As we see today, women in the workplace still make only 80% of what their male counterparts make. While there are some areas where the pay ratio is equal, such as construction, these are not typically the best paying jobs in the country for men or women.
Women in the medical or legal professions are certainly in the higher paying occupations in the U.S. Legal assistants and medical assistants also earn more than the average working woman. Technical positions, such as computer software engineers, as well as jobs that deal with human resources, advertising, and education administrators are also well paying positions.
By and large the two top-paying jobs seem to be pharmacist, and chief executive. Women pharmacists make, on average, approximately $1,600 per week, and actually make more than many women physicians. A chief executive can also make well over $1,600. In these positions, however, women are still making less than men doing the same job. And recent studies indicate that women actually make up only about 3% of the top CEO positions in Fortune 500.
Over the last twenty years, the gap has narrowed between male and female salaries, and in some cases, women are actually taking over certain fields, outnumbering men 2 to 1. In the last few years, women have outnumbered men in the fields of financial management, accounting, auditing and as budget analysts. Women resource managers earn, on average, about $1,130 a week.
There are several jobs that women are not currently pursuing, that are high paying.
Chief executive is one of the top paying jobs that few women pursue, however, it has been noted that more and more women are receiving business degrees, so it is anticipated that this will soon change.
Only about 6.3 % of engineers are women, and yet there are positions available for chemical and civil engineers, as well as those associated with computer science. Occupations in engineering pay up to 2 or 3 times more per week than the average teaching or nursing position.
Other higher paying positions that women may not consider, include criminal investigation, architecture, airline pilots or mechanics, locomotive engineers, chiropractors, and sound technicians and radio operators.
While women have come a long way in advancing into occupations that were once considered to be male professions, there seems to be a lot of room and even more opportunities for advancement and increased earnings in many more positions.
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