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Earnings Data for 2001

Use the data below if you want to update the activity's handouts. N/A means that no data is available as fewer than 50,000 people fell into this category.

	Median Annual Earnings				Number Employed
	Overall	Male	Female	Female / Male *	Total	Male	Female	Female / Total
All Occupations	$31,044	$34,944	$26,572	76.04%	99,599,000	55,928,000	43,671,000	43.85%
Accountant	40,196	49,608	35,724	72.01%	1,374,000	581,000	793,000	57.71%
Bartender	19,188	21,216	17,576	82.84%	178,000	89,000	89,000	50.00%
Bookkeeper	24,804	26,312	24,648	93.68%	1,058,000	83,000	975,000	92.16%
Bus Driver	23,920	25,324	21,580	85.22%	346,000	203,000	143,000	41.33%
Computer Programmer	49,504	50,700	45,084	88.92%	602,000	438,000	164,000	27.24%
Doctor	65,416	73,320	49,816	67.94%	494,000	333,000	161,000	32.59%
Engineer	59,384	59,748	53,144	88.95%	1,979,000	1,787,000	191,000	9.65%
Farm Laborer	16,276	16,588	14,768	89.03%	491,000	421,000	70,000	14.26%
Firefighter	41,340	41,236	N/A	N/A	242,000	235,000	6,000	2.48%
Lawyer	72,696	80,444	55,796	69.36%	572,000	377,000	195,000	34.09%
Librarian	37,752	N/A	37,076	N/A	159,000	27,000	132,000	83.02%
Plumber	34,944	35,048	N/A	N/A	466,000	458,000	8,000	1.72%
Police/Detective	49,348	50,440	N/A	N/A	111,000	100,000	11,000	9.91%
Real Estate Sales	38,844	43,576	36,140	82.94%	382,000	184,000	198,000	51.83%
Registered Nurse	43,108	48,516	42,640	87.89%	1,604,000	145,000	1,459,000	90.96%
School Administrator	49,140	61,828	42,588	68.88%	717,000	272,000	445,000	62.06%
Secretary	24,700	N/A	24,700	N/A	1,846,000	25,000	1,821,000	98.65%
Teacher	37,960	40,560	36,764	90.64%	4,421,000	1,189,000	3,232,000	73.11%
Waiter	17,212	18,876	16,484	87.33%	558,000	162,000	396,000	70.97%

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Bill Collector	25,012	26,208	24,336	92.86%	197,000	61,000	136,000	69.04%
Butcher	23,140	24,492	N/A	N/A	200,000	168,000	33,000	16.50%
Cashier	15,548	17,004	15,184	89.30%	1,383,000	309,000	1,075,000	77.73%
Mail Carrier	37,492	39,156	33,332	85.13%	317,000	225,000	91,000	28.71%

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Social Worker	33,488	35,204	32,760	93.06%	711,000	211,000	500,000	70.32%
Reporter	39,624	45,032	36,660	81.41%	230,000	112,000	118,000	51.30%
Cook	16,952	18,044	15,860	87.90%	1,382,000	836,000	546,000	39.51%
Maid	16,432	20,020	16,016	80.00%	471,000	96,000	375,000	79.62%

Source: Median Weekly Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in 2001
U.S. Department of Labor EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS January 2002

Each earnings number in the above table is the median weekly earnings multiplied by 52.

* If you drop the % sign, the contents of the Female / Male column in this table can be thought of as the amount women earned for every $100 earned by men.

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