There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men.
I always had more women working for me than men.
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
If you look back on professions, when they became undervalued and paid less, women tended to do better in them.
Women are running companies, serving as the human resource director of companies, and helping employees solve problems. Women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, sales managers, marketers. They handle problems in the workplace by day and manage their families by night.
Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.
I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
Women, on average, earn less than men in almost every occupation, including traditional female orientated jobs like nursing and teaching.
All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.