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.
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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