20 Leading Occupations of
Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2003 Annual Averages
(Employment in thousands)
Occupations
Total, 16 yrs. and older (all employed women, full time wage and salary
workers): Total Employed Women = 44,076; Total Employed (Men and Women) =
100,302; Percent Women = 43.9; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $552
Secretaries and administrative assistants: Total Employed Women =2,692;
Total Employed (Men and Women) = 2,794; Percent Women = 96.3; Women's Median
Weekly Earnings = $531
Elementary and middle school teachers: Total Employed Women = 1,780;
Total Employed (Men and Women) = 2,208; Percent Women = 80.6; Women's Median
Weekly Earnings = $757
Registered nurses: Total Employed Women = 1,650; Total Employed (Men and
Women) = 1,829; Percent Women = 90.2; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $887
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides: Total Employed Women =
1,144; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,285; Percent Women = 89.0; Women's
Median Weekly Earnings = $372
Cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,040; Total Employed (Men and Women) =
1,378; Percent Women = 75.5; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $315
Customer service representatives: Total Employed Women = 1,038; Total
Employed (Men and Women) = 1,503; Percent Women = 69.1; Women's Median Weekly
Earnings = $503
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support:
Total Employed Women = 984; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,450; Percent
Women = 67.9; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $609
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers: Total Employed
Women = 938; Total Employed (Men and Women) 2,259; Percent Women = 41.5;
Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $496
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks: Total Employed Women =
894; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 978; Percent Women 91.4; Women's Median
Weekly Earnings = $512
Receptionists and information clerks: Total Employed Women = 831; Total
Employed (Men and Women) = 892; Percent Women = 93.2; Women's Median Weekly
Earnings = $446
Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 784; Total Employed
(Men and Women) = 1,344; Percent Women = 58.3; Women's Median Weekly Earnings =
$756
Retail salespersons: Total Employed Women = 765; Total Employed (Men and
Women) = 1,840; Percent Women = 41.6; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $382
Maids and housekeeping cleaners: Total Employed Women = 682; Total
Employed (Men and Women) 806; Percent Women = 84.6; Women's Median Weekly
Earnings = $317
Secondary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 540; Total Employed
(Men and Women) = 1,009; Percent Women = 53.5; Women's Median Weekly Earnings =
$824
Waiters and waitresses: Total Employed Women = 528; Total Employed (Men
and Women) = 775; Percent Women = 68.1; Women's Median Weekly Earnings =
$318
Teacher assistants: Total Employed Women = 527; Total Employed (Men and
Women) = 580; Percent Women = 90.0; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $344
Office clerks, general: Total Employed Women = 511; Total Employed (Men
and Women) = 610; Percent Women = 83.8; Women's Median Weekly Earnings =
$502
Financial managers: Total Employed Women - 491; Total Employed (Men and
Women) = 952; Percent Women = 51.6; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $823
Preschool and kindergarten teachers: Total Employed Women = 476; Total
Employed (Men and Women) = 484; Percent Women = 98.3; Women's Median Weekly
Earnings = $493
Cooks: Total Employed Women = 452; Total Employed (Men and Women) =
1,149; Percent Women = 39.3; Women's Median Weekly Earnings = $317
Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Average 2003.
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