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The statistics in the table below were computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They represent the average earnings for full-time workers in the listed occupations during 1999.

The table contains information on the jobs with which we've been working in class. Your assignment is to take the job I've given you, find the earnings information requested for it in the table, then use that information to calculate the percentage of men’s earnings in that occupation made by women. Complete each step below, then turn in this sheet (with your completed work in the appropriate spaces). Please work as neatly and legibly as you can.

4. Divide the women’s average by the men’s, then multiply the result by 100. Round off to the nearest 1/100 (the second decimal place). This is how much women were paid for every one hundred dollars earned by men in this job in 1999. Show your work below and circle your final answer. If you use a calculator, write out the symbol on each button you pushed, in the order in which you pushed them. For example, if you were assigned All Occupations, you would write out: 24596 / 32136 x 100 = 76.5372168. Rounded off to the 2nd decimal place, the answer is 76.54 ( which you would circle). If you do not use a calculator, show your complete long division and multiplication calculations. Do not forget to circle your final answer. Your answer is the median amount (on average) women were paid for every one hundred dollars earned by men in your occupation in 1999.

If you add a percent sign (%) to your answer, you'll have the % earnings that goes into the right-hand column in the table.

	Overall	Average	Average	% Earnings
	Average	Male	Female	Female/Male
All Occupations	$28,548	$32,136	$24,596
Accountant	37,596	46,332	33,852
Bartender	17,368	17,368	17,368
Bookkeeper	23,036	24,856	22,880
Bus Driver	22,256	25,896	19,968
Computer Programmer	46,696	48,620	40,976
Doctor	65,832	70,928	44,304
Engineer	54,132	55,016	48,516
Farm Laborer	15,808	16,172	13,468
Firefighter	38,688	38,740	N/A
Lawyer	60,736	69,680	50,648
Librarian	36,400	N/A	35,568
Plumber	30,940	30,992	N/A
Police/Detective	39,052	39,832	33,800
Real Estate Sales	34,164	39,884	30,420
Registered Nurse	39,000	41,132	38,844
School Administrator	47,476	55,952	42,588
Secretary	23,036	N/A	23,036
Teacher	35,776	39,936	34,268
Waiter	15,704	16,900	15,288

Source: Median Weekly Earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in 1999
U.S. Department of Labor EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS January 2000

N/A means that no data is available as fewer than 50,000 people fell into this category.