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Wage-Gap Data Table
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Women's Work
This table was prepared using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Report # 943: Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1999 published in May of 2000. (The report is in pdf format, and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.) That report contains additional data, including more breakdowns of jobs categories by more precise sub-categories, median wage for all employees in a given category, and the number of people employed in each category by gender. It also includes a history of the wage gap since 1979.
Median wage is the amount that divides a category's earning distribution into two equal groups: half of the workers in that category make more than that amount, and half of the workers make less than that amount. The median wage is calculated on "usual weekly earnings" - wages and salaries before taxes and other deductions, and include any overtime pay, commissions or tips usually received. Self-employed workers are excluded. The term "usual" is defined to mean more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months.
This chart presents the occupations according to the percentage of male workers in each occupation, from highest to lowest (as highlighted in the heading). This chart is also available sorted in descending order by number of male workers and by median wage.
20 Leading Occupations
of Employed Men
1999 Annual Averages
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| Occupations |
Percent
Male |
No. of
Male
Workers
(1,000s) |
Median
Weekly Wage1 |
Male Wage
as % of Female's |
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| Construction Trades |
97.9 |
3,563 |
$545 |
130.7 |
| Truck Drivers |
96.6 |
2,409 |
$532 |
129.7 |
| Mechanics & Repairers |
95.6 |
3,824 |
$615 |
110.8 |
| Material Moving Equip. Operators |
94.5 |
1,005 |
$503 |
134.9 |
| Engineers |
89.9 |
1,749 |
$1,058 |
113.4 |
| Farm workers, gardeners, groundskeepers |
85.8 |
1,237 |
$329 |
118.8 |
| Protective Service |
83.8 |
1,791 |
$613 |
124.6 |
| Handlers, equipment operators and laborers |
81.4 |
3,230 |
$377 |
120.1 |
| Precision production |
77.2 |
2,619 |
$630 |
156.3 |
| Janitors and Cleaners |
70.5 |
1,054 |
$351 |
119.8 |
| Machine Operators assorted materials |
69.1 |
1,813 |
$487 |
139.1 |
| Math & Computer Scientists |
68.2 |
1,117 |
$1,056 |
120.5 |
| Fabricators, assemblers |
66.9 |
1,192 |
$495 |
135.6 |
| Sales Supervisors and Proprietors |
58.7 |
1,924 |
$691 |
152.2 |
| Sales Reps: Finance and Business |
56.0 |
1,019 |
$821 |
139.4 |
| Technicians and related support |
50.8 |
1,802 |
$728 |
137.9 |
| Food Prep and service |
49.6 |
1,583 |
$311 |
108.7 |
| Sales: retail and personal services |
44.3 |
1,475 |
$423 |
142.9 |
| Managers and administrators n.e.c. |
41.7 |
1,677 |
$847 |
134.4 |
| Teachers except colleges/universities |
26.5 |
1,130 |
$768 |
116.5 |
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1 Wage and salary for
full-time workers.
2 Not elsewhere
classified.
3 Included in
sales workers, personal and retail services.
4 Includes foods, drugs,
health, and other commodities.
*: Median not available where
base is less than 50,000 male workers.
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Data from BLS Report: Highlights of Women's Earnings - 1999 (PDF) |
Median wage is the amount that divides a categories earning distribution into two equal groups: half of the workers in that category make more than that amount, and half of the workers make less than that amount. The median wage is calculated on "usual weekly earnings" - wages and salaries before taxes and other deductions, and include any overtime pay, commissions or tips usually received. Self-employed workers are excluded. The term "usual" is defined to mean more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months.