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How Much Do They Make?
Earnings Data for 2008
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 |
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| All Occupations | $37,544 | $41,496 | $33,176 | 79.95% | 106,648,000 | 59,439,000 | 47,209,000 | 44.27% |
| Accountant | 51,012 | 61,256 | 47,216 | 77.08% | 1,494,000 | 591,000 | 904,000 | 60.51% |
| Bartender | 26,104 | 30,992 | 23,764 | 76.68% | 204,000 | 96,000 | 108,000 | 52.94% |
| Bookkeeper | 31,512 | 33,540 | 31,356 | 93.49% | 950,000 | 85,000 | 865,000 | 91.05% |
| Bus Driver | 29,172 | 31,460 | 26,364 | 83.80% | 372,000 | 201,000 | 171,000 | 45.97% |
| Computer Programmer | 63,336 | 65,572 | 52,156 | 79.54% | 470,000 | 365,000 | 105,000 | 22.34% |
| Doctor | 90,012 | 99,372 | 63,960 | 64.36% | 594,000 | 405,000 | 189,000 | 31.82% |
| Engineer | 64,688 | 66,872 | 52,052 | 77.84% | 2,652,000 | 2,319,000 | 334,000 | 12.59% |
| Farm Laborer | 20,488 | 20,904 | 17,992 | 86.07% | 564,000 | 481,000 | 83,000 | 14.72% |
| Firefighter | 50,440 | 50,700 |
N/A |
N/A |
283,000 | 270,000 | 13,000 | 4.59% |
| Lawyer | 91,052 | 97,500 | 78,468 | 80.48% | 645,000 | 398,000 | 247,000 | 38.29% |
| Librarian | 45,656 |
N/A |
42,172 |
N/A |
136,000 | 25,000 | 111,000 | 81.62% |
| Plumber | 40,768 | 40,820 | N/A | N/A | 492,000 | 484,000 | 8,000 | 1.63% |
| Police/Sheriff | 46,436 | 48,308 | 38,012 | 78.69% | 674,000 | 573,000 | 101,000 | 14.99% |
| Real Estate Sales | 41,288 | 49,504 | 35,464 | 71.64% | 462,000 | 211,000 | 251,000 | 54.33% |
| Registered Nurse | 53,144 | 60,736 | 52,572 | 86.56% | 2,114,000 | 210,000 | 1,904,000 | 90.07% |
| School Administrator | 60,840 | 72,696 | 52,000 | 71.53% | 725,000 | 278,000 | 447,000 | 61.66% |
| Secretary | 32,032 | 38,272 | 31,928 | 83.42% | 2,575,000 | 90,000 | 2,485,000 | 96.50% |
| Teacher | 47,177 | 51,703 | 46,037 | 89.04% | 3,713,000 | 990,000 | 2,723,000 | 73.34% |
| Waiter | 20,332 | 22,672 | 19,084 | 84.17% | 852,000 | 292,000 | 560,000 | 65.73% |
| Test Prep | ||||||||
| Bill Collector | 31,460 | 32,136 | 31,044 | 96.60% | 206,000 | 67,000 | 139,000 | 67.48% |
| Butcher | 25,480 | 26,624 | 22,360 | 83.98% | 303,000 | 223,000 | 81,000 | 26.73% |
| Cashier | 18,720 | 20,748 | 18,148 | 87.47% | 1,376,000 | 359,000 | 1,018,000 | 73.98% |
| Mail Carrier | 47,216 | 48,828 | 41,756 | 85.52% | 338,000 | 237,000 | 101,000 | 29.88% |
| Test | ||||||||
| Social Worker | 40,768 | 42,224 | 40,508 | 95.94% | 639,000 | 135,000 | 503,000 | 78.72% |
| Reporter | 49,244 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68,000 | 43,000 | 25,000 | 36.76% |
| Cook | 20,280 | 21,008 | 18,876 | 89.85% | 1,312,000 | 832,000 | 480,000 | 36.59% |
| Maid | 19,656 | 22,672 | 19,292 | 85.09% | 847,000 | 105,000 | 742,000 | 87.60% |
Source: Median Weekly Earnings of full-time wage and salary
workers in 2008
U.S.
Department of Labor EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS January 2009, page 251
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200901.pdf
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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