Jun

Study Shows Gender Pay Gap Worse for Some Occupations than Others

A study conducted by Bizjournals.com ranked 112 major occupational groups to determine where how those jobs sized up in terms of pay gaps. The results paint a picture that is less than desirable for women in business.

Check out the top 10 most equitable occupation groups:

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
Food preparation workers
Secondary school teachers
Cooks
Stock clerks and order fillers
Packers and packagers, hand
Bus drivers
Dispatchers
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
Counselors

Now let’s take a look at the 10 least equitable occupation groups (with #1 in the following list representing the worst, or least equitable occupation group of all):

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
Automotive service technicians and mechanics
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
Electricians
Preschool and kindergarten teachers
Carpenters
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
Construction laborers

If there was question prior to seeing this list if stereotypes and discrimination exist in hiring practices and pay structures, I think this list basically proves that those inequalities exist.