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Wage-Gap Data Table
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Women's Work
This table was prepared using data from the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau report 20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women published in May of 2000.
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 the workforce that is female, from highest to lowest (as highlighted in the heading). This chart is also available sorted in descending order by number of female workers and by median wage
20 Leading Occupations
of Employed Women
1999 Annual Averages
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| Occupations |
Percent
Female |
No. of
Female
Workers
(1,000s) |
Median
Weekly Wage1 |
Female Wage
as % of Male's |
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| Secretaries |
98.6 |
2,741 |
$443 |
* |
| Receptionists |
95.5 |
1,041 |
$373 |
* |
| Registered nurses |
92.9 |
1,978 |
$747 |
94.4 |
| Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks |
91.4 |
1,545 |
$440 |
92.1 |
| Hairdressers and cosmetologists |
90.8 |
712 |
$323 |
* |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
89.9 |
1,772 |
$318 |
86.6 |
| Elementary school teachers |
83.8 |
1,736 |
$697 |
88.8 |
| Adminstrative support occupations,
n.e.c.2 |
79.2 |
725 |
$453 |
74.0 |
| Waiters and Waitresses |
77.4 |
1,108 |
$294 |
90.5 |
| Investigators and adjusters, excluding
insurance |
77.3 |
815 |
$435 |
85.1 |
| Cashiers3 |
77.0 |
2,321 |
$275 |
92.9 |
| Sales workers, commodities4 |
67.8 |
940 |
$315 |
80.4 |
| Sales workers, retail and personal services |
63.9 |
1,849 |
$296 |
70.0 |
| Accountants and auditors |
58.6 |
972 |
$651 |
73.1 |
| Secondary school teachers |
57.5 |
772 |
$722 |
89.9 |
| Cooks |
44.0 |
914 |
$279 |
88.0 |
| Sales supervisors and proprietors |
40.9 |
2,005 |
$454 |
65.7 |
| Janitors and cleaners |
35.8 |
759 |
$293 |
83.5 |
| Machine operators, assorted materials |
32.6 |
899 |
$350 |
71.9 |
| Managers and administrators,
n.e.c.2 |
30.5 |
2,349 |
$692 |
64.6 |
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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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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Women's Bureau, May 2000: 20 Leading Occupations |