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In the first quarter of 2023, women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median usual weekly earnings of $996, or 84.0 percent of men’s earnings ($1,186). The ratio of women's-to-men's earnings and the proportion of jobs held by women both varied by major occupational group.
Among the major occupational groups, the women’s-to-men’s earnings ratios were highest for sales and office occupations (84.8 percent) and service occupations (83.5 percent). In contrast, women’s earnings were 65.9 percent of men’s earnings in natural resource, construction, and maintenance occupations.
Major occupational group | Women's median usual weekly earnings | Women's earnings as a percentage of men's |
---|---|---|
Total | 996 | 84.0 |
Sales and office | 868 | 84.8 |
Service | 662 | 83.5 |
Production, transportation, and material moving | 688 | 76.2 |
Management, professional, and related | 1,344 | 75.7 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 664 | 65.9 |
In the first quarter of 2023, women accounted for more than half of full-time wage and salary workers employed in three of the five major occupational groups: sales and office occupations (59.0 percent), service occupations (51.6 percent), and management, professional, and related occupations (51.3 percent). In the remaining two occupational groups, women made up 24.8 percent of those employed in production, transportation, and material moving occupations, and 4.4 percent of natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers.
Major occupational group | Men | Women |
---|---|---|
Total |
55.2 | 44.8 |
Sales and office |
41.0 | 59.0 |
Service |
48.4 | 51.6 |
Management, professional, and related |
48.7 | 51.3 |
Production, transportation, and material moving |
75.2 | 24.8 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance |
95.6 | 4.4 |
These data are from the Current Population Survey and are not seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: First Quarter 2023." Also see more charts of usual weekly earnings data. Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week at their sole or main job.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Median weekly earnings were $996 for women, $1,186 for men, in first quarter 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/median-weekly-earnings-were-996-for-women-1186-for-men-in-first-quarter-2023.htm (visited November 02, 2024).