Occupation |
Total Women Employed (in thousands) |
Women as a percent of total employed in the occupation |
Women's median weekly earnings |
Men's median weekly earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacists |
116 |
53.7 |
$ 1,871 |
$ 1,879 |
Chief executives |
265 |
27.4 |
$ 1,730 |
$ 2,275 |
Lawyers |
228 |
31.1 |
$ 1,636 |
$ 2,055 |
Nurse practitioners |
65 |
86.1 |
$ 1,530 |
- |
Computer and information systems managers |
145 |
26.8 |
$ 1,527 |
$ 1,740 |
Physicians and surgeons |
226 |
34.3 |
$ 1,418 |
$ 2,099 |
Physician assistants |
61 |
69.4 |
$ 1,364 |
- |
Software developers, applications and systems software |
197 |
19.7 |
$ 1,362 |
$ 1,674 |
Management analysts |
202 |
39.8 |
$ 1,325 |
$ 1,535 |
Computer systems analysts |
145 |
30.9 |
$ 1,254 |
$ 1,477 |
Human resources managers |
160 |
72.7 |
$ 1,208 |
$ 1,447 |
Occupational therapists |
82 |
94 |
$ 1,200 |
- |
Medical and health services managers |
358 |
69.7 |
$ 1,190 |
$ 1,544 |
Physical therapists |
88 |
70.7 |
$ 1,190 |
$ 1,362 |
Physical scientists, all other |
50 |
35.1 |
$ 1,171 |
$ 1,522 |
Operations research analysts |
70 |
54.9 |
$ 1,169 |
$ 1,551 |
Psychologists |
72 |
72.7 |
$ 1,155 |
- |
Computer programmers |
100 |
22.5 |
$ 1,148 |
$ 1,363 |
Speech-language pathologists |
86 |
95.2 |
$ 1,121 |
- |
Marketing and sales managers |
402 |
45.2 |
$ 1,110 |
$ 1,640 |
Notes: Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Current Population Survey (CPS)/ Graph by the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor.