Equal Pay Day 25 Careers Where Wage Gap is Biggest

Equal Pay Day 25 Careers Where Wage Gap is Biggest On this Equal Pay Day, let’s take a moment to acknowledge where the greatest strides have yet to be made. While gals make 78 ¢ to the dollar that guys do on average, the differential in some professions is much greater. Female securities and financial services sales agents, for example, are the most underpaid professionals compared with their male peers, getting a mere 55 ¢ per $1 of their counterparts’ compensation. The Census bureau tracks earnings by gender for more than 500 occupational categories; the table below shows 25 fields where, based on 2013 data, the difference in what she makes and what he makes is the biggest. (You can discover what each of these fields entails by typing in the category listed at O*Net Online, and find your own field’s pay differential via this Census table.) Nearly half the jobs on this list are in financial fields. It’s also worth noting that 17 out of 25 are majority male in makeup, compared with half of the fields where the pay gap for women is the smallest. Need a pick-me-up after this list? Check out The 25 Careers with the Smallest Wage Gaps for Women. And read up on how to reduce the pay gap for yourself, no matter where your own field falls. Occupational Category % Women in Field Median Earnings, Men Median Earnings, Women % Women’s Earnings to Men’s % Margin of Error 1. Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 30% $93,795 $51,284 54.7 5.7 2. Financial specialists, all other 55% $81,859 $48,869 59.7 7.5 3. Morticians, undertakers, and funeral dirs. 20% $51,129 $31,023 60.7 10.5 4. Farmers, ranchers,agricultural mgrs. 11% $41,691 $25,310 60.7 5.0 5. Personal financial advisors 31% $98,126 $60,359 61.5 5.5 6. Financial clerks, all other 61% $67,732 $42,122 62.2 5.8 7. Financial analysts 32% $100,081 $63,424 63.4 7.9 8. Financial managers 54% $90,278 $57,406 63.6 2.0 9. Supervisors housekeeping/janitorial 33% $41,180 $26,860 65.2 2.4 10. Production, planning, and expediting clerks 57% $56,437 $37,246 66.0 1.6 11. Credit counselors and loan officers 54% $69,726 $46,394 66.5 4.2 12. Insurance sales agents 45% $61,639 $41,250 66.9 1.4 13. Photographic process and processing machine workers 45% $31,888 $21,348 66.9 14.0 14. Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers 30% $36,494 $24,657 67.6 17.5 15. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers 4% $40,865 $27,657 67.7 3.8 16. Dentists 24% $151,071 $102,460 67.8 9.3 17. Tax preparers 52% $70,641 $47,997 67.9 7.1 18. Artists and related workers 36% $54,669 $37,261 68.2 9.0 19. Photographers 40% $44,513 $30,455 68.4 7.0 20. Welders, solderers, and brazers 5% $39,281 $26,893 68.5 3.6 21. Tax examiners, collectors, and agents 65% $66,754 $45,704 68.5 9.5 22. Economists 29% $120,076 $82,427 68.6 10.1 23. Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 73% $50,853 $35,037 68.9 10.9 24. Physicians and surgeons 33% $202,533 $140,036 69.1 4.0 25. Cutting workers 20% $31,113 $21,516 69.2 3.5 Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-30:e47cccf32e1797049a1f0ca Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. More from Money.com on equal pay: The 25 Careers with the Smallest Wage Gaps for Women 5 Ways Women Can Close the Pay Gap for Themselves The Single Best Thing Women Can Do to Help Themselves in Salary Negotiations