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Title: Women have gained ground in the nation’s highest-paying occupations, but still lag behind men
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Publication Year: 2023
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Abstract: Women now make up 35% of workers in the United States’ 10 highest-paying occupations – up from 13% in 1980. They have increased their presence in almost all of these occupations, which include physicians, lawyers and pharmacists. Still, women remain the minority in nine of the 10 highest-paying occupations. The exception is pharmacists, 61% of whom are women. More broadly, the share of women across all 10 of these occupations (35%) remains well below their share of the overall U.S. workforce (47%). Workers in the 10 highest-paying occupations typically earn more than $100,000 a year, over twice the national average of $41,000.
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Authors: Fry, Richard; Hurst, Kiley
Publisher: Pew Research Center
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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