Updated September 9, 2022 |
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Wage and salary of full-time workers in fields ranging from administration assistants to healthcare occupations.
| Occupations | (in thousands) | Women's median usual weekly earnings1 |
Men's median weekly earnings |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total women employed |
Women as a percent of total employed |
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| Total, 16 years and over | ||||
| Secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,768 | 95.3% | $665 | $803 |
| Registered nurses | 2,605 | 90.6 | 1,086 | 1,189 |
| Cashiers | 2,351 | 71.8 | 368 | 400 |
| Elementary and middle school teachers | 2,310 | 81.4 | 921 | 1,128 |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides | 1,863 | 87.9 | 445 | 508 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,677 | 50.2 | 436 | 678 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,512 | 71.2 | 396 | 456 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,405 | 43.4 | 598 | 792 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,326 | 67.8% | $585 | $684 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,284 | 88.1 | 395 | 425 |
| Managers, all others | 1,258 | 35 | 1,078 | 1,409 |
| Childcare workers | 1,236 | 94.1 | 386 | n.a. |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,132 | 91.5 | 524 | 604 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,130 | 89.1 | 672 | 740 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,075 | 60.9 | 996 | 1,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support | 970 | 68.5 | 760 | 895 |
| Office clerks, general | 920 | 83.4 | 600 | 607 |
| Personal and home care aides | 907 | 84.7 | 412 | 465 |
| Teacher assistants | 818 | 91.1 | 452 | 493 |
| Cooks | 743 | 37.7 | 361 | 403 |
1. Wage and salary for full-time workers.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
