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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
Men Women
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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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