Insurance sales agents	$908	$624	69%
Human resources training and labor relations specialists	$904	$762	84%
Millwrights	$891	*	*
Compliance officers except agriculture construction health safety and transportation	$877	$923	105%
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	$877	*	*
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	$875	*	*
Postal service mail carriers	$874	$733	84%
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	$858	*	*
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	$849	$738	87%
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	$839	*	*
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	$836	$725	87%
Postal service clerks	$830	$750	90%
Construction and building inspectors	$824	*	*
Tool and die makers	$824	*	*
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	$823	*	*
Engineering technicians except drafters	$819	$695	85%
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics installers and repairers	$817	*	*
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$817	$545	67%
Clergy	$813	*	*
Computer support specialists	$809	$858	106%
Other teachers and instructors	$803	$657	82%
Property real estate and community association managers	$803	$662	82%
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	$797	*	*
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support	$796	$656	82%
Counselors	$788	$728	92%
Drafters	$783	*	*
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	$780	*	*
Social workers	$780	$682	87%
Transportation storage and distribution managers	$771	*	*
Paralegals and legal assistants	$769	$737	96%
Structural iron and steel workers	$768	*	*
Production planning and expediting clerks	$767	$650	85%
Postal service mail sorters processors and processing machine operators	$763	$742	97%
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists	$751	$608	81%
Supervisors transportation and material moving workers	$751	*	*
Athletes coaches umpires and related workers	$749	*	*
Computer automated teller and office machine repairers	$749	*	*
Surveying and mapping technicians	$742	*	*
Food service managers	$740	$549	74%
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	$735	*	*
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	$730	*	*
Security and fire alarm systems installers	$730	*	*
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	$727	*	*
Crane and tower operators	$727	*	*
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	$724	*	*
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$723	$525	73%
Chemical processing machine setters operators and tenders	$717	*	*
Machinists	$712	*	*
Electricians	$712	*	*
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	$710	*	*
Pipelayers plumbers pipefitters and steamfitters	$704	*	*
Chemical technicians	$701	*	*
Heating air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics and installers	$694	*	*
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	$693	*	*
Farm ranch and other agricultural managers	$689	*	*
Inspectors testers sorters samplers and weighers	$679	$486	72%
Couriers and messengers	$678	*	*
Computer operators	$674	$541	80%
Sheet metal workers	$655	*	*
Secretaries and administrative assistants	$654	$559	85%
Maintenance and repair workers general	$635	*	*
Bailiffs correctional officers and jailers	$632	$531	84%
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	$631	*	*
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	$631	$473	75%
Customer service representatives	$624	$505	81%
Printing machine operators	$617	*	*
Dredge excavating and loading machine operators	$616	*	*
Dispatchers	$613	$556	91%
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial work	$613	$433	71%
Welding soldering and brazing workers	$608	*	*
Retail salespersons	$606	$401	66%
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping lawn service and groundskeeping workers	$598	*	*
Brickmasons blockmasons and stonemasons	$598	*	*
Painting workers	$592	*	*
Office clerks general	$591	$509	86%
Counter and rental clerks	$589	*	*
Parts salespersons	$586	*	*
Bookkeeping accounting and auditing clerks	$580	$551	95%
Automotive body and related repairers	$579	*	*
Bus drivers	$576	$456	79%
Highway maintenance workers	$575	*	*
Carpenters	$559	*	*
Cutting punching and press machine setters operators and tenders	$533	*	*
Data entry keyers	$529	$507	96%
Electrical electronics and electromechanical assemblers	$528	$441	84%
Cutting workers	$525	*	*
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	$522	$398	76%
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians	$521	$503	97%
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	$518	*	*
Cement masons concrete finishers and terrazzo workers	$518	*	*
Bill and account collectors	$516	$519	101%
File clerks	$513	$505	98%
Pest control workers	$511	*	*
Drywall installers ceiling tile installers and tapers	$510	*	*
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	$508	$405	80%
Shipping receiving and traffic clerks	$504	$450	89%
Receptionists and information clerks	$504	$463	92%
Construction laborers	$504	*	*
Roofers	$503	*	*
Crushing grinding polishing mixing and blending workers	$503	*	*
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	$501	*	*
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	$500	*	*
Industrial truck and tractor operators	$494	*	*
Chefs and head cooks	$494	*	*
Recreation and fitness workers	$494	$479	97%
Logging workers	$485	*	*
Carpet floor and tile installers and finishers	$484	*	*
Bakers	$480	$357	74%
Butchers and other meat poultry and fish processing workers	$471	$400	85%
Painters construction and maintenance	$469	*	*
Laborers and freight stock and material movers hand	$469	$406	87%
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	$452	$384	85%
Stock clerks and order fillers	$448	$409	91%
Personal and home care aides	$442	$381	86%
Janitors and building cleaners	$441	$363	82%
Helpers construction trades	$430	*	*
Bartenders	$422	$417	99%
Nursing psychiatric and home health aides	$406	$385	95%
Packers and packagers hand	$406	$358	88%
Teacher assistants	$398	$398	100%
Grounds maintenance workers	$393	*	*
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	$390	$328	84%
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	$390	*	*
Cashiers	$389	$322	83%
Waiters and waitresses	$384	$332	86%
Sewing machine operators	$372	$355	95%
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	$367	$325	89%
Cooks	$350	$314	90%
Service station attendants	$333	*	*
Food preparation workers	$324	$318	98%
Dishwashers	$293	*	*
Transportation attendants	*	$619	*
Librarians	*	$826	*
Weighers measurers checkers and samplers recordkeeping	*	*	*
Tellers	*	$425	*
Physician assistants	*	*	*
Hairdressers hairstylists and cosmetologists	*	$409	*
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	*	*	*
Writers and authors	*	*	*
Telemarketers	*	$360	*
Advertising and promotions managers	*	*	*
Interviewers except eligibility and loan	*	$501	*
Child care workers	*	$330	*
Tax examiners collectors and revenue agents	*	*	*
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	*	$621	*
News analysts reporters and correspondents	*	*	*
Insurance underwriters	*	$851	*
Psychologists	*	$909	*
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	*	$520	*
Tax preparers	*	*	*
Dietitians and nutritionists	*	*	*
Human resources assistants except payroll and timekeeping	*	$580	*
Library assistants clerical	*	$496	*
Occupational therapists	*	$983	*
Speech-language pathologists	*	$914	*
Dental assistants	*	$479	*
Word processors and typists	*	$499	*
Travel agents	*	*	*
Hosts and hostesses restaurant lounge and coffee shop	*	$322	*
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	*	$611	*
Nonfarm animal caretakers	*	*	*
Court municipal and license clerks	*	$571	*
Budget analysts	*	*	*
Credit authorizers checkers and clerks	*	*	*
Graders and sorters agricultural products	*	*	*
Medical records and health information technicians	*	$522	*
Dental hygienists	*	*	*
Counter attendants cafeteria food concession and coffee shop	*	$289	*
Judges magistrates and other judicial workers	*	*	*
Physical therapists	*	$1,014	*
Operations research analysts	*	*	*
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	*	$586	*
Food batchmakers	*	*	*
Loan interviewers and clerks	*	$614	*
Door-to-door sales workers news and street vendors and related workers	*	*	*
Molders and molding machine setters operators and tenders metal	*	*	*
Mail clerks and mail machine operators except postal service	*	$480	*
Sawing machine setters operators and tenders wood	*	*	*
Grinding lapping polishing and buffing machine tool setters operators	*	*	*
Producers and directors	*	*	*
Lodging managers	*	$525	*
Baggage porters bellhops and concierges	*	*	*
Computer control programmers and operators	*	*	*
Editors	*	$794	*
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	*	$347	*
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	*	*	*
Combined food preparation and serving workers including fast food	*	$308	*
Respiratory therapists	*	*	*
Photographers	*	*	*
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	*	$565	*
Miscellaneous legal support workers	*	$702	*
Musicians singers and related workers	*	*	*
Private detectives and investigators	*	*	*
Gaming services workers	*	*	*
Medical dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	*	*	*
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers	*	*	*
Food servers nonrestaurant	*	*	*
Hotel motel and resort desk clerks	*	$367	*
Financial analysts	*	*	*
Order clerks	*	$509	*
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	*	$566	*
Paper goods machine setters operators and tenders	*	*	*
Public relations specialists	*	$817	*

* Data not shown where # employed in occupation is less than 50,000

Sources:

Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 Household Data Annual Averages, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

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