ewu women’s studies center. fall 2007. recent statistics on u.s. gender wage differences genevieve...
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EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Recent Statistics
on
U.S. Gender Wage Differences
Genevieve Briand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Economic Theory
YOUR WAGE = VALUE OF YOUR WORK
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HOURS/EXPERIENCE
SKILL/EDUCATION
INDUSTRY/OCCUPATION
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Women in the Labor Force:
A Databook
U.S. Department of Labor
www.bls.gov
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Average Weekly Earnings: 2004
♂ Male ♀ Female Female/Male
$713 $573 .80
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Average Weekly Earnings: 2004
♂ Male ♀ Female ♀ / ♂
$313 $313 1.00
$813 $313 0.38
$1013 $1093 1.08
Average = $713 $573 .80
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
♂ Male ♀ Female
Able bodies 48% 52%
Wanting to Work 73% 59%
In The Labor force 54% 46%
Unemployment rate 5.6% 5.4%
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
♂ Male ♀ Female
Part-time 11% 26%
Weekly Hours 41.7 35.9
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Education Earnings ♀ ♂
Less than a high school diploma $334 7% 11%
High school diploma, no college $488 29% 31%
Some college, no degree $553 19% 17%
Associate degree $608 11% 9%
College graduate $860 34% 33%
100% 100%
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Occupation ♂ and ♀ ♀ Representation
Professional 35% 50%
Sales 26% 64%
Service 16% 57%
Construction 13% 23%
Transportation 11% 4%
100%
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Occupation Female Occupation Male
Professional 38% Professional 32%
Service 35% Construction 19%
Sales 20% Transportation 19%
Construction 6% Sales 17%
Transportation 1% Service 13%
100% 100%
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
Occupation Weekly Earnings
Professional $918
Construction $621
Sales $558
Transportation $523
Service $411
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
White African American
Asian Hispanic
or Latino
Average
Weekly
Earnings
$657 $525 $708 $456
♀ / ♂ .80 .89 .76 .87
EWU Women’s Studies Center. Fall 2007.
THANK YOU
Questions?
Genevieve Briand
359-2838
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