19 jobs with the biggest gender pay gaps

Average wages for men: $51,503

Average wages for women: $30,208

Number of male workers: 1,494

Number of female workers: 636

Female paperhangers make 58.7% as much as male paperhangers.

Average wages for men: $36,282

Average wages for women: $21,087

Number of male workers: 15,453

Number of female workers: 8,895

Female lifeguards and other recreational protective service workers make 58.1% as much as male lifeguards and other recreational protective service workers.

Average wages for men: $80,037

Average wages for women: $45,021

Number of male workers: 47,844

Number of female workers: 54,806

Female financial clerks make 56.3% as much as male financial clerks.

Average wages for men: $46,574

Average wages for women: $25,953

Number of male workers: 3,563

Number of female workers: 694

Female drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders make 55.7% as much as male drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders.

Average wages for men: $62,348

Average wages for women: $34,616

Number of male workers: 11,189

Number of female workers: 453

Female industrial and utility electrical and electronics repairers make 55.5% as much as male industrial and utility electrical and electronics repairers

Average wages for men: $40,524

Average wages for women: $22,296

Number of male workers: 19,634

Number of female workers: 4,013

Female hazardous materials removal workers make 55.0% as much as male hazardous materials removal workers.

Average wages for men: $85,022

Average wages for women: $46,676

Number of male workers: 1,616

Number of female workers: 1,425

Female miscellaneous mathematical science professionals make 54.9% as much as male miscellaneous mathematical science professionals

Average wages for men: $36,218

Average wages for women: $19,670

Number of male workers: 3,859

Number of female workers: 2,906

Female adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders make 54.3% as much as male adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders.

Average wages for men: $40,984

Average wages for women: $21,989

Number of male workers: 117,442

Number of female workers: 2,112

Female automotive body repairers make 53.7% as much as male automotive body repairers.

Average wages for men: $45,883

Average wages for women: $24,395

Number of male workers: 6,135

Number of female workers: 339

Female heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders make 53.3% as much as male heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders.

Average wages for men: $39,861

Average wages for women: $21,141

Number of male workers: 27,938

Number of female workers: 1,332

Female home appliance repairers make 53.0% as much as male home appliance repairers.

Average wages for men: $115,432

Average wages for women: $58,726

Number of male workers: 142,840

Number of female workers: 56,699

Female securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents make 50.9% as much as male securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.

Average wages for men: $85,281

Average wages for women: $41,783

Number of male workers: 22,119

Number of female workers: 455

Female elevator installers and repairers make 49.0% as much as male machine elevator installers and repairers

Average wages for men: $55,503

Average wages for women: $26,987

Number of male workers: 36,346

Number of female workers: 1,293

Female extraction workers make 48.6% as much as male extraction workers.

Average wages for men: $51,586

Average wages for women: $24,844

Number of male workers: 1,468

Number of female workers: 5,088

Female dancers and choreographers make 48.2% as much as male dancers and choreographers.

Average wages for men: $46,449

Average wages for women: $21,283

Number of male workers: 18,438

Number of female workers: 881

Female electric motor, power tool, and related repairers make 45.8% as much as male electric motor, power tool, and related repairers.

Average wages for men: $49,900

Average wages for women: $21,932

Number of male workers: 1,065

Number of female workers: 238

Female motion picture projectionists make 44.0% as much as male motion picture projectionists.

Average wages for men: $41,925

Average wages for women: $16,726

Number of male workers: 8,970

Number of female workers: 174

Female septic tank service workers and sewer pipe cleaners make 39.9% as much as male septic tank service workers and sewer pipe cleaners.

Average wages for men: $43,523

Average wages for women: $11,674

Number of male workers: 1,510

Number of female workers: 288

Female milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders make 26.8% as much as male milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders.

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